Two-time grand slam champion and former world No. 1 Simona Halep has retired from tennis. The Romanian announced her decision at the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania on Tuesday after losing her first-round match against Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1.

Halep was a hugely popular first-time Grand Slam champion, well-liked in the dressing room and within the sport in general for her groundedness and apparent lack of ego. Her desperation to win a major was well known and after Halep won in Paris, Martina Navratilova joked: “It wasn’t a monkey off her back; this was an 800lb gorilla.”

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

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.

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

(Reuters) -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. Halep,

Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania.

Former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement at age 33 after losing in the first round at her home event in Romania.

Several tennis greats paid tribute to Simona Halep after she brought the curtain down on her glittering career this week.

On Tuesday, former World No 1 Simona Halep announced her big decision to retire from tennis after her first round match at the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania. “I don’t know if it is with joy or sadness that I speak to you but I made this decision in my soul and conscience,