Simona Halep divorcing Toni Iuruc one year after wedding

Simona Halep of Romania serves against Daria Snigur of Ukraine during the Women's Singles First Round on Day One of the 2022 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2022 in the Flushing. Wimbledon champion Simona Halep is reportedly getting divorced from her billionaire husband, Romanian business tycoon Toni Iuruc, less than a year after they tied the knot.

Iuruc confirmed the split, telling Romanian reporters that it was a mutual decision, according to news.com.au. They would have celebrated their first wedding anniversary on Sept. 15.

“We decided together with Simona to break up,” Iuruc said. “Stop insisting, it’s my last public appearance … The rest will be handled by the lawyers in the most civilized way possible. Thank you for understanding.”

Simona Halep and Toni Iuruc at their wedding in September 2021.
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Simona Halep and Toni Iuruc at their wedding in September 2021.
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The divorce news came after Halep’s shocking first-round exit at this year’s US Open in Flushing Meadows.

Halep, 30 — the former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam winner — fell to 124th-ranked Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur in three sets on Aug. 29. The Romanian tennis player entered the tournament after winning the WTA 1000 event in Toronto.

Simona Halep of Romania serves against Daria Snigur of Ukraine during the US Open.
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In 2019, Halep gushed over her love for Iuruc, and how it complicated her tennis career.

“Now I am more relaxed and open. I have a dear person,” Halep said in an interview with TVR1. “We have a normal relationship, I feel very well. But I would like it to stay personal. I belong to Romania when it’s about tennis.

“Love and tennis can coincide, but I think personal life is the most important one. I am dating someone and I would never be able to sacrifice my family for tennis.”

Simona Halep and Toni Iuruc in December 2019.
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Simona Halep and Toni Iuruc in July 2021.
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Iuruc, who is Macedonian, was reportedly married twice before he began dating Halep in 2018. Prior to her relationship with Iuruc, Halep dated former tennis player Radu Barbu.

Halep is still in contention to compete at the 2022 WTA Finals, which will take place in Fort Worth, Texas at the end of October.

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