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Simona Halep is a Romanian professional tennis player born on September 27, 1991. She was born in Constanța, Romania and her parents are Stere and Tania Halep. She has a sibling called Nicolae.
Her father played football for AS Săgeata Stejaru and also worked as a zootechnics technician. Simona Halep started playing tennis when she was four years old. She also played football and handball but her focus was on tennis.
Between 2017 and 2019 and for a total of 64 weeks, Simona Halep was ranked world No. 1. She won the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. It must be noted that between January 27, 2014, and August 8, 2021, she was ranked in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest streak in WTA history.
Simona Halep has also won 24 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up 18 times. She is a French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1. Impressively, Simona Halep won her first six WTA titles in 2013 and she was named WTA Most Improved Player of the Year.
She made it to three major finals at the 2014 French Open, 2017 French Open, and 2018 Australian Open. Simona Halep finished in second position at the 2014 WTA Finals to Serena Williams.
In 2014 and 2015, she was named the WTA Most Popular Player of the Year and she also won the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Simona Halep received the Patriarchal Cross of Romania and the Order of the Star of Romania. She was named an honorary citizen of Bucharest.
She has been suspended since October 2022 after testing positive for a banned substance at the US Open.
Simona Halep underwent surgery to reduce her breasts when she was 17 years old so she could play tennis much better. She also underwent nose surgery in September 2022 and this was to reshape her nose and assist her with some breathing issues.
Simona Halep Boyfriend
Simona Halep got married to business Gabriel Iuruc on September 15, 2021.
However, their marriage did not stand the test of time as she announced her divorce in September 2022. It is not known if Simona Halep is currently dating or not.
About Gabriel Luruc
Gabriel Luruc was born in 1979 and he is a famous entrepreneur, investor, celebrity spouse and businessman.
He has six companies operating in Romania and many people got to know him after he married Simona Halep.
His net worth is reported to be between $2 billion and $3 billion. It also reported that in the life of Gabriel Luruc, he has married three times.
Apart from Simona Halep, he had married Arina and Liana. Gabriel Luruc stands at 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 85 kilograms.
He is quite active on social media; twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simona_Halep
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