Simona Halep played the final match of her career in front of her home crowd, and lost to Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the Transylvania Open on Tuesday, February 4.

CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA (AP) _ Results Monday from Transylvania Open at Arenele BNR (seedings in parentheses): Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgaria, def. Maiar Sherif Ahmed Abdelaziz, Egypt, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.

One of the week's top stories in the tennis world was Simona Halep's retirement. At the age of 33, the former world number 1, ...

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Just below the top five women is a group of six women who have all won six WTA 1000 titles on hard courts; Monica Seles, Kim Clijsters, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitova, Simona Halep, and Swiatek.

Simona Halep’s tennis career has ended. Fittingly, it came in her native Romania, with the 33-year-old losing in the opening round of the Transylvania Open to 72 nd-ranked Lucia Bronzetti ...

Simona Halep, the former world No. 1 and Wimbledon champion from Romania, retired Tuesday, roughly two and a half years after a doping suspension upended the last chapter of her career.