PIF ATP real-time ranking prediction
Wawrinka, 40, expected to return to top 100
Swiss star will become the oldest male in the Top 100, beating him by more than two years
February 13, 2026
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Stan Wawrinka has five tour-level wins this season, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.
Sam Jacott
Stan Wawrinka is not going to go quietly.
The Swiss star plans to end his remarkable career this season and will return to the top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday after a strong start to the year. He is ranked 98th in the PIF ATP live rankings and will return to the top 100 for the first time since July 2024.
In January, the 40-year-old turned back the clock at the Australian Open, becoming the oldest man to reach the third round in Melbourne since Ken Rosewall in 1978. Wawrinka defeated László Djere and then defeated Frenchman Arthur Guia in five sets.
Back in Europe, Wawrinka scored main draw wins in Montpellier and Rotterdam this month. His victory over 17-year-old Thys Boogaard at the ATP 500 event in Rotterdam on Wednesday marked the second-largest age gap in ATP Tour and Grand Slam history behind Dominic Thiem’s 2011 victory over Thomas Muster. Wawrinka and Boogaard are separated by twenty-three years and three months.
Wawrinka, 40, will turn 41 in March, more than two years ahead of the oldest male in the Top 100. Overall, 38-year-old Novak Djokovic ranks third, while 37-year-old Adrian Mannarino, Marin Cilic and Roberto Bautista Agut also remain in the elite group. The last 40-year-old to enter the top 100 was Roger Federer, who was ranked 97th in June 2022.
In January 2014, Wawrinka won the first of his three Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open, after which he reached a career-high third place in the PIF ATP Rankings.
