Stanislas Wawrinka

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**Stanislas Wawrinka**

Nickname(s)	Stan
Country	Switzerland
Residence	Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland
Date of birth	March 28, 1985 (1985-03-28) (age 23)
Place of birth	Lausanne, Switzerland
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb/12.4 st)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$1,985,752
Singles
Career record:	94 - 85
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (June 9, 2008),
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3r (2007)
French Open	3r (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon	3r (2006)
US Open	4r (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	18 - 33
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 90 (November 6, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: May 12, 2008.

Stanislas Wawrinka (born March 28, 1985 in Lausanne) is a Swiss male tennis player. As of May 2008, he is one of two Swiss players in the ATP top 10 (the other being world number one Roger Federer). His career high is #9, achieved on June 9, 2008.

1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Career statistics
- 3.1 Career finals (9)
  - 3.1.1 Singles (9)
    - 3.1.1.1 Wins (5)
    - 3.1.1.2 Runners-up (5)
4 Singles performance timeline
5 Commercial Endorsements
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Personal life

The surname Wawrinka is of Polish descent but Stanislas is only Polish by ancestry. His father Wolfram is German, and his mother Isabelle is Swiss. Both work on a biodynamic 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.

[edit] Career

Wawrinka stopped attending regular schooling at age 15 to focus full-time on tennis. However, he continued his schooling by distance education with French organization CNED, which offered him greater flexibility with studying times.

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

Wawrinka, one of four tennis-playing siblings, turned pro in 2002 at the age of 17. By the end of 2005 he hovered just outside the Top 50.

Wawrinka currently lives in Saint-Barthélemy (10 minutes from Lausanne). His hobbies include movies and music. He considers clay his best surface and the 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 so far never beaten Nadal, losing in Melbourne 6–2 6–2 6–2. He showed some impressive backhand skills, but was unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.

In October 2006, Wawrinka reached a career high No. 29 and had high hopes to reach the Top 20 in 2007. But those plans were put on hold when he suffered a three-month setback, tearing a tendon in his right knee while practicing for the Swiss Davis Cup team’s tie against Spain in February.

In the 2007 French Open, Wawrinka pushed No. 7 seed Ivan Ljubicic to four sets before falling in the second round. He also claimed wins over Guillermo Canas and Juan Ignacio Chela en route to a meeting with Rafael Nadal in the finals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart in July. There, Nadal barely edged the Swiss 6–4, 7–5.

In the 2007 US Open, Wawrinka reached the fourth round, a stage he had never reached previously in a Grand Slam event, notably defeating 25th seed Marat Safin (6–3 6–3 6–3) in an amazing show of talent in the second round. There, he was ousted by Juan Ignacio Chela at the end of an impressive 3h40 match (4–6, 6–2, 7–6 [6], 1–6, 6–4).

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Career finals (9)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (4)

[edit] Singles (9)

[edit] Wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 11, 2003	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Salvador Navarro	6–1 4–6 6–4
2.	August 18, 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6–1 7–5
3.	April 19, 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Kristof Vliegen	6–4 6–3
4.	August 16, 2004	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Christophe Rochus	4–6 6–4 ret.
5.	July 24, 2006	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Novak Djokovic	6–6 ret.

[edit] Runners-up (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 4, 2005	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Gaston Gaudio	6–4, 6–4
2.	July 22, 2007	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 7–5
3.	October 14, 2007	Vienna, Austria	Hard (I)	Novak Djokovic	6–4, 6–0
4.	January 5, 2008	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Andy Murray	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
5.	May 11, 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Novak Djokovic	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the table below a legend is located here, which explains what each abbrieviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR	the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played	W-L	player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH	tournament not held in that calendar year (usually Olympics)	A	did not participate in the tournament
LQ	lost in qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round Robin)
QF	advanced to but not past the quarterfinals	SF	advanced to but not past the semifinals
F	advanced to the finals, tournament runner-up	W	won the tournament

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2008 Hamburg Masters, which concluded on May 18, 2008.

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	2R	0 / 3	4–3
French Open	A	A	3R	1R	2R	3R	0 / 4	5–4
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	3R	1R		0 / 3	2–3
US Open	A	A	3R	3R	4R		0 / 3	7–3
Win Ratio	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 13	N/A
Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	4–3	5–4	6–4	3–2	N/A	18-13
Year-End Championship
Tennis Masters Cup	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	QF	0 / 2	5–2
Miami Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Rome Masters	A	A	2R	1R	1R	F	0 / 4	6–4
Hamburg Masters	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	0 / 3	1–3
Canada Masters	A	A	1R	A	2R		0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	3R	1R		0 / 2	2–2
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	2R	2R	3R		0 / 3	4–3
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	NH	NH	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Career Statistics
Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008		Career
Tournaments Played	4	6	13	24	22		N/A	89
Titles	0	0	0	1	0		N/A	1
Runner-ups	0	0	1	1	2		N/A	4
Year End Ranking	171	168	54	30	36		N/A	N/A