With the 7-6, 6-2 victory, the 22-year-old from Constanta secured a check for $132,470 and 470 WTA points, a dowry that ensures she will finish in the world’s top 15 this year .
Reaching the fifth trophy of her career, Halep surpassed Irina Spîrlea and Ruxandra Dragomir in the top Romanian players, both with 4.
The all-time ranking is led by Virginia Ruzici, who won 12 WTA tournaments. The most important of these is undoubtedly the one at Roland Garros, in 1978. She also reached the final in Paris two years later, when she was defeated by the famous Chris Evert.
Ruzici is the only player in the history of our country who has won a Grand Slam trophy. Also, she is the first Romanian ranked among the top 20 in the world.
The highest position occupied by Ruzici in the WTA top was the 8th place, but in this chapter Sîrlea holds the supremacy – she was the seventh player in the world in October 1997.
Looking at the form shown by Simona Halep in 2013, the Constantinian has good chances to write another page in the history of Romanian tennis.
