Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has announced her retirement from tennis at age 33. Halep spoke to the crowd after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday.

Halep, 33, had struggled to regain her best form after being suspended in October 2022 for testing positive for a banned substance.

Simona Halep, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion who was ranked world No. 1 in women's tennis singles for 64 combined weeks, announced her

Romanian two-time Grand Slam champiom Simona Halep announced her retirement from professional tennis on February 4, 2025.

The winner of 24 singles titles called an end to her career after a first-round loss Tuesday in the Transylvania Open in her native Romania.

Former world number one and two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep announced her retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday after losing in the first round at her home event in Cluj.

The 33-year-old former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion announced her retirement at a tournament in her native Romania.