2016 ATP World Tour: Rating the Top 5 players

#4. Stan Wawrinka- 7.5/10

Wawrinka captured his third Grand Slam title this year

It may come as a surprise that the three-time Grand Slam champion gets a rating of only 7.5 but barring his US Open triumph and his semi-final appearance at the French Open, the Swiss has had a relatively subdued year.Wawrinka began 2016 by successfully defending his title at the Chennai Open without dropping a single set throughout the entire tournament. This was followed by a fourth round exit at the Australian Open where he was beaten by eventual semi-finalist Milos Raonic in five sets.

After a shocking second round exit at the Open13, Wawrinka won his second title of the year at the Dubai Tennis Championships. At his first Masters 1000 tournament of the year at Indian Wells, Wawrinka lost in the fourth round to David Goffin and he ended his hard-court season with a shocking second round defeat to Andrey Kuznetsov at the Miami Masters.Wawrinka began his clay-court by reaching the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters where he was beaten by eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets. This was followed by disappointing performances at Madrid and Rome where he bowed out in the second and third rounds respectively. Prior to the French Open, he won his third title of the year at the Geneva Open. At Roland Garros, Wawrinka reached the semi-finals where he was beaten by eventual runner-up Andy Murray in four sets.Wawrinka had a poor grass-court season where he lost to Fernando Verdasco at the opening round of the Queen’s Club Championships before falling to a resurgent Juan Martin Del Potro in the second round of the Wimbledon. Following the Wimbledon, he reached the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup where he was beaten by eventual runner-up Kei Nishikori. Due to a back injury, Wawrinka had to pull out of the Rio Olympics. He returned to action at the Cincinnati Masters where he was eliminated in the third round.At the US Open, Wawrinka avenged his defeats at the Wimbledon and Rogers Cup to Del Potro and Nishikori respectively to beat them in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. In the final, Wawrinka was up against Djokovic. Despite dropping the first set, Wawrinka came back to win the match in four sets, thus winning his third Grand Slam title.Following the US Open, Wawrinka reached the final of the St. Petersburg Open where he was humbled by rising talent Alexander Zverev. This was followed by further disappointing results at the Shanghai Masters, Swiss Indoors and Paris Masters where he was beaten in the third round, quarter-finals, and second round respectively.

At the World Tour Finals in London, Wawrinka won against Marin Cilic but lost to Murray and Nishikori and was eliminated in the round-robin. As a result, Wawrinka dropped to No.4 in the rankings courtesy of Raonic reaching the semi-finals of the competition.