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2016 Stan Wawrinka tennis season

Full name	Stan Wawrinka
Country	Switzerland
Calendar prize money	$6,099,060
Singles
Season record	46–18
Calendar titles	4
Year-end ranking	No. 4
Ranking change from previous year
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	4R
French Open	SF
Wimbledon	2R
US Open	W
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR
Olympic Games	A
Doubles
Season record	1–1
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	567
Ranking change from previous year	384

The 2016 Stan Wawrinka tennis season begins at the Chennai Open, where he won the fourth title and the third in a row at Chennai.

Year summary

Australian Open and early hard court season

Chennai

Wawrinka started his 2016 tennis campaign by playing at the 2016 Aircel Chennai Open, where he was bidding for his third straight title win in a row. Wawrinka won against Andrey Rublev, Guillermo García-López and Benoît Paire in straight sets, before facing Borna Ćorić in the final. At the final, he won the match in straight sets 6-3 7-5, winning him also his fourth Chennai title in his career, and his twelfth career title overall.

Australian Open

After winning the title in Chennai, Wawrinka participated in the first Grand Slam of the season in the 2016 Australian Open. He first faced Dmitry Tursunov who is participating on his first Grand Slam after more than a year of being absent on the tour due to injury. Wawrinka won the first two sets before Tursunov retired from the match. Wawrinka then faced Radek Štěpánek in the second round, where he was able to defeat the Czech in straight sets. He then faced another Czech in Lukáš Rosol in the third round, where Wawrinka defeated him also in straight sets. At the fourth round, he faced Canadian Milos Raonic in the fourth round. Raonic was able to win the first two sets against Wawrinka, but Wawrinka was able to push the match into a decider. Wawrinka was not able to fully come back however, as Raonic was able to win the deciding set 6-3. The loss stops the streak of six straight Grand Slam quarterfinals that started during the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Indoor hard-court tournaments

Wawrinka did not appear in Rotterdam to defend his title.

Marseille

Wawrinka after receiving a first round bye would get revenge on Sergiy Stakhovsky in a tight three set match, who defeated him in the quarterfinals the previous year, but he would go on to lose to good friend Benoît Paire in the next round in three sets.

Dubai

After being two points from defeat in his opening round match against Stakhovsky, Wawrinka proceeded to defeat qualifier Franko Skugor, Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Nick Kyrgios (in their first match since the Montreal incident in 2015) in succession, before defeating Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets to win the Dubai Duty Free title.

March Masters

Indian Wells

Wawrinka advanced to the round of 16, where he was defeated by David Goffin in a final set tiebreak.

Miami Open

Wawrinka lost his opening round match to Andrey Kuznetsov (tennis)

European clay court season

Monte Carlo

Wawrinka lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

After early exits in Madrid and Rome, Wawrinka won the Geneva Open, defeating Marin Cilic in the final in two close sets.

Roland Garros

Wawrinka entered as the defending champion. In the first round he survived Lukas Rosol, coming from 2 sets to 1 down to win in five. He went on to reach the semifinals, where his title defense was ended by Andy Murray in four sets.

Grass court season

Queen's Club Championships

Wawrinka lost his opening match to Fernando Verdasco in straight sets.

Wimbledon

Wawrinka defeated rising star Taylor Fritz in four close sets in the first round. He was then upset by Juan Martin del Potro in the second round in four close sets.

North American Hard Court Swing

Canadian Open

Wawrinka advanced to the semifinals, where he was defeated by Kei Nishikori in straight sets.

Cincinnati Masters (Western & Southern Open)

Wawrinka was upset by Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets in the Round of 16.

US Open

Wawrinka started the tournament with straight sets wins over Fernando Verdasco and Alessandro Giannessi. In the third round Wawrinka saved a match point in the fourth set before beating Dan Evans (tennis) in 5 sets. He then beat Illya Marchenko, Juan Martín del Potro, and Kei Nishikori, each in four sets to reach his first US Open final. In the final, Wawrinka beat defending champion Novak Djokovic in four sets to win his 3rd grand slam title and first at the US Open.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Stan Wawrinka in 2016, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Chennai Open Chennai, India ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 5 – 11 January 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	1 / 627	2R	Andrey Rublev (WC)	185	Win	6–3, 6–2
	2 / 628	QF	Guillermo García-López (5)	27	Win	6–4, 6–4
	3 / 629	SF	Benoît Paire (3)	19	Win	6–3, 6–4
	4 / 630	W	Borna Ćorić (8)	44	Win (1)	6–3, 7–5
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 2016
	5 / 631	1R	Dmitry Tursunov (PR)	265	Win	7–6, 6–3, Ret.
	6 / 632	2R	Radek Štěpánek (Q)	82	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
	7 / 633	3R	Lukáš Rosol	51	Win	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
	8 / 634	4R	Milos Raonic (13)	14	Loss	4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 3–6
Open 13 Marseille, France ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 15 – 21 February 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	9 / 635	2R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	81	Win	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
	10 / 636	QF	Benoît Paire (8)	22	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 22 – 27 February 2016
	11 / 637	1R	Sergiy Stakhovsky	92	Win	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
	12 / 638	2R	Franko Škugor (Q)	188	Win	7–5, 6–1
	13 / 639	QF	Philipp Kohlschreiber (8)	28	Win	7–5, 6–1
	14 / 640	SF	Nick Kyrgios	33	Win	6–4, 3–0 Ret.
	15 / 641	W	Marcos Baghdatis	57	Win (2)	6–4, 7–6
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 20 March 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	16 / 642	2R	Illya Marchenko	72	Win	6–3, 6–2
	17 / 643	3R	Andrey Kuznetsov	55	Win	6–4, 7–6
	18 / 644	4R	David Goffin (15)	18	Loss	3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 23 March – 03 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	19 / 645	2R	Andrey Kuznetsov	51	Loss	4–6, 3–6
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte-Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	20 / 646	2R	Philipp Kohlschreiber	28	Win	7–6, 7–5
	21 / 647	3R	Gilles Simon (15)	18	Win	6–1, 6–2
	22 / 648	QF	Rafael Nadal (5)	5	Loss	1–6, 4–6
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 1 – 8 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	23 / 649	2R	Nick Kyrgios	21	Loss	6–7, 6–7
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 8 – 15 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	24 / 650	2R	Benoit Paire	21	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
	25 / 651	3R	Juan Mónaco (PR)	114	Loss	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Geneva Open Geneva, Switzerland ATP Tour 250 Clay, outdoor 15 – 21 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	26 / 652	2R	Albert Ramos	53	Win	6–1, 6–1
	27 / 653	QF	Pablo Carreño	43	Win	6–3, 6–1
	28 / 654	SF	Lukáš Rosol	68	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
	29 / 655	W	Marin Čilić	11	Win (3)	6–4, 7–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 22 May – 5 June 2016
	30 / 656	1R	Lukáš Rosol	59	Win	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	31 / 657	2R	Taro Daniel	93	Win	7–6, 6–3, 6–4
	32 / 658	3R	Jérémy Chardy (30)	32	Win	6–4, 6–3, 7–5
	33 / 659	4R	Viktor Troicki (22)	24	Win	7–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–2
	34 / 660	QF	Albert Ramos	55	Win	6–2, 6–1, 7–6
	35 / 661	SF	Andy Murray (2)	2	Loss	4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 500 Grass, outdoor 13 – 19 June 2016
	36 / 662	1R	Fernando Verdasco	53	Loss	2–6, 6–7
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 27 June – 10 July 2016
	37 / 663	1R	Taylor Fritz	65	Win	7–6, 6–1, 6–7, 6–4
	38 / 664	2R	Juan Martín del Potro (PR)	165	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 6–7, 3–6
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	39 / 665	2R	Mikhail Youzhny	61	Win	7–6, 7–6
	40 / 666	3R	Jack Sock (16)	26	Win	7–6, 6–2
	41 / 667	QF	Kevin Anderson	34	Win	6–1, 6–3
	42 / 668	SF	Kei Nishikori (3)	6	Loss	6–7, 1–6
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 14 – 21 August 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	43 / 669	2R	Jared Donaldson (WC)	122	Win	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
	44 / 670	3R	Grigor Dimitrov	34	Loss	4–6, 4–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 29 August – 11 September 2016
	45 / 671	1R	Fernando Verdasco	46	Win	7–6, 6–4, 6–4
	46 / 672	2R	Alessandro Giannessi (Q)	213	Win	6–1, 7–6, 7–5
	47 / 673	3R	Daniel Evans	64	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–2
	48 / 674	4R	Illya Marchenko	63	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–7, 6–3
	49 / 675	QF	Juan Martín del Potro (WC)	142	Win	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
	50 / 676	SF	Kei Nishikori (6)	7	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
	51 / 677	W	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win (4)	6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
St. Petersburg Open Saint Petersburg, Russia ATP Tour 250 Hard, indoor 19 – 25 September 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	52 / 678	2R	Lukáš Rosol	85	Win	6–3, 6–1
	53 / 679	QF	Viktor Troicki (7)	33	Win	7–5, 6–2
	54 / 680	SF	Roberto Bautista Agut (4)	16	Win	7–6, 6–2
	55 / 681	F	Alexander Zverev (5)	27	Loss (1)	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 October 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	56 / 682	2R	Kyle Edmund (Q)	48	Win	6–3, 6–4
	57 / 683	3R	Gilles Simon	32	Loss	4–6, 4–6
Swiss Indoors Basel, Switzerland ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 24 – 30 October 2016
	58 / 684	1R	Marco Chiudinelli (WC)	119	Win	6–7, 6–1, 6–4
	59 / 685	2R	Donald Young (Q)	83	Win	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
	60 / 686	QF	Mischa Zverev (Q)	72	Loss	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 31 October – 6 November 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	61 / 687	2R	Jan-Lennard Struff (Q)	91	Loss	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 13 – 20 November 2016
	62 / 688	RR	Kei Nishikori (5)	5	Loss	2–6, 3–6
	63 / 689	RR	Marin Čilić (7)	7	Win	7–6, 7–6
	64 / 690	RR	Andy Murray (1)	1	Loss	4–6, 2–6

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (seed or key)	Ranks	Result	Score
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016 Partner: Grigor Dimitrov
	1	1R	Lucas Pouille / Dominic Thiem	#96 / #93	Win	7–6, 2–6,
	2	2R	Henri Kontinen / John Peers (8)	#26 / #13	Loss	6–7, 2–6
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 August 2016 Partner: Grigor Dimitrov
	–	1R	Eric Butorac / Taylor Fritz (WC)	#45 / #458	Withdrew	N/A

Exhibition matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Singles exhibition Hard, outdoor 31 December 2015 – 2 January 2016
	–	QF	Bye
	1	SF	Milos Raonic (6)	14	Loss	5–7, 5–7
	2	SF-B	David Ferrer (3)	7	Loss	7–6, 4–6,

Tournament schedule

Singles

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2015 result	2015 points	2016 points	Outcome
4 January 2016– 10 January 2016	Chennai Open	Chennai	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	W	250	250	Winner (def. Borna Ćorić, 6–3, 7–5)
17 January 2016– 31 January 2016	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	720	180	Fourth round (lost to Milos Raonic, 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 3–6)
15 February 2016– 21 February 2016	Open 13	Marseille	ATP World Tour 250	Hard (i)	QF	45	45	Quarterfinals (lost to Benoît Paire, 4–6, 6–1, 5–7)
22 February 2016– 28 February 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	DNS	0	500	Winner (def. Marcos Baghdatis, 6–4, 7–6)
7 March 2016– 20 March 2016	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10	90	Fourth round (lost to David Goffin, 3–6, 7–5, 6–7)
21 March 2016– 3 April 2016	Miami Open	Miami	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	3R	45	10	Second round (lost to Andrey Kuznetsov, 4–6, 3–6)
11 April 2016– 17 April 2016	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monte-Carlo	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90	180	Quarterfinals (lost to Rafael Nadal, 1–6, 4–6)
1 May 2016– 8 May 2016	Madrid Open	Madrid	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90	10	Second round (lost to Nick Kyrgios, 6–7, 6–7)
8 May 2016– 15 May 2016	Italian Open	Rome	ATP Masters 1000	Clay	SF	360	90	Third round (lost to Juan Mónaco, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6)
15 May 2016– 21 May 2016	Geneva Open	Geneva	ATP World Tour 250	Clay	QF	45	250	Winner (def. Marin Čilić, 6–4, 7–6)
22 May 2016– 5 June 2016	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	W	2000	720	Semifinal (lost to Andy Murray, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6)
13 June 2016– 19 June 2016	Queen's Club Championships	London	ATP World Tour 500	Grass	2R	45	0	First round (lost to Fernando Verdasco, 2–6, 6–7)
27 June 2016– 10 July 2016	Wimbledon	London	Grand Slam	Grass	QF	360	45	Second round (lost to Juan Martín del Potro, 6–3, 3–6, 6–7, 4–6)
25 July 2016– 31 July 2016	Canadian Open	Toronto	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10	360	Semifinal (lost to Kei Nishikori, 6–7, 1–6)
8 August 2016– 14 August 2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Olympic Games	Hard	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew
14 August 2016– 21 August 2016	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	QF	180	90	Third round (lost to Grigor Dimitrov, 4–6, 4–6)
29 August 2016– 11 September 2016	US Open	New York City	Grand Slam	Hard	SF	720	2000	Winner (def. Novak Djokovic, 6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3)
19 September 2016– 25 September 2016	St. Petersburg Open	Saint Petersburg	ATP World Tour 250	Hard (i)	N/A	N/A	150	Final (lost to Alexander Zverev, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7)
3 October 2016– 9 October 2016	Japan Open	Tokyo	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	W	500	N/A	Withdrew
10 October 2016– 16 October 2016	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai	ATP Masters 1000	Hard	QF	180	90	Third round (lost to Gilles Simon, 4–6, 4–6)
24 October 2016– 30 October 2016	Swiss Indoors	Basel	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	1R	0	90	Quarterfinals (lost to Mischa Zverev, 2–6, 7–5, 1–6)
31 October 2016– 6 November 2016	Paris Masters	Paris	ATP Masters 1000	Hard (i)	SF	360	10	Second round (lost to Jan-Lennard Struff, 6–3, 6–7, 6–7)
13 November 2016– 20 November 2016	ATP World Tour Finals	London	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	SF	400	200	Did not advance from the group stage
Total year-end points						6900	5315	1585 difference

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Stan Wawrinka had a 46–18 match win–loss record in the 2016 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 3–5. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

• Lukáš Rosol 4–0
• Marin Čilić 2–0
• Philipp Kohlschreiber 2–0
• Illya Marchenko 2–0
• Sergiy Stakhovsky 2–0
• Viktor Troicki 2–0
• Albert Ramos 2–0
• Benoît Paire 2–1
• Kevin Anderson 1–0
• Marcos Baghdatis 1–0
• Roberto Bautista Agut 1–0
• Pablo Carreño 1–0
• Jérémy Chardy 1–0
• Marco Chiudinelli 1–0
• Borna Ćorić 1–0
• Taro Daniel 1–0
• Novak Djokovic 1–0
• Jared Donaldson 1–0
• Kyle Edmund 1–0
• Daniel Evans 1–0
• Taylor Fritz 1–0
• Guillermo García López 1–0
• Alessandro Giannessi 1–0
• Andrey Rublev 1–0
• Jack Sock 1–0
• Franko Škugor 1–0
• Radek Štěpánek 1–0
• Dmitry Tursunov 1–0
• Donald Young 1–0
• Mikhail Youzhny 1–0
• Juan Martín del Potro 1–1
• Nick Kyrgios 1–1
• Andrey Kuznetsov 1–1
• Gilles Simon 1–1
• Fernando Verdasco 1–1
• Kei Nishikori 1–2
• Grigor Dimitrov 0–1
• David Goffin 0–1
• Juan Mónaco 0–1
• Rafael Nadal 0–1
• Milos Raonic 0–1
• Alexander Zverev 0–1
• Mischa Zverev 0–1
• Jan-Lennard Struff 0–1
• Andy Murray 0–2

Finals

Singles: 5 (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	12.	10 January 2016	Chennai Open, Chennai, India (4)	Hard	Borna Ćorić	6–3, 7–5
Winner	13.	27 February 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAE	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–4, 7–6
Winner	14.	21 May 2016	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Marin Čilić	6–4, 7–6
Winner	15.	11 September 2016	US Open, New York City, USA	Hard	Novak Djokovic	6–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	25 September 2016	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Alexander Zverev	2–6, 6–3, 5–7

Earnings

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

• 2016 ATP World Tour
• 2016 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season
• 2016 Andy Murray tennis season

References

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3. "Rafael Nadal sees off Gaël Monfils to win Monte Carlo Masters final". the Guardian. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
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10. "Nishikori Digs Deep To Reach Toronto Final". Jul 30, 2016. Archived from the original on Jul 12, 2023.
11. "Dimitrov Continues Winning Ways Against Wawrinka". Aug 18, 2016. Archived from the original on Jul 7, 2019.
12. Mitchell, Kevin (4 September 2016). "Dan Evans pushes Stan Wawrinka to the limit in gruelling US Open defeat". The Guardian.
13. Graham, Bryan Armen (10 September 2016). "Stan Wawrinka to face Djokovic in US Open final after win over Kei Nishikori". The Guardian.
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External links

• 2016 Schedule at ATP World Tour

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