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Stan Wawrinka says his US Open triumph will "forever be one of the greatest moments of my life" after missing out on a wildcard for a farewell appearance in New York. Article The 41-year-old will retire at the end of year and was given a wildcard for this year's Australian Open, French Open...

I often find it useful to look from time to time at simple stats to confront the eye tests, memories and many biases of this forum - including mine. Needless to say that Stan and Domi have been pushing their percentages a lot lower in recent years, so I went a couple of years back in time...

While many tennis fans have long appreciated the beauty of the backhand of Lorenzo the Magnificent, only a few keen observers have noted his increasing effectiveness. Having watched him a fair bit and often posted potency numbers I was among them. Another one - and way more important - has been...

LOL and I'm a Sinner fan.

Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(6) in the Year End Championship semi-final, 2014 on indoor hard court in London, England Federer would withdraw from the final, with Novak Djokovic winning the title. Federer had topped his round robin group with 3-0 record, Wawrinka had finished...

Yes, you read it. In my opinion, Murray's Forehand is the biggest weakness in his game (2nd serve is another) while Return of Serve is the biggest weakness in the Swiss star Wawrinka's game. Despite that, both have played spectacular tennis and won 3 slams each. Now, if we were to...

A bit if nostalgia as 2 of the most powerful one-handed backhand players are about to collide, both removed from their best years, yet still showing sparks of good form here and there. Predict the result & scoreline, folks.

In the last couple of years we've seen a lot of new big title champions, especially compared to 2011-2013 where Ferrer was the only one to make that breakthrough. Since we have a lot of 1 M1000 (which I'll just refer to M for short) winners I decided to look at all of them (and the more...

Jim Courier commented last night during the match between Stan and Tiafoe, whom he defeated in straights and in vintage form. "I know Murray and Stan each won 3 slams but I'll take peak Stan over peak Murray vs. the big 3 anytime. Stan's peak form was just a bully against the Big 3 in slams...

He's nearly 38, he only recently re-entered the top 100, he's moving up the rankings and I would say a top 30 finish is on the cards this year for Wawrinka, it's a massive achievement given he returned in Rome last year after a lengthy injury layoff with left Foot issues resulting in surgery. He...

The last ray of sunshine in tennis… The moment we thought They Might Be Back… what happened to our big 5 :cry:

Period: 2006-2022 2 wins, 16 losses 06 AO Baghdatis L 07 AO Gonzalez L 07 USO Djokovic L 08 AO Tsonga L 08 USO Murray L 09 RG Soderling L 09 USO Del Potro W (def. Federer) 10 WIM Berdych L 13 RG Ferrer L 14 AO Wawrinka W (def. Nadal) 16 WIM Raonic L 17 USO Anderson L 18 RG Thiem L 19 USO...

Novak Djokovic beat Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(5), 12-10 in the Australian Open fourth round, 2013 on hard court Djokovic, the double defending champion, would go onto win the title, beating Andy Murray in the final. The two would meet again for next 2 years, both matches going to...

The battle of ultimate big time players at their very best of forms.. Who wins? And how?

Stan Wawrinka beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the Monte Carlo final, 2014 on clay It was Wawrinka's first and to date, only Masters title and Federer's to date fourth runner-up finish at the event he has yet to win. Federer had won the pair's last 11 encounters Wawrinka won...

Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2 in the Rome semi-final, 2015 on clay Federer would go onto lose the final to Novak Djokovic. The two would meet again shortly in the French Open quarter-final, with Wawrinka winning en route to the title Federer won 56 points, Wawrinka 37...

Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4 in the Madrid final, 2013 on clay It was Nadal's 2nd title in the clay Madrid tournament. He'd also won on indoor hard courts in 2005. Wawrinka was seeded 15th and playing his 2nd Masters final. The two would go onto contest the next Australian...

Okay, maybe, it's because of my sleep deficit, but any similarity between hoops great Luka Doncic and three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Don%C4%8Di%C4%87#/media/File:Luka_Don%C4%8Di%C4%87_2021.jpg Anything?

Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the French Open final, 2017 on clay It was Nadal's 10th title at the event. He would go onto win the next 3 editions. It was his first Slam title since 2014. Wawrinka was the reigning US Open champion and this was his first loss in a Slam...

Stan Wawrinka beat Novak Djokovic 6-7(1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in the US Open final, 2016 on hard court It was Wawrinka's third Slam title. Djokovic was going for his third Slam of the year (following wins in Australia and France) and third US Open title Wawrinka won 144 points, Djokovic 143...

Two of the most powerful ballstrikers to have ever picked up a tennis racquet going toe to toe with each other on a high bouncing Hardcourt. The ball is screaming louder and louder because these guys are basically hitting it so hard, it may split into halves. Enjoy the show ladies and...

Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 in the Indian Wells final, 2017 on hard court It was Federer's record equalling 5th title at the event. He had recently won the Australian Open and would go onto win Miami shortly after Federer won 72 points, Wawrinka 57 Serve Stats...

Stan Wawrinka beat Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the Australian Open final, 2014 on hard court It was the first of Wawrinka's to date 3 Slam titles. Nadal had won the last Slam at US Open previous year and would go onto win the next at French Open. Nadal had won all 12 of the pair's...

Stan Wawrinka beat Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the French Open final, 2015 on clay It was Wawrinka's second Slam title. Djokovic would win the remaining 3 other Slams of the year and starting from the next one, complete a non-Calendar year Grand Slam, finishing at the next French...

As the hard court action takes place in New-York, Nadal and Wawrinka remain the only two Slam-winning material players (sorry, Monfils), who preferred to focus completely on clay. This, in theory, should give them benefits against the field in the Fall. Nadal is Nadal, and him being one of the...

Novak Djokovic beat Stan Wawrinka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Rome final, 2008 on clay It was Djokovic's first Masters level title on clay. Wawrinka was unseeded and en route to final beat Marat Safin, Andy Murray, Juan Carlos Ferrero, James Blake and Andy Roddick Djokovic won 87 points...

Seen many amateurs claiming their backhand is better than their forehand. When it is true it is always because their forehand is crappy. The bad thing is the players suffering from a crappy forehand, are proud as if it was a good thing. Looked for threads over this forum and seen many claims...

I love this racquet a little lead at 3 and 9 leather grip and this baby is ready to go. Who else is on the Yonex train and why?

-Mad Lad going on a mad run. Getting better and better with every tournament. -Tsitsipas having a phenomenal year, beating all the big 3 members in the same year. -Shapovalov winning his 1st title. -Zverev showing signs of life -Resurgence of Murray and Wawrinka. Boy, does 2020 look tasty or...