Stan Wawrinka played the last match of his career on Tuesday, losing 7-5 7-6(2) to Czech player Jiri Lehecka at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. He competed in front of home supporters before saying goodbye to the sport.
Wawrinka had announced last year that he would retire at the end of the 2026 season. The 41-year-old has been a professional for 24 years.
Grand Slam titles and career milestones
Wawrinka won his first major at the 2014 Australian Open, beating Rafa Nadal in the final. He later captured the 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open, defeating Novak Djokovic in both finals.
He won 16 ATP titles and reached a career-high world ranking of number three in 2014. Wawrinka also won Olympic doubles gold with Roger Federer in 2008, and he helped Switzerland claim its first Davis Cup title in 2014.
Wawrinka reflects on giving full effort
Speaking to the ATP website, Wawrinka said he had always aimed to give everything in each match and to have no regrets. He described respect for himself, his opponents, the tournament and the fans as central to that approach.
He added that this had been the most important thing to him for more than 20 years, and that leaving the sport without regrets was the only way to do it.
