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\n Wawrinka announces ‘one last push’: 2026 will be his last year<\/p>\n
Swiss legend announced the news on Friday on social media<\/p>\n
December 19, 2025<\/p>\n
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Stan Wawrinka has climbed as high as No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Stan Wawrinka<\/a> announced on social media on Friday that 2026 will be his last year on Tour.<\/p>\n The Swiss player has won 16 tour-level titles, including three major trophies, and rose to a career-high No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings.<\/p>\n \u201cONE LAST PUSH,\u201d Wawrinka wrote. \u201cEvery book needs an ending. It\u2019s time to write the final chapter of my career as a professional tennis player. 2026 will be my last year on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfbeONE LAST PUSH\ud83c\udfbe P perseverance D discipline \u2014 Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Known for possessing one of the most elegant one-handed backhands in the game, Wawrinka\u2019s career hit new heights in the middle of the 2010s, winning trophies at the Australian Open<\/a> in 2014, Roland Garros<\/a> in 2015 and the US Open<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n Wawrinka has reached the Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> on four occasions, highlighted by three consecutive semi-final runs from 2013-15. He has earned at least three Lexus ATP Head2Head wins against each member of the Big Three \u2014 Roger Federer<\/a>, Rafael Nadal<\/a> and Novak Djokovic<\/a> \u2014 and defeated former World No. 1 Andy Murray<\/a> 10 times.<\/p>\n Watch Wawrinka’s Best Hot Shots Of 2025:<\/p>\n With 582 tour-level wins, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index, Wawrinka is fourth on the list for the most among active players, just one victory behind third-placed Gael Monfils<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wawrinka\u2019s highlights representing Switzerland came at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, where he partnered Federer to claim the gold medal in the men\u2019s doubles event. He also played a crucial role in Switzerland\u2019s 2014 Davis Cup triumph.<\/p>\n Wawrinka won his first ATP Tour title in Umag in 2006 and captured his latest trophy in Geneva in 2017, though he has since reached finals at Roland Garros<\/a> (2017), Rotterdam (2019), Antwerp (2019) and Umag (2023).<\/p>\n The 40-year-old is set to open his final season in Perth at the United Cup<\/a>, which begins 2 January.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s time to write the final chapter of my career as a professional tennis player \ud83d\udcdd
2026 will be my last year on tour <\/p>\n
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