Stan Wawrinka’s final ATP tournament has been confirmed, with the three-time Grand Slam champion set to bring the curtain down on his career at the Swiss Indoors Basel later this year. The 41-year-old, who announced in December that 2026 would be his last season on tour, will play his last professional match at the ATP 500 event scheduled for October 24 to November 1.
The announcement was made by tournament organizers via the official Swiss Indoors Basel website. “He would have liked to keep playing forever,” the statement read. “But Basel marks the end of the line for three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka as he says goodbye to the game.”
Organizers have promised “an emotional evening full of memories, surprises and magical moments from the career of the Vaud-born superstar,” with a tribute scheduled around his opening match.
Home farewell. The choice of venue carries clear symbolic weight. The St. Jakobshalle has long been a cornerstone of Swiss tennis, and the 2026 edition will mark the tournament’s 55th staging.
Wawrinka had previously hinted at Basel as the most likely setting for his farewell after the proposed Belgrade event was withdrawn from the calendar, briefly leaving his end-of-season plans uncertain. The Swiss veteran had also floated the Hellenic Championship as a possibility before organizers in Basel formalized the arrangement.
Closing chapter. Wawrinka turned professional in 2002 and reached a career-high ranking of world number three, lifting 16 ATP titles along the way. His three Grand Slam triumphs all came against the world number one in the final: Rafael Nadal at the 2014 Australian Open, and Novak Djokovic at both Roland Garros in 2015 and the US Open in 2016. He also helped Switzerland to their maiden Davis Cup title in 2014.
Currently ranked 125th, Wawrinka is presently competing in qualifying at the Italian Open in Rome, where he defeated Stefano Travaglia 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-1 in his opening match to set up a meeting with Pablo Carreno Busta.
He is also confirmed for a 21st and final Roland Garros appearance, with tournament organisers in Paris planning their own tribute following his last match at Porte d’Auteuil.
Looking ahead. Before the Basel goodbye, Wawrinka faces a clay swing in which he is yet to win a match, and a summer hard-court stretch in which wildcards are likely to dictate his schedule. Whatever the results between now and October, the destination is now set: a final bow at home, on a court that has shaped a generation of Swiss tennis
