Three Grand Slam titles, Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion: the man with the world’s most beautiful backhand is retiring.
His one-handed backhand is the most beautiful in the world, and he won three Grand Slam titles in the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic era—now Stan Wawrinka has announced his retirement.
At the end of the coming season, the third-greatest figure in Swiss tennis after Roger Federer and Martina Hingis will retire at the age of 41.
ONE LAST PUSH
Every book needs an ending
It’s time to write the final chapter of my career as a professional tennis player
2026 will be my last year on tour
P perseverance
A ambition
S sacrifice
S success
I injuries
O obsession
N never give upD discipline
R… pic.twitter.com/CJlA8gCN8Y— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) December 19, 2025
Stan Wawrinka: “Time to write the final chapter”
“It’s time to write the final chapter of my career as a professional tennis player,” Wawrinka announced on social media, “2026 will be my last year on tour.”
Wawrinka made his professional debut in 2002. The highlights of his long career include victories at the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open, and the 2016 US Open, as well as Olympic gold in doubles in 2008 and victory in the Davis Cup in 2014, both alongside Federer. He won the last of his 16 titles in Geneva in 2017.