Former world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement.

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Category : Sports Published on: February 08 2025

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Former world number one and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from professional tennis on February 4, 2025, after losing in the first round of her home tournament in Cluj.
Halep, whose career was interrupted due to a doping ban that was reduced on appeal last year, lost her first match of 2025 to Italy's Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1, after which she declared her decision.

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Former world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement.