Two-time major champion Simona Halep announced her decision to retire from tennis on Tuesday after losing a match at a tournament in her home country of Romania. It was Halep's first match since October as she's been dealing with knee and shoulder pain that caused her to back out of the Australian Open last month.

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

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

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

Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one Simona Halep has retired from tennis. The Romanian announced her decision on court at the Transylvania Open following her 6-1 6-1 first-round loss to Lucia Bronzetti.

(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,

Former tennis world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement on Tuesday after her first-round defeat at the WTA Cluj-Napoca tournament in her native Romania. Halep returned to tennis in March last year after her career had been on hold since October 7,