{"id":47990,"date":"2025-05-05T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=47990"},"modified":"2025-05-05T12:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T11:32:07","slug":"stan-wawrinka-suffers-heartbreaking-finals-loss-to-borna-coric-on-atp-challenger-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/stan-wawrinka-suffers-heartbreaking-finals-loss-to-borna-coric-on-atp-challenger-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Stan Wawrinka Suffers Heartbreaking Finals Loss to Borna Coric on ATP Challenger Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka came up short in the final of the Open Aix Provence Cr&eacute;dit Agricole against Borna Coric on Sunday. The former World No. 3 was beaten by Borna Coric, who continues to dominate the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>ATP<\/a> Challenger Tour this year. Coric overcame a series of rain delays and a 3 hour 11 minute battle to emerge victorious 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) and capture the trophy.<\/p><p>The Croatian currently leads the tour with four ATP Challenger titles this season. On the other hand, Wawrinka has been going through torrid times in 2025. This week however, the Swiss legend beat the likes of Nishesh Basavareddy, Borna Gojo and top seed Alexei Popyrin en route to the final. After grabbing the opener vs Coric, Wawrinka lost the match in three tight sets.<\/p><p><strong>READ ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jack-draper-proves-all-round-ability-by-breaking-huge-british-record-at-2025-madrid-open\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jack Draper Proves All-Round Ability By Breaking Huge British Record at 2025 Madrid Open<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coric Pips Wawrinka for Fourth Challenger Trophy of 2025<\/h2><p>Borna Coric went toe-to-toe with Wawrinka from the beginning of the match. The 28-year-old, who holds a 22-3 record at the Challenger level this season, accumulated three straight championships between February and March. He had a 16-match winning streak at one point, which was coincidentally ended by Wawrinka himself. On Sunday, Coric was able to turn the tables on his 40-year-old opponent to win the title.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can't stop! Won't stop! x4 &#127942;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/borna_coric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@borna_coric<\/a> keeps leveling up in 2025 &#128640;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATPChallenger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#ATPChallenger<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpenduPaysdAix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@OpenduPaysdAix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rT7UV7D3pL\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/rT7UV7D3pL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ATP Challenger Tour (@ATPChallenger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ATPChallenger\/status\/1919101952186544266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Had Stan Wawrinka won the Open Aix Provence trophy, he would have become the oldest Challenger champion in the history of the game. Unfortunately, &lsquo;Stan the man&rsquo; pushed Coric to a deciding set tiebreak, but failed to maintain a consistent level. A series of forced and unforced errors off his magical Yonex wand resulted in Borna Coric getting bragging rights.<\/p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to start to play better tennis in the past couple of months,&rdquo; laid out an excited Coric after winning the title. The former US Open quarter finalist is now up to No. 84 in the PIF ATP Rankings. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been working hard, that&rsquo;s the most important thing for me &ndash; and also to stay healthy.&rdquo; Coric now has a 2-4 head to head record against Wawrinka at all levels.<\/p><p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jannik-sinner-eyes-grand-comeback-following-return-from-3-month-suspension\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jannik Sinner Eyes Grand Comeback Following Return From 3-Month Suspension<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wawrinka is out of the ATP Top-100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":47996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4917,6512,6511,5563,4936],"class_list":["post-47990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-atp-challenger","tag-borna-coric","tag-stan-wawrinka","tag-tennis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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