Wawrinka faces – Stan Wawrinka will open his Geneva Open return against lucky loser Raul Brancaccio after Alejandro Tabilo canceled his participation.
Stan Wawrinka is set to return to the Geneva Open, where he last won the tournament seven years ago, and his first match has been reshaped after a late withdrawal.
Wawrinka, listed at ATP 125, will play Italian Raul Brancaccio, ranked ATP 240, in the starting round on Monday at 6 pm. Brancaccio was originally not the designated opponent: world number 35 Alejandro Tabilo canceled his participation on Sunday.
The draw shift gives Wawrinka a different path, and Brancaccio’s entry is tied to a qualifying upset. Brancaccio was eliminated in the second round of qualifying by Frenchman Clément Tabur (ATP 168), losing 6:0, 2:6, 2:6, before slipping into the main draw as a lucky loser.
Tabilo, by contrast, had been on a more convincing run. In February, he reached the final of the ATP 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro on clay.
Brancaccio does not have comparable results in the main tour. His best ranking is 121st in 2023, and he has played only one match in the main draw of an ATP tournament—at Parma in May 2021. Last month, however, he won the Challenger tournament in Menorca.
There is also Swiss representation to watch at the Parc des Eaux-Vives. with Wawrinka the only Swiss player in the main draw.. The other local hope. 20-year-old Kilian Feldbausch (ATP 355) from Geneva. lost 3:6. 2:6 to American Nihesh Basavareddy (ATP 154) in the second round of qualifying.. Feldbausch had received a wild card for the qualifying event.
The sequence in Geneva is striking: Tabilo’s cancellation on Sunday leads to Wawrinka meeting Brancaccio, and Brancaccio’s path to the main draw comes from a qualifying defeat—6:0, 2:6, 2:6—followed by a lucky-loser entry.
Geneva Open Stan Wawrinka Raul Brancaccio Alejandro Tabilo lucky loser ATP rankings ATP 125 ATP 240 Clément Tabur Kilian Feldbausch Nihesh Basavareddy