Simona Halep is a former world No. 1 junior who began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2005 at the age of 13 and finished runner-up at the low-level Grade 4 Mamaia-Sen Junior ITF Tournament.
Who is Simona Halep’s sister Luminita Halep?
Simona Halep was born on 27 September 1991 in Constanța, Romania to Stere and Tania Halep, who are of Aromanian descent.
She has a brother Nicolae who is five and a half years older. Halep’s father played lower-division football for AS Săgeata Stejaru and worked as a zootechnics technician before becoming the owner of a dairy products factory.
He developed an interest in supporting his children’s athletic ventures as a consequence of wondering how far he would have progressed as a footballer if his parents could have provided him with more financial support when he was growing up.
When Halep was four years old, she started playing tennis after attending one of her brother’s training sessions.
Although her brother stopped playing the sport after a few years, Halep began practicing twice a week with local coach Ioan Stan until she was six, from which point on she practiced daily.
