Halep named ITF World Champion for the first time

Dec 13, 2018
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Halep named ITF World Champion for the first time

published_tag Dec 13, 2018

It's been 16 months of firsts for Simona Halep. Since October of last year, she was ascended to the No. 1 spot for the first time, won her maiden Grand Slam title in Paris and finished year-end No. 1 twice.

Now she gets to be called ITF world champion, also for the first time. Novak Djokovic was named men's champion, marking the sixth time he's received the honor.

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Mike Bryan and Jack Sock were named men's doubles champions after winning Wimbledon, the US Open and the ATP Finals together, while Katerina Siniakova and Barbora Krejcikova are the women's doubles champions.

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Halep ended her season early with a herniated disk in her back (missing Singapore) and parted ways with her coach Darren Cahill. She'll start the 2019 season solo.