Subsequent early career endeavours saw Simona made attempts to enter qualification for the WTA tournament and senior Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros but failed at the second round of both qualifiers in the year 2009.
Emizamweni elandelayo yamakhono okuqala wabona uSimona enza imizamo yokuthola iziqu zalo mqhudelwano weWTA kanye nomqhudelwano we-Grand Slam osezingeni eliphezulu eRoland Garros kodwa wahluleka emzuliswaneni wesibili womabili laba bafundi ngonyaka we-2009.