Simona Halep is a professional tennis player from Romania who was born on September 27, 1991.
Between 2017 and 2019, she held the top singles position twice for a total of 64 weeks, which is the eleventh-longest streak in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings’ history.
Simona Halep Parents: Tania Halep, Stere Halep
Simona Halep’s mother and father Stere Halep and Tania Halep lived in Constanța in Romania. They are both of Aromanian descent. The couple shares two children including Simona and her brother Nicolae who was born five and a half years earlier.
Stere Halep played football for AS Săgeata Stejaru in the Romanian lower divisions. After his career in football, he worked as a zootechnics technician before establishing and operating his own dairy products factory.
He became interested in helping his kids participate in sporting endeavors after reflecting on how far his football career would have advanced if his parents had given him more financial assistance as a youth.
He supported both Simona and Nicolae in their tennis careers although stopped playing after a few years.
Source: Kingaziz.com