Overview

• Simona Halep announced her return to the WTA Tour at the Miami Open, following a successful appeal of her doping suspension.
• The Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted Halep's claim that her positive test for roxadustat was due to a contaminated supplement.
• Halep's ban, initially set at four years, was reduced to nine months and applied retroactively, making her eligible to play immediately.
• The two-time Grand Slam champion has not competed since the US Open in September 2022, due to the suspension.
• Halep, a former world No. 1, is currently unranked and will need wild cards for entry at WTA events.