Overview
- Stan Wawrinka played his last professional match at the Swiss Indoors in Basel and announced his retirement at age 41 while ranked world No. 151.
- He finishes a career that includes three major titles — the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open — plus Olympic doubles gold in 2008 and a Davis Cup victory in 2014.
- Wawrinka won 16 ATP tournaments in his career with his final ATP title coming about nine years ago, a record that underlines his peak runs during the era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.
- He is best known for a powerful one-handed backhand that few modern players use and for the brown-beige-red checked shorts from his 2015 French Open win that became a cultural touchstone.
- In the last 18 months he returned to compete on the Challenger Tour, showing a taste for smaller crowds and continued competition, and he has signaled openness to coaching and other roles in tennis going forward.