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!text-content\">\n                                A fired up Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Stan Wawrinka\u2019s snub from the US Open has not gone down well at all with the tennis community, with many suggesting the three-time Grand Slam champion has been disrespected by the Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>Wawrinka was not eligible to qualify for the US Open main draw, as he is currently ranked outside the top 100 of the ATP Tour rankings.<\/p>\n<p>However, in his final year as an active competitor, many expected the Swiss icon to receive one of eight wildcards into the Grand Slam he won in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stan-wawrinka-statement-controversial-us-open-wildcard-snub\">Wawrinka has been forced to say goodbye to the US Open online<\/a>, and his Grand Slam career is officially over following the snub from the USTA.<\/p>\n<p>Following the controversial decision from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">US Open<\/a>, legendary tennis journalist Jon Wertheim has suggested an overhaul of the Grand Slam\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n<h2>More Stan Wawrinka news<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/the-last-player-to-beat-stan-wawrinka-at-the-us-open-is-on-the-cusp-of-dropping-out-the-top-100\">The last player to beat Stan Wawrinka at the US Open is on the cusp of dropping out the top 100<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/stan-wawrinkas-coach-reacts-to-the-stars-us-open-wildcard-snub\">Stan Wawrinka\u2019s coach reacts to the star\u2019s US Open wildcard snub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VLgngruHvSE\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Roddick\u2019s Served<\/a>, Wertheim said: \u201cI think maybe the one thing that comes out of this, we just need parameters and guidelines [for wild cards].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe if you\u2019ve lost x straight matches in a row, you\u2019re ineligible, maybe if your ranking is not in the top 250\u2026 I think there are ways to do this a little more gracefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think Stan got wild cards for the previous three majors, had a beer with Craig Tiley in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/us-open\">Australia<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a> wild card: I don\u2019t think Stan made a Wimbledon semi. Quarter-finals at best, and he\u2019s won this tournament!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darwin Blanch, Sebastian Gorzny, Jack Kennedy, Patrick Kypson, Gael Monfils, Dane Sweeny, J.J Wolf, and Michael Zheng were awarded wildcards for the men\u2019s draw instead of Wawrinka.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/stan-wawrinka\">Wawrinka<\/a> has already proved he is worthy of wildcards this year, which makes the US Open\u2019s decision even more baffling.<\/p>\n<p>He reached the third round of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, defeating Laslo Djere and Arthur Gea in Melbourne, before losing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Taylor-Fritz\">Taylor Fritz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He lost in four sets to Jesper de Jong at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roland-garros\">Roland Garros<\/a> and played out a brilliant first round match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/Matteo-Berrettini\">Matteo Berrettini<\/a> at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Wawrinka has won seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/ATP-Tour\">ATP Tour<\/a>-level matches in the 2026 season, including victories over Arthur Rinderknech, Hamad Medjedovic, and Thijs Boogard.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently unclear when Wawrinka will return to ATP Tour action for the rest of the 2026 season, but he will likely receive huge support on the European indoor season at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Wawrinka is widely expected to play his final-ever ATP Tour tournament on home soil at the Swiss Indoors, which is set to begin on October 24th.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calls for new Grand Slam rules intensify after Stan Wawrinka\u2019s US Open wildcard snub Liam McMillen 25 Aug 2026 10:00 PM A fired up Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates Stan Wawrinka\u2019s snub from the US Open has not gone down well at all with the tennis community, with many suggesting the three-time Grand Slam champion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2111336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2111336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2111336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2111336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2111336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}