# Goodbye to Wawrinka – an everyman who gatecrashed the greats

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/goodbye-to-wawrinka-an-everyman-who-gatecrashed-the-greats/
- Published: 2026-10-28T07:14:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T08:08:54+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/crlykgp51ej4o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Americas, Sport, Tennis, World

## Key points

- Wawrinka’s final tour-level match ended in Basel.
- He won three Grand Slam singles titles.
- His career spanned 23 years and 985 matches.

## Summary

Stan Wawrinka lost his final tour-level match to Jiri Lehecka in Basel, bringing a 23-year professional career to an end. The 41-year-old Swiss former world number three leaves as a three-time Grand Slam champion who broke through the dominance of tennis’s leading stars.

Wawrinka’s career included major titles at the Australian Open in 2014, the French Open in 2015 and the US Open in 2016. He played 985 matches and, despite being less consistent than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, was the only player outside those four to win multiple men’s singles majors between 2006 and 2022. His last match ended 7-5, 7-6 (7-2), after which he and his family were visibly moved.

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