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Stan Wawrinka will retire from ATP Tour after 2026 season

AP file photo by Manish Swarup / Stan Wawrinka, a three-time major champion in men's singles, announced Friday that 2026 will be his final season on the ATP tour. Wawrinka, 40, won the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 U.S. Open, leaving him a Wimbledon championship short of the career Grand Slam.
AP file photo by Manish Swarup / Stan Wawrinka, a three-time major champion in men's singles, announced Friday that 2026 will be his final season on the ATP tour. Wawrinka, 40, won the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 U.S. Open, leaving him a Wimbledon championship short of the career Grand Slam. AP file photo by Manish Swarup / Stan Wawrinka, a three-time major champion in men's singles, announced Friday that 2026 will be his final season on the ATP tour. Wawrinka, 40, won the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 U.S. Open, leaving him a Wimbledon championship short of the career Grand Slam.

Three-time major champion Stan Wawrinka says 2026 will be his last year on the ATP Tour.

Since he turned pro in 2002, the 40-year-old Swiss tennis star has won 16 tournament titles in singles on the tour. He beat the No. 1-ranked player in the finals of all three Grand Slam tournaments he won: the 2014 Australian Open (Rafael Nadal), the 2015 French Open (Novak Djokovic) and the 2016 U.S. Open (Djokovic).

“One last push,” Wawrinka wrote Friday in a social media post.

“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.”

Wawrinka and Roger Federer won a gold medal in men’s doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and helped Switzerland win its only Davis Cup in 2014.