The top-seeded Swiss world number four ended Slovenian qualifier Aljaz Bedene's giant-killing feats in the season-opening $450,000 event with a 6-3, 6-4 win in a 69-minute final.
Some 4,000 Indian fans at the Nungambakkam tennis stadium cheered wildly as the popular Wawrinka, making his seventh appearance in Chennai, outplayed Bedene.
Wawrinka wrapped up the first set in 30 minutes with a break in the sixth game in which he unleashed two lethal backhand down the line shots to leave Bedene stranded.
Bedene, hoping to become the first Slovenian to win an ATP Tour title, gifted a break in the seventh game of the second set when he double-faulted and then let Wawrinka smash an easy forehand winner.
Wawrinka pocketed $73,400 and 250 ranking points for his efforts. But his biggest gain was a perfect tune-up for the Australian Open which starts in Melbourne on January 19.
The 29-year-old did not drop a single set in the tournament, appearing to begin the new season with the same zeal he showed by helping Switzerland win its maiden Davis Cup title last year.
Wawrinka had followed his win over Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France in last year's Chennai Open final by beating Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final three weeks later.
Bedene had entered his first Tour final after coming through the qualifiers to scalp three Spanish seeds in number two Feliciano Lopez, number three Roberto Bautista-Agut and number five Guillermo Garcia Lopez.
Bedene, who defeated Wawrinka on the way to the semi-finals in Chennai in 2013, earned $38,650 and 150 points for winning three qualifying matches and four more in the main draw.
If he had won the final, the London-based Bedene, who awaits his British citizenship this year, would have become the first qualifier in the 20-year history of India's only ATP event to have clinched the title.
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