Simona Halep is one of the most successful professional tennis players of Romanian descent. She was ranked world No. 1 for the first time by the ‘Women's Tennis Association’ (WTA) on October 9, 2017, and won ‘WTA’s ‘Fan Favorite Singles Player’ honor the same year. She was ranked the year-end No. 1 by ‘WTA’ in 2017 and 2018. Having held the No. 1 rank for a total of 64 weeks, Halep grabbed the tenth spot in the history of women’s tennis. Breaking records to be ranked among the world’s top 50 tennis players in 2012, she scaled up to feature among the top 20 in August 2013 and, finally, among the top 10 in January 2014. In 2013, she won six ‘WTA’ titles. She has experienced many highs and lows in her career. Having faced consecutive losses at the 2014 ‘French Open,’ the 2017 ‘French Open,’ and the 2018 ‘Australian Open’ finals, she finally won her first major tournament at the 2018 ‘French Open.’ In both 2014 and 2015, she became the most popular player of the year. She won ‘WTA’s ‘Fan Favorite Singles Player’ title in 2017 and 2018. She also won ‘WTA’s ‘Player of the Year’ title in 2018. In December 2018, Simona Halep was featured on the list of ‘ESPN’s 20 most-dominant players of the year. In 2019, she won her first Wimbledon title.