Simona Halep lost a third of her fortune. The earth-shattering announcement of the Americans. 18 million dollars, washed away on Saturday
Simona Halep, the former great tennis champion, now 34 years old, seems to be going through a difficult period from a financial point of view, after retiring from the activity. American experts claim that the fortune of the athlete from Constanța has decreased significantly in recent months.
Simona Halep lost a third of her fortune Photo/Getty
At the peak of her career, Simona Halep had amassed a fortune estimated at around 48 million dollars, money mostly coming from prizes won at tennis tournaments and numerous sponsorship contracts. But the situation changed considerably after retiring from the sport.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, in the eight months since her retirement from professional tennis, Halep has reportedly lost around $18 million, which means her net worth is currently estimated at around $30 million.
The main cause of this financial decline would be the doping scandal that affected it strongly. As a result, Simona was forced to end her career earlier than she would have liked and lost an important part of her sponsors, including the famous Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot.
Without the consistent income from tennis and without much of the image rights, the finances of the two-time Grand Slam champion have seriously suffered. However, Halep continues to be actively involved in business, investing in real estate and in the HoReCa field, through several hotels and tourist complexes located both on the coast and in the mountain areas.
Huge sums for lawyers
A large part of Simona Halep's financial losses also comes from the expensive lawsuits she has been involved in lately. The former champion had to pay huge fees to the lawyers who represented her both in the doping case and in the compensation process opened in the United States. The sums paid for his legal defense are estimated to be in the millions of dollars.
He is trying to recover 10 million euros
Simona is now trying to restore her fortune. The athlete relies on the lawsuit filed against the company Quantum Nutrition Inc., the manufacturer of the supplement she consumed and which, according to her statements, would have been contaminated with the banned substance roxadustat. In the action, Halep is asking for damages in the amount of 10 million dollars.
The former tennis player says she was treated unfairly by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), claiming the institution applied a double standard in her case compared to how other top athletes such as Jannik Sinner or Iga Świątek were judged.
“I sit and try to understand, but it is really impossible for me to understand such a thing. I sit and wonder, why such a big difference in treatment and judgment? I do not find and do not think there can be a logical answer. It can only be bad will on the part of ITIA, the organization that did absolutely everything to destroy me despite the obvious. They wanted very badly to destroy the last years of my career, they wanted something that I could never have imagined that could be wanted!“said Simona.
