Stanislas Wawrinka

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**Stanislas Wawrinka**

Country	Switzerland
Residence	St. Barthelemy, Switzerland
Date of birth	March 28, 1985
Place of birth	Lausanne, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 0 in (182 cm)
Weight	174 lb (79 kg)
Turned Pro	2002
Plays	Right; One-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$960,616
Singles
Career record:	53-54
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 29 (October 30, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2007)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
U.S. Open	3R (2005), (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	15-20
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 90 (November 6, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: April 1, 2007.

Stanislas Wawrinka (born March 28, 1985 in Lausanne) is a Swiss male tennis player. As of April 2007, he is one of two Swiss players in the ATP top 40 (the other being Roger Federer).

The surname Wawrinka is of Polish decent but Stanislas is only Polish by ancestry. His nickname is 'Stan'.

His father Wolfram is German, and his mother Isabelle is Swiss. Both work on a biological farm helping handicapped people. Wawrinka's grandparents are Czech. He has one older brother Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and two younger sisters Djanaee and Naella, who are students and tennis players.

Wawrinka stopped attending school at age 15 to focus full-time on tennis. "It was the natural line for me, the right path, to follow with my tennis," he said.

He started playing international junior events at age 14 and then began on the satellite circuit the following year. He compiled an outstanding junior career winning the 2003 French Open junior championships and finishing number 14 junior.

He currently lives in Saint-Barthélemy (10 minutes from Lausanne). His hobbies include movies and music. He considers clay his best surface and backhand his best shot. He has a 2-3 career Davis Cup singles record in three ties. He has been coached since age eight by Dimitri Zavialoff.

In the 2007 Australian Open, Wawrinka reached the 3rd round to be beaten by second seed Rafael Nadal. He has never won against Nadal before, losing 6-2 6-2 6-2 in a tight tussle, showing some impressive backhand skills but unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.