Every player who Stan Wawrinka beat in the final season of his career including Masters 1000 finalist

Stan Wawrinka will never win another professional tennis match after his career came to an end at the Swiss Indoors in Basel.

>Wawrinka was beaten by Jiri Lehecka in the first round of his final ever tournament, bringing an end to his 24-year career as a professional tennis player.

>The Swiss ended his career with 590 ATP Tour wins, with Wawrinka winning three Grand Slam titles, one Masters 1000 tournament and an Olympic gold medal in doubles.

>Wawrinka did not achieve so much success in 2026, but the 41-year-old was still able to beat 10 players this year.

Stan Wawrinka won 10 of his 32 matches in 2026Wawrinka announced that he was retiring at the end of the 2026 season before the year even started, and he made a positive start to the season in Australia.

>This included Wawrinka winning his first match of the 2026 season at the United Cup, as he beat then top 30 player and 2025 Shanghai Masters finalist Arthur Rinderknech.

>Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2014, and he had a positive farewell in Melbourne. The former world number three reached the third round of the Australian Open for the first time since 2020 after two dramatic wins against Laslo Djere and Arthur Gea.

>The win against Gea was the last time Wawrinka won a Grand Slam match, having lost in the first round of Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.

>Wawrinka’s wins were more fleeting after the Australian Open, as he was unable to win back-to-back matches at any tournament. The last win of Wawrinka’s career came at the ATP 250 tournament in Lyon, as Wawrinka beat Martin Landaluce, who is 21 years his junior, in three sets.

>This win was significant, as it made Wawrinka one of the oldest players to win an ATP match in history.

Players Stan Wawrinka beat in 2026Ranking of opponentat the timeResultArthur Rinderknech (United Cup)No.27Wawrinka beat Rinderknech, 5-7 7-6(5) 7-6(5)Laslo Djere (Australian Open)No.92Wawrinka beat Djere, 5-7 6-3 6-4 7-6(4)Arthur Gea (Australian Open)No.198Wawrinka beat Gea, 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-5 7-6(3)Hamad Medjedovic (Montpellier)No.80Wawrinka beat Medjedovic, 7-6(3) 6-4Thijs Boogaard (Rotterdam Open)No.1048Wawrinka beat Boogaard, 6-3 6-4Benjamin Hassan (Dubai Tennis Championships)No.289Wawrinka beat Hassan, 7-5 6-3Stefano Travaglia (Italian Open)No.141Wawrinka beat Travaglia, 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1Raul Brancaccio (Geneva Open)No.241Wawrinka beat Brancaccio, 6-2 4-6 7-6(5)Dalibor Svrcina (Cancun Challenger)No.114Wawrinka beat Svrcina, 7-6(6) 7-6(3)Martin Landaluce (Lyon)No.67Wawrinka beat Landaluce, 6-3 6(2)-7 7-6(5)Wawrinka may not have won too many matches in 2026, but he retires from tennis having beaten the likes of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray in his career.

>The 41-year-old also got the chance to play Jannik Sinner six times, winning two of these matches, but Wawrinka never played Carlos Alcaraz.