Simone Halep has announced that she will not play again this season and there are enough points that she will not be able to defend. Under these conditions, the former world leader will end 2022 outside the TOP-10.
Simona Halep will leave the WTA TOP-10
Halep is currently ranked 9th in the WTA rankings with 3,025 accumulated points.
Caroline Garcia (2930 points), Daria Kasatkina (2895) and Garbiñe Muguruza (2776) follow our athlete in the ranking.
Points that Simona Halep will lose at the end of 2022
In October of this year, Simona will lose the following series of points: 65 from Indian Wells (in 2021 this happened in the fall), 100 from Moscow and another 180 points for the final she played at the Transylvania Open from Cluj-Napoca.
Also in November, Halep will lose another 110 points, which she gained after participating in WTA Linz.
In total, we are talking about 455 points.
It remains to be seen how many places Simona will concede, it also depends on the results of other players in the WTA circuit.
According to the results of 2021, Simona Halep took 20th place in the world ranking.
Source: Hot News RO
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