
A French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world’s top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014.
Who is Simona Halep’s brother Nicolae 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.
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