Emotional Wimbledon champion retires on court just months after returning from drug ban Simona Halep has announced her retirement from tennis, 11 months after returning to the sport following a drug ban.
Halep didn't play in a Grand Slam after returning from her suspension, though she was handed a wildcard for the 2025 Australian Open before injury put paid to her hopes of competing.
Halep was once the number one female player in the world, and is a two-time Grand Slam singles winner after victories at the French Open in 2018 and Wimbledon the following year.
She bows out with two Grand Slam wins and three further finals to her name, with her final tournament victory of any kind coming in the 2022 Canadian Open.
Halep played her farewell tournament in her home country of Romania, losing to Lucia Bronzetti at the first round of the Transylvania Open.
