Djokovic, Halep named 2018 ITF world champions

LONDON: - na Halep were Thursday (Friday in Manila) named as the 2018 ITF world champions by the governing body of global tennis.

receives the honor from the International Tennis Federation for the

that Romania’s top-ranked Halep has been recognized.

“I am very honored to be named ITF world champion again,” said back to the top of the rankings

and the US Open.

“I am particularly proud of this achievement after all that I’ve been through physically this year, but part of me always believed I could make it back to the top. It is very

winning my sixth award.” success

in 2018, claiming her - Australian Open.

“It’s a great honour to be named

time,” she said. “I had an incred-

- ing the year as world number one.” US pair Mike Bryan and Jack Sock won the men’s doubles award while the women’s doubles world

and Katerina Siniakova. that considers all results during the year but gives special weight to the Grand Slam tournaments and two ITF international team competitions, the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.

“Congratulations to our 2018 ITF world champions who have demonstrated immense skill, talent and dedication on their way to achieving great success on the court,” said ITF president David Haggerty.

“They are a credit to our sport and have all contributed to another memorable year for tennis.”