Simona Halep (Romanian pronunciation: [si?mona ?halep]; born 27 September 1991) is a top-10 Romanian professional tennis player and the current Romanian No. 1 (out of 5 players in the top-100). As of July 2014, she is ranked a career high No.3 in the world. Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2012, then into the top 20 in August 2013, and then top 10 in January 2014 (after reaching the Australian Open 1/4-finals). She won her first 6 WTA titles in the same calendar year in 2013 (a feat that was last achieved by Steffi Graf in 1986 when she won her first 7), being named the WTA's Most Improved Player at its end, as well as being named ESPN Center Court's 2013 Most Improved Player. Halep reached the 2014 French Open final, her first Grand Slam final, where she played Maria Sharapova. She lost this final in three sets. She also played the semifinals at Wimbledon the same year, but lost to Eugenie Bouchard.
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