The 2016 US Open Champion Stan Wawrinka is not expected to compete in New York this year as he is still struggling with a foot injury. Wawrinka won three major titles in consecutive seasons between 2014 and 2016, beating all high-profile players on the road to tennis immortals.
Stan became number 3 in the world after the 2014 Australian Open and stayed in the top 10 for almost five years between 2013 and 2018. The Swiss lost this pace in 2017 after a knee injury, had to undergo two operations in August and miss the rest of the season.
Wawrinka won the title in Geneva in May of the same year, and that remains his last ATP trophy, battling injuries and never producing his best tennis again. After Roland Garros in 2018, Stan dropped out of the top 250 for the first time in 15 years and hit rock bottom but wanted to get back where he belongs.
The Swiss regained form in 2019 and returned to the top 20, still dreaming of notable titles. Wawrinka secured 15 victories in the troubled 2020 season and it will be difficult for the Lausanne native to repeat that in the current one after constant problems with injuries.
Stan underwent an operation on his left foot in March and needed another in June, took more time off the tennis court and made no plans to return.
Stan Wawrinka underwent two operations in three months
The Swiss has only won three games so far in 2021, but thanks to his results from the two previous seasons, he stayed around the 30th.
Place of the ATP ranking list. Stan gave Jeremy Chardy a walkover in Melbourne 2 ahead of the Australian Open in February. After a massive fight, he suffered a narrow defeat against Marton Fucsovics in the decisive tie-break in Melbourne.
Fucsovics prevailed in three hours and 59 minutes with 7-5, 6-1, 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 and fended off three match points in the decisive tie-break to send Wawrinka home. Stan lost to Karen Khachanov in the first round in Rotterdam and suffered a heavy defeat against Lloyd Harris in three close sets in his last game on the tour in Doha.
Wawrinka, 36, is still eager to extend his career despite realizing how difficult it is to get back on the field after long breaks due to his age. The other great Swiss, Roger Federer, also doubts before the last major tournament of the season, suffers a knee injury and withdraws from Toronto and Cincinnati.
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