Stan Wawrinka is not going away quietly.
The Swiss star, who plans to bring the curtain down on his remarkable career this season, is set to return to the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday following his good start to the year. He is No. 98 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings and will be back in the Top 100 for the first time since July 2024.
In January, the 40-year-old rolled back the clock at the Australian Open, becoming the oldest man since Ken Rosewall in 1978 to reach the third round in Melbourne. Wawrinka defeated Laslo Djere and then earned a five-set win against Frenchman Arthur Gea.
Returning to Europe, Wawrinka recorded main-draw victories in Montpellier and Rotterdam this month. His win against 17-year-old Thijs Boogaard at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam on Wednesday ranked as the second-largest age gap in ATP Tour and Grand Slam history, trailing only Dominic Thiem’s 2011 win over Thomas Muster. Twenty-three years and three months separated Wawrinka and Boogaard.
At 40, with his 41st birthday approaching in March, Wawrinka will stand as the oldest man in the Top 100 by more than two years. For perspective, Novak Djokovic, 38, sits at No. 3, while Adrian Mannarino, Marin Cilic and Roberto Bautista Agut, all 37, also remain inside the elite bracket. The last 40-year-old to feature in the Top 100 was Roger Federer, who held No. 97 in June 2022.
Wawrinka reached a career-high No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings after he won the first of his three major titles at the Australian Open in January 2014.
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