Simona Halep

Simona Halep is a professional tennis player from Romania who has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019 for 64 weeks. Halep has won 22 WTA singles titles and two Grand Slam singles titles, including the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. She is currently ranked World No. 3 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Halep was #1 at the end of the year in 2017 and 2018. She has finished every year in at least Top #4 since 2014 and has the longest active streak in the top 10 rankings.

Here are some of her career major achievements

• She has been WTA World No. 1 for 64 weeks, which ranks 10th in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings
• In 2013, Halep has bagged six WTA titles and was the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986
• Named the WTA Most Improved Player in 2013
• Named WTA Most Popular Player of the Year for two consecutive years in 2014 and 2015
• Named WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year for three consecutive years in 2017, 2018, and 2019
• Halep is the 1st Romanian woman tennis player to be ranked No. 1 and 3rd Romanian tennis player to be in the top 10 of the WTA rankings after Virginia Ruzici and Irina Spîrlea
• She is the first Romanian player to bag a Wimbledon singles title in 2019 after defeating Serena Williams
• Halep is set to be the flag bearer for Romania at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics