However Halep may not be as she has only played one other match this year.

In her first match of the year in March at the Miami Open presented by Itau, Halep lost in the opening round to Paula Badosa of Spain 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Halep could face the top seeded and 22nd ranked Emma Navarro of the USA in round two later in the week. Halep's ranking plummeted during her recent absence from the women's tour.

The Romanian was suspended from professional tennis for four years in October 2022 after testing positive for the banned substance roxadustat at the 2022 US Open.

However her suspension was in March of this year reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to nine months served after it was announced that her positive test result was most likely caused by a contamination of a supplement she'd been given by her then tennis coach.

The former world number one now ranked 1,149 most likely will be offered more wildcards into upcoming tournaments until she improves her ranking and no longer needs wildcards for tournament entries.

Before winning Wimbledon in 2019, Halep also won Roland Garros in 2018 to take her only other grand slam title.