French Open 2018 - Contenders and Pretenders

#4 Simona Halep (ROU)

Halep has suffered heartbreaks in each of her three finals

Current World Ranking: 1

Best Result: Final (2014, 2017)

Will it be fourth time lucky for Halep at this year's French Open??

She has fallen prey to being the World No.1 curse, joining the likes of Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki and Dinara Safina as people who have been ranked the best player in the world, despite not yet winning a major title.

Despite all this, it must be said that while she has lost each of the three major finals she has contested, each time she has been involved in competitive matches, most notably at the Australian Open earlier this year when she pushed Wozniacki to her absolute limits.

Since then, Halep has suffered from inconsistent results, losing to Naomi Osaka and Agnieszka Radwanska in the semi-finals at Indian Wells and the third round in Miami respectively.

And of the three major lead-up tournaments to the French Open, the only one where she was able to reach the final was in Rome, where she lost to Elina Svitolina in a repeat of last year’s decider.

The question remains – will it be fourth time lucky for Halep, or will she again suffer the ultimate heartbreak in another Grand Slam final?