The incredible record left by the match between Wawrinka and Boogaard in Rotterdam
The first match of Stan Wawrinka at the ATP 500 Rotterdam will not be remembered for its score, 6-3, 6-4 for the Swiss, but it left an anecdote that now becomes part of tennis history. Wawrinka, at 40 years old, faced the 17-year-old Dutch player Thijs Boogaard, marking the second biggest age gap in a tennis match since 1990. The first belongs to another Grand Slam champion, Dominic Thiem, who, at 18 years old, defeated fellow Austrian Thomas Muster (44), in the ATP Vienna 2011.
🇨🇠Stan Wawrinka (40y 320d) is playing against 🇳🇱 Thijs Boogaard (17y 220d) at @ABNAMROOpen
📊 Age gap: 23 years, 100 days – the second biggest since 1990
🔹 Open Era record: 🇺🇸 John Whitlinger (23y 3d) vs Gardnar Mulloy (63y 77d) → gap: 40 years, 74 days pic.twitter.com/wgJjZtmUxL— TennisMyLife (@TennisMyLife68) February 11, 2026
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