Stan Wawrinka

For years Stan Wawrinka was the other Swiss, a top-ten player stuck behind the Big Four. Then between 2014 and 2016 he won the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open, beating Nadal in the first final and Djokovic in the other two. The backhand did most of the damage, a heavy topspin swing with enough racket-head speed to hit winners from well behind the baseline. Knee surgery in 2017 cost him his place at the top, but he kept coming back and was still playing Challengers in his late thirties. He announced in December 2025 that 2026 would be his last season, said goodbye at the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and played his final tour match at the Swiss Indoors in Basel in October 2026.