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

Doubles matches

Exhibition matches Tournament Match Round Opponent (Seed or Key) Rank Result Score Mubadala World Tennis Championship Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSingles exhibitionHard, outdoor31 December 2015 – 2 January 2016

Tournament schedule

Singles DateTournamentCityCategorySurface2015 result2015 points2016 pointsOutcome4 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(15–13))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(5–7))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 9010 Second round (lost to Nick Kyrgios, 6–7(7–9), 6–7(2–7)) 8 May 2016–15 May 2016 Italian Open Rome ATP Masters 1000 Clay SF 360 90 Third round (lost to Juan Mónaco, 7–6(7–5), 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(13–11)) 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(3–7)) 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(2–7), 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(6–8), 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(1–7), 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(6–8), 6–7(1–7)) 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 stageTotal year-end points difference

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups Stan Wawrinka had a 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 . 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) CategoryGrand Slam (1–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 (1–0)ATP World Tour 250 (2–1)Titles by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by conditionsOutdoors (4–0)Indoors (0–1)

OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner12.10 January 2016Chennai Open, Chennai, India (4)Hard Borna Ćorić6–3, 7–5Winner13.27 February 2016Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, UAEHard Marcos Baghdatis6–4, 7–6(15–13)Winner14.21 May 2016Geneva Open, Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Marin Čilić6–4, 7–6(13–11)Winner15.11 September 2016US Open, New York City, USAHard Novak Djokovic6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3Runner-up10.25 September 2016St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, RussiaHard (i) Alexander Zverev2–6, 6–3, 5–7

Earnings Event Prize money Year-to-date Aircel Chennai Open $75,700 $75,700 Australian Open A$193,000 $208,079 Open 13 €17,260 $227,502 Dubai Tennis Championships $511,750 $739,252 Indian Wells Masters $67,590 $806,842 Miami Masters $19,530 $826,372 Monte-Carlo Masters €90,010 $928,919 Madrid Open €31,365 $964,814 Italian Open €46,740 $1,018,112 Geneva Open €88,900 $1,118,596 French Open €500,000 $1,679,595 Aegon Championships €12,755 $1,693,944 Wimbledon Championships £50,000 $1,762,204 Canadian Open $200,995 $1,955,303 Cincinnati Masters $54,930 $2,009,694 US Open $3,500,000 $5,509,694 St. Petersburg Open $86,100 $5,595,793 Shanghai Masters $67,990 $5,663,783 Swiss Indoors €45,135 $5,712,885 Paris Masters €25,650 $5,741,060 ATP World Tour Finals $358,000 $6,099,059 $6,099,059 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

External links 2016 Schedule at ATP World Tour