StanWawrinka

Stan Wawrinka matters to Swiss tennis because he has won major singles trophies while representing a country whose tennis achievements are often framed around a single name. Three Grand Slam singles titles, taken at the Australian Open, French Open and US Open, made him a champion on hard and clay courts rather than a specialist on one surface. That range, across three different majors, is why he is remembered in Switzerland long after the ranking points have moved on.

His standing on the ATP Tour rests on an aggressive, heavy-hitting game built around a one-handed backhand. A career-high ranking of third shows how high he climbed, while a current place just outside the top hundred reflects a lengthy career rather than a brief peak. Sixteen tour-level singles titles and a Grand Slam win-loss record of 589 wins against 392 defeats are the numbers that best describe his output.