Simona Halep has fallen on 7th place in the WTA rankings as Petra Kvitova has surpassed her. Halep has a lead of 500 points against Carla Suarez Navarro, the first player who is outside the top 10 (WTA 11th place).
Romanian tennis players in the WTA rankings:
7th Simona Halep 3.660 points
31st Monica Niculescu 1.495
35th Irina Begu 1.410
98th Alexandra Dulgheru 710
110th Andreea Mitu 605
131st Sorana Carstea 466
134th Patricia Tig 438
163rd Ana Bogdan 345
218th Cristina Dinu 231
223rd Mihaela Buzarnescu 227
247th Alexandra Cadantu 194
In the two years while among the top five players, Halep has won tournaments in Bucharest (2014), Shenzhen, Dubai and Indian Wells (2015) and played the finals in Madrid, French Open and Champions Tournament (2014), Toronto and Cincinnati (2015).
The Romanian tennis player started 2016 on the 2nd place, but her poor results at the Australian Open, Dubai and Doha, Indian Wells and Miami have placed her on lower positions.