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Wawrinka and Cobolli set for Lyon match with ATP Finals stakes
Stan Wawrinka’s Lyon win set up a match with Flavio Cobolli, the tournament’s top seed.
The match brings together a 41-year-old former Grand Slam champion playing the final events of his career and a leading player seeking to qualify for the ATP Finals.
Wawrinka also played Cobolli’s father, Stefano, in 2003, losing their match at a Challenger event in Italy.
Wawrinka has lost both of his previous matches against Flavio, including close three-set contests in 2024 and 2026.
Cobolli is fifth in the season-long race to the ATP Finals, and is not yet mathematically qualified.
He has also had disappointing recent results and is trying to regain form.
A win in Lyon would take Cobolli into the quarter-finals and help his bid to reach the year-end tournament.
Stan Wawrinka is set to face Flavio Cobolli in Lyon, with Cobolli seeking to improve his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals.
Cobolli is the tournament’s top seed and enters directly in the last 16, while Wawrinka advanced by winning his first main ATP Tour match since May.
Cobolli has won both of his previous matches against Wawrinka, including a meeting at the United Cup in 2026.
Wawrinka also played Cobolli’s father, Stefano, in a Challenger match in 2003 and lost.
Cobolli is fifth in the PIF ATP Race to Turin and is the highest-ranked player not yet mathematically qualified, according to SuperTennis.
- Who
- Stan Wawrinka and Flavio Cobolli.
- What
- They are set to meet in Lyon, with a place in the quarter-finals and Cobolli’s ATP Finals qualification prospects at stake.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- Lyon, at the Grand Prix Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, an ATP 250 tournament.
- Why
- Cobolli is seeking to move closer to qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals. Wawrinka is competing in the closing stages of his career.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Wawrinka lost to Stefano Cobolli in a Challenger match in Brindisi, Italy.
Flavio Cobolli beat Wawrinka at the Shanghai Masters.
Cobolli beat Wawrinka at the United Cup.
Articles reported that Wawrinka and Cobolli were set to meet in Lyon.
- Tournament
- Grand Prix Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, an ATP 250 event in Lyon
- Cobolli's ATP ranking
- World No. 6, according to SuperTennis
- Cobolli's ATP Finals race position
- Fifth in the PIF ATP Race to Turin; not yet mathematically qualified
- Previous meetings
- Cobolli leads Wawrinka 2-0
- 2003 match
- Wawrinka lost to Stefano Cobolli 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in Brindisi
- SuperTennis-reported prize money
- €757,320