Jump to content

Simona Halep: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
swap cite for one that works
Line 63: Line 63:
In a bid to boost her game, Halep underwent breast reduction surgery in the summer of 2009, which reduced her cup size from 34DD to 34C.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281502/Teen-tennis-star-Simona-Halep-breast-reduction-surgery-boost-game.html|location=London|work=Daily Mail|title=Teen tennis star has breast reduction surgery in bid to boost her game|date=2010-05-26}}</ref>
In a bid to boost her game, Halep underwent breast reduction surgery in the summer of 2009, which reduced her cup size from 34DD to 34C.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1281502/Teen-tennis-star-Simona-Halep-breast-reduction-surgery-boost-game.html|location=London|work=Daily Mail|title=Teen tennis star has breast reduction surgery in bid to boost her game|date=2010-05-26}}</ref>


In August, Halep won the $25,000 tournament in Maribor, defeating top seed [[Katalin Marosi]] of Hungary in the final 6–4, 6–2.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=w&action=tournament&gid=ITFCIR&tourid=20090831MAR|title= $25,000 Maribor|publisher= www.tenniscorner.net|accessdate= 2010-09-30 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
In August, Halep won the $25,000 tournament in Maribor, defeating top seed [[Katalin Marosi]] of Hungary in the final 6–4, 6–2.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/inca-un-esec-pentru-sorana-866723.html |title=Încă un eşec pentru Sorana &#62; EVZ.ro |first= Sorin|last= Breazu|work=evz.ro |date= 2009-09-06|accessdate=19 September 2011|language= Romanian}}</ref>


===2010===
===2010===

Revision as of 04:56, 19 September 2011

Simona Halep
Halep at the 2011 Unicef Open
Country (sports) Romania
ResidenceConstanţa, Romania
Born (1991-09-27) September 27, 1991 (age 33)
Constanţa, Romania
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$434,489
Singles
Career record136–75
Career titles0 (6 ITF titles)
Highest rankingNo. 41 (September 19, 2011)
Current rankingNo. 41 (September 19, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2011)
French Open2R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2011)
US Open2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record33–24
Career titles0 (4 ITF titles)
Highest rankingNo. 234 (June 22, 2009)
Current rankingNo. 290 (September 12, 2011)
Last updated on: September 12, 2011.

Simona Halep (born September 27, 1991) is a world top-50 tennis player playing on the ITF Women's Circuit and the WTA Tour, and is currently the number-two ranked women's tennis player in Romania.[1][2]

Career

Halep's father Stere runs a cheese and milk factory.[3] She started playing tennis at age four, in emulation of her older brother.[4] She has self-described her playing style as being "an aggressive baseliner,"[4] while New York Times columnist Michael Kimmelman described her as "a scrappy player from Romania, short but with potent ground strokes and a scrambler’s talent."[5] In a post-match interview Serena Williams once commented that Halep "serves well [for] her height... She has so much power on her serve."[6]

2008

Halep with the Roland Garros Junior Championship trophy in 2008

She started the year with a final in Nottinghill, losing to Arantxa Rus, then defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open Junior Championships, before losing in the semifinal to Jessica Moore.

At the ITF $50,000 tournament in Bucharest, Halep eliminated former Roland Garros semi-finalist Sesil Karatantcheva in the first round, before losing in the quarterfinals to Sorana Cîrstea in three sets, 6–3, 3–6, 1–6.

She won a pair of junior events in May. First, she won the ITF $10,000 tournament in Bucharest against Stéphanie Vongsouthi by a score of 7–6, 6–3.[7] That was followed by a victory in the finals at Trofeo Bonfiglio, winning over Bojana Jovanovski by a score of 6–4, 6–1.[8]

At the Roland Garros Junior Championships, she entered the main draw as the 9th seed. In the first round, she defeated Charlotte Rodier, 6–4, 6–1, and then Karen Barbat from Denmark, 6–3, 6–1. In the 3rd round, Halep won against 5th seed Jessica Moore, 6–0, 6–1. In the quarterfinals, Simona beat 13th seed Ksenia Lykina, 6–1, 6–2. In the semifinals, Halep defeated second seed Arantxa Rus 6–3, 7–5, and then won the all–Romanian final, 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 against 10th seed Elena Bogdan.[9]

2009

At the $50,000 tournament in Makarska, Halep began her campaign with wins over Ana Vrljić of Croatia and an upset victory over Ksenia Pervak. She defeated Anne Schaefer, 6–0, 6–0, and beat second seeded Arantxa Rus with a 6–4, 7–6 win to advance to the final. However, Halep fell to the top seed Tatjana Malek by a score of 6–1, 4–6, 6–4.[10]

In May, she reached the quarterfinals at the Bucharest ITF $100,000 tournament, losing to German Andrea Petkovic 6–2, 7–6.[11] Later that month, she made her first attempt to qualify for a senior Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros. She defeated 17th seed Michaëlla Krajicek, 6–4, 7–5 in her first match, but fell to Vitalia Diatchenko, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the following round.[12]

In a bid to boost her game, Halep underwent breast reduction surgery in the summer of 2009, which reduced her cup size from 34DD to 34C.[13]

In August, Halep won the $25,000 tournament in Maribor, defeating top seed Katalin Marosi of Hungary in the final 6–4, 6–2.[14]

2010

In January she entered the Australian Open, but lost to Stéphanie Foretz of France 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 in the first round of qualifying.[15]

She was as of April 5, 2010 ranked 166th in the world.[16]

Halep at the 2010 French Open

Her breakthrough on the WTA tour occurred during the 2010 Andalucia Tennis Experience on the clay courts of Marbella, Spain. As a qualifier, she advanced to the quarterfinals with wins over world #70 Iveta Benešová and world #36 Sorana Cîrstea. She then put up a fight against world No.16 Flavia Pennetta, but was finally beaten by the No. 2 seed 6–4, 7–6.

Halep then qualified for the 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open by winning 3 matches, but was defeated in the first round of the main draw by Carla Suárez Navarro 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.

Halep's impressive form continued into the 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Fes. Seeded first in the qualifying round,[17] she successfully qualified by defeating Nathalie Vierin 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 and Estrella Cabeza Candela 6–1, 6–1. In the first round she defeated No. 8 seed Lucie Hradecká 7–5, 6–1. In the second round she feated Olga Savchuk 6–3, 6–1 before causing a big upset in the quarter-finals where she defeated No. 2 seed and former top 10 player Patty Schnyder 6–2, 7–6. In the semi-final she defeated Renata Voráčová 7–5, 6–4 to advance to her first WTA Tour Tournament final. But she lost to Voráčová's Czech compatriot Iveta Benešová 4–6, 2–6 in final.

In May 2010 Halep qualified for the French Open, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 in the final round of qualifying.[18] She was defeated 7–5, 6–1 in the first round by seventh seed Samantha Stosur.[19]

In August 2010 Halep faced Jelena Janković at the US Open in the first round. Halep had a chance to win an upset victory over Jankovic but was broken while serving for the set at 5–4 in the third. In the end, Jankovic won 6–4, 4–6, 7–5.[20]

2011

In January, she reached the quarterfinals in the 2011 ASB Classic defeating Ayumi Morita and Elena Vesnina, but losing to the second seed, Yanina Wickmayer. She would go then to the 2011 Moorilla Hobart International but she would lose in the third qualifying round, in a decisive set against Magdaléna Rybáriková.

At the 2011 Australian Open, Halep qualified for the first time in her career in the third round of a tennis Grand Slam on seniors, beating the 24th seed Alisa Kleybanova 6–4, 7–6 before losing in straight sets to the 12th seed Agnieszka Radwańska and not progressing to the fourth round. In April at the 2010 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem, she repeated her prior year's accomplishment of reaching the finals but lost to Alberta Brianti 3–6, 4–6.

At the 2011 Estoril Open, she was defeated in the first round by the eventual champion Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–7, 6–7.

At the 2011 French Open, Halep beat Alla Kudryavtseva 6–2, 6–1, then lost 0–6, 2–6 to 8th seed Samantha Stosur in the second round.[21] In the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Halep defeated Bojana Jovanovski 6–1, 6–2 before falling to 7th seed Serena Williams 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 in the second round.[22]

For the 2011 BCR Open Romania Ladies, Halep was top seeded and progressed to the semi-finals, defeating Maša Zec Peškirič, Lenka Juríková and Alexandra Cadanţu en route. However, she lost to Laura Pous Tió in the semi-finals 0–6, 0–3.

Halep qualified for the main draw at the 2011 Rogers Cup in Toronto but drew 12th-seeded (and 15th-ranked) Svetlana Kuznetsova as her first opponent. After dropping the first set, Halep came back to win 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 in a 2:14 long match that saw Kuznetsova make 50 unforced errors.[23][24] It was Halep's first victory over a top-20 ranked player.[25] She lost to Lucie Safarova in the second round 2–6, 4–6.[26]

At the 2011 US Open, Halep was placed in the main draw but drew Li Na in the first round. Despite playing with an ankle sprain she had suffered in Toronto earlier in the month,[27][28] Halep defeated the 6th-seeded Li 6–2, 7–5 in a match that saw Li make 54 unforced errors to Halep's 19.[29][30][31] It was Halep's first win over a top-10 ranked player.[32] She lost in the second round to Carla Suarez Navarro 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.[33]

Career finals

WTA Tour finals: 2 (0–2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1 May 2010 Fes, Morocco Clay Czech Republic Iveta Benešová 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 24 April 2011 Fes, Morocco Clay Italy Alberta Brianti 4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit singles: 8 (6–2)

$50,000 to $100,000 (0–2)
$10,000 to $25,000 (6–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 6 May 2007 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Cristina Mitu 7–6(7–5), 6–0
Winner 2. 13 May 2007 Bucharest, Romania Clay Austria Patricia Mayr 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 3. 4 May 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Elena Bogdan 6–1, 6–3
Winner 4. 18 May 2008 Bucharest, Romania Clay France Stéphanie Vongsouthi 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 5. 28 June 2008 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay Germany Anne Schäfer 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 2 May 2009 Makarska, Croatia Clay Germany Tatjana Malek 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 6. 6 September 2009 Maribor, Slovenia Clay Hungary Katalin Marosi 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 17 October 2010 Torhout, Belgium Hard Belgium Yanina Wickmayer 3–6, 2–6

Doubles Final History: 4-0

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winners 1. 5 May 2007 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Ionela-Andreea Iova Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei
Romania Ioana Gaspar 		6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 2. 11 May 2007 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Romania Laura-Ioana Andrei
Romania Ioana Gaspar 		6–4, 6–2
Winners 3. 4 May 2008 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Ionela-Andreea Iova Ukraine Oksana Khomyk
New Zealand Shona Lee 		6–3, 6–1
Winners 4. 9 May 2009 Romania Bucharest, Romania Clay Romania Irina-Camelia Begu Germany Julia Görges
Austria Sandra Klemenschits 		2–6, 6–1, [12–10]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A LQ 3R 2–1
French Open A LQ 1R 2R 1–2
Wimbledon A A LQ 2R 1–1
US Open A A 1R 2R 1–2
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 5–4 5–6

See also

References

  1. ^ "Player – Stats – Simona Halep". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  2. ^ "Biography – Simona Halep". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  3. ^ "WTA Players Info: Simona Halep Biography". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Getting to Know... Simona Halep". Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  5. ^ Michael Kimmelman (2010-08-31). "Jankovic Over Halep: A Cacophony of Errors". straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  6. ^ "ASAP Sports Transcripts – Tennis – 2011 – WIMBLEDON – June 23 – Serena Williams". asapsports.com. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 9 August 2011. I just thought that she serves well to be her height. Usually players that height don't serve as well. She has so much power on her serve.
  7. ^ "$10,000 Bucharest – USD10,000–2008 Tennis Results Scoreboard". www.coretennis.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  8. ^ "Trofeo Bonfiglio – Girls 18 GA – 2008 Tennis Results Scoreboard". www.coretennis.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  9. ^ "Simona Halep biography". Sportpedia. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  10. ^ "$50,000 Makarska – USD 50,000–2009 Tennis Results Scoreboard". www.coretennis.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  11. ^ "Bucharest 2009: Singles Main Draw". www.tenniscorner.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30. [dead link‍]
  12. ^ "French Open / Roland Garros [Q] – Grand Slam (Women's) – 2009 Tennis Results Scoreboard". www.coretennis.net. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  13. ^ "Teen tennis star has breast reduction surgery in bid to boost her game". Daily Mail. London. 2010-05-26.
  14. ^ Breazu, Sorin (2009-09-06). "Încă un eşec pentru Sorana > EVZ.ro". evz.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  15. ^ "Halep, eliminata in primul tur al calificarilor de la Australian Open" (in Romanian). www.onlinesport.ro. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  16. ^ Simona Halep's Stats at the Official Site of WTA
  17. ^ "Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, Seed No.1 in qualification event of Fes tournament". www.financiarul.ro. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  18. ^ http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/stats/day4/11105ms.html
  19. ^ http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/scores/stats/day7/2016ms.html
  20. ^ Waldstein, David; Zinser, Lynn (2010-08-31). "Jelena Janković Escapes With Victory Over Simona Halep - NYTimes.com". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  21. ^ "Roland-Garros 2011 – Simona Halep Matches". Fédération Française de Tennis. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  22. ^ "Simona Halep Matches & Statistics". All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  23. ^ Mayers, Christopher (2011 [last update]). "Simona Halep troubles Svetlana Kuznetsova in the main draw". blogs.bettor.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  24. ^ "Qualifier Voskoboeva ousts Bartoli in Toronto". indiatimes.com. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  25. ^ "Rogers Cup WTA Toronto: Marion Bartoli, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, And Jelena Jankovic Upset In First Round". mytimekiller.info. 2011-08-09. Retrieved 21 August 2011. This was Halep's first career victory over a top 20 player.
  26. ^ Mayers, Christopher (2011 [last update]). "Lucie Safarova defeats Simona Halep in the 2nd round". blogs.bettor.com. Retrieved 21 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  27. ^ Myles, Stephanie (2011-08-31). "U.S. Open 2011 proves to be riveting theatre". montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  28. ^ Ginsburg, Steve (2011-08-30). "Li Na upset at U.S. Open". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  29. ^ Clarke, Liz (2011-08-30). "U.S. Open 2011: Serena Williams wins, but Li Na is knocked out in first round in straight sets". The Washington Post. Washington DC: WPC. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  30. ^ Rothenberg, Ben (2011-08-30). "Another Upset: Li Loses to Halep in Straight Sets". straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  31. ^ Maciel, Clair (2011-08-30). "Halep stuns French Open champ Li &#124". usopen.org. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  32. ^ Bernstein, Viv (2011-08-30). "U.S. Open – Slam champs slammed in first round". espn.go.com. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  33. ^ Rothenberg, Ben (2011-09-01). "Glory Fades Quickly for First Round Upsets - NYTimes.com". straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simona Halep.

Template:Persondata

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Simona_Halep&oldid=451269447"