Wawrinka, who defeated Swiss Roger Federer to clinch the 2014 edition of the tourney was beaten by Bulgaria's world number 11 Dimitrov 6-1 6-2 to in 54 minutes.
Meanwhile, world number two, Roger Federer has also been bundled out of the tournament by world number 18, Gael Minfils 6-4 7-6 (7-5)
The victory, was the Frenchman's successive victory on clay over the 17-time Grand Slam champion after his straight sets victory during last year's Davis Cup final.
The 33 year-old Swiss player, who has reached the tournament's final four times but lost, was competing for the first time since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Indian Wells final nearly four weeks ago.
He was broken in the ninth game of the first set and then squandered a 5-3 lead in the second set tie-break, losing four successive points.
Wawrinka had won two of the previous three meetings with Dimitrov, including a clay court encounter at the 2013 World Tour Masters in Madrid.
But the 30-year-old Swiss made 41 unforced errors and had just four winners against the ninth seed.
He was guilty of 13 of those unforced errors as Dimitrov raced 4-0 ahead, and failed to convert four break points in the sixth game of the second set.BBC
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