tennist.orgOct 27, 2026
The Other Swiss Champion: Stan Wawrinka's Unlikely Road to Greatness
Stan Wawrinka spent the first decade of his career as Switzerland’s other tennis player, a talented countryman standing in Roger Federer’s long shadow. Then, at an age when most players have already peaked, he became one of the sport’s most dangerous big-match performers, winning three Grand Slam titles and beating Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in major finals at the height of the Big Three era. From his breakthrough in Melbourne to his farewell in Basel, Wawrinka never dominated an era, but he interrupted one, and he left tennis as a champion entirely his own.
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