CLUJ-NAPOCA/WASHINGTON, February 4, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) Former World No. 1 Simona Halep announced her sudden retirement from professional tennis following her first-round round loss to Italy’s Lucia Brozetti at the WTA 250-series Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca, Romania Tuesday evening. […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep has experienced the thrill of winning major championships at Roland Garros and Wimbledon as well as being ranked No. 1 in the world. She’s also experienced the agony of banishment from […]
LONDON, March 5, 2024 (ITIA Press Release) The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) acknowledges today’s decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Romanian tennis player Simona Halep.Following a hearing held between 7-9 February 2024 […]
ITIA Press Release, September 14, 2023 The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has published the full decision of the independent tribunal in the case of Simona Halep. This outlines the process and details of the hearing held on 28 and […]
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 13, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) When Diede de Groot won her sixth consecutive US Open women’s wheelchair title Sunday afternoon, it was also her 13th straight major crown – tying Hall of Famer Esther Vergeer‘s record for […]
ITIA Press Release, September 12, 2023 The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) can confirm that an independent tribunal has suspended Romanian tennis player Simona Halep for a period of four years following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). Two-time […]
ITIA Press Release, May 19, 2023 The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirms that Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has been charged with a further and separate breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP), relating to irregularities in her Athlete […]
ITIA Press Release, October 21, 2022 The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that Simona Halep, a 31-year-old Romanian tennis player, has been provisionally suspended under Article 7.12.1 of the 2022 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). The ITIA sent the […]
WASHINGTON, August 1, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The Citi Open, one of just five combined ATP/WTA events held in the United States, begins anew Monday in Washington, D.C. It’s one of the premier summer events in the nation’s capital city. […]
WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Simona Halep is three years removed from winning her first Wimbledon singles title, which she accomplished in 2019 as the No. 7 seed with a near flawless performance against seven-time champion Serena Williams, […]
