Stanislas Wawrinka
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| Country | Switzerland |
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| Residence | Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland |
| Date of birth | 28 March 1985 |
| Place of birth | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Career prize money | $3,144,246 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 141–115 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (9 June 2008) |
| Current ranking | No. 27 (23 August 2010) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2007, 2009, 2010) |
| French Open | 4R (2010) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2008, 2009) |
| US Open | QF (2010) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 35–42 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 90 (6 November 2006) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2006) |
| French Open | 3R (2006) |
| Olympic Games |  Gold Medal (2008) |
| Last updated on: 9 November 2009. | |
Stanislas "The Manislas" [1] Wawrinka (born 28 March 1985 in Lausanne) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His career ranking high is #9, achieved on 9 June 2008.
He considers clay his best surface, and his backhand his best shot. He won the gold medal for Switzerland in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, partnering Roger Federer, by beating Swedish team Simon Aspelin/Thomas Johansson in the final. They were also honoured with the 2008 Swiss Team of the Year Award.
John McEnroe believes Wawrinka has one of the most powerful backhands he has ever seen and describes him as having "the best one-handed backhand in the game today".[2]
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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 as the 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. He has a 2–3 career Davis Cup singles record in three ties. He was coached from age eight until June 2010 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 Ljubičić to four sets before falling in the second round. He also claimed wins over Guillermo Cañas 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 edged the Swiss in straight sets, 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).
By reaching the final of the 2008 Master's Series event in Rome, Wawrinka entered the top 10 for the first time. He lost in the final to Novak Djokovic in three sets.
In the 2008 Olympics, he teamed with Roger Federer in the men's doubles. On 15 August, they beat the favoured American twins Bob and Mike Bryan 7–6 (6), 6–4 in the semifinals. They defeated Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden in the finals, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7 (4), 6–3 to win the Gold Medal.
He reached the 4th round of the 2008 US Open, where British player Andy Murray defeated him in straight sets 6–1, 6–3, 6–3. Fellow Swiss player Roger Federer would eventually defeat Murray in the final.
Wawrinka lost to Rafael Nadal in the 4th Round at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. Nadal came from behind in both sets to beat Wawrinka 7–6 (2), 7–6 (4). The match lasted for two hours and 42 minutes.
At the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, Wawrinka upset his friend and compatriot, World No. 2 Roger Federer. Wawrinka's 6–4, 7–5, victory over Federer halted the chances at a fourth straight Nadal-Federer final in Monte Carlo.
At the 2009 French Open, he defeated Nicolas Devilder in five sets and Nicolás Massú 6–1 6–1 6–2. He lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round 3–6 6–4 3–6 2–6.
In Wimbledon 2009, in the third round he defeated 21-year-old Canadian-born American Jesse Levine (who had upset Marat Safin in the first round), 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–3, 6–3.[3] The Sunday Times reviewed Wawrinka's performance in the match by opining that he "is a strange player, clearly talented but short of match fitness and as clumsy on court as Federer is graceful."[4] Wawrinka was defeated by Andy Murray 2–6 6–3 6–3 5–7 6–3 in the fourth round. The match was also a debut usage of the new roof on Centre Court and was recorded the latest played match in The Wimbledon Championships which lasted until 22:37BST.[5][6].
Wawrinka went to play in the Davis Cup tie with Italy, and won in his first match against Andreas Seppi at the Valletta Cambiaso Clubs red clay courts with a score of 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.[7]
Wawrinka started his 2010 season by reaching the finals of the Chennai Open losing to Marin Cilic 6-7 6-7.This was Wawrinka's 5th Consecutive loss in an ATP Final. He reached 3rd round at Australian Open losing to Cilic again. Stan returned to the ATP Tour at the Sony Ericsson Open after his wife gave birth to their daughter. He defeated Kevin Anderson before losing to Mikhail Youzhny in the 3rd round. He started his clay court season in Casablanca at the 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II after receiving a 1st round bye he defeated Slovakian qualifier Martin Klizan 6-4 0-6 6-4 in the 2nd round, in the Quarterfinals he easily defeated wildcard Reda El Amrani 6-3 6-1, in the Semifinals he defeated Italian Potito Starace 6-4 3-6 6-4 to advance to his 2nd ATP Final of 2010, In the final he defeated Romanian Victor Hanescu 6-2 6-3 to win his 2nd ATP Tournament. With this tournament win he snapped a 5 match losing streak in ATP Finals and a 3 and a half year title drought. He then became the 13th seed at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters he defeated Victor Hanescu in 1st round 6-2 6-4 in a rematch of the Casablanca final he then beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis 6-1 6-4 to advance to the 3rd round, in the 3rd round he was stopped by Novak Djokovic 4-6 4-6. He continued his fine singles form by reached the Quarterfinals in Rome losing to Rafael Nadal 4-6 2-6 and the Semifinals in Belgrade losing to John Isner 5-7 5-7. At Roland Garros where he was the 20th seed he reached the 4th round without dropping a set defeating Jan Hajek 6-1 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in the 2nd round he defeated German Andreas Beck 6-1 6-4 6-4 and in the 3rd round he beat Italian Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4 6-1 before losing to good friend Roger Federer 6-3 7-6 6-2 in the 4th round.
Personal life
The surname Wawrinka is of Polish origin. His father Wolfram is German, and his mother Isabelle is Swiss. His mother works as a biodynamic farmer helping handicapped people. Wawrinka's grandparents are Czech. He has one older brother Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and two younger sisters Djanaée and Naëlla, who are students and tennis players.[8]
Wawrinka currently lives in Saint-Barthélemy (10 minutes from Lausanne) with his wife, Ilham Vuilloud, a Swiss television presenter and former fashion model.[8] They married on December 15, 2009. Vuilloud gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl named Alexia, on February 12, 2010.
His hobbies include movies and music. He is good friends with British number 1 Andy Murray (both are fanatical go-karters[8][9]) and Roger Federer.
Commercial endorsements
Wawrinka's corporate sponsors include Lacoste, Head, adidas and Hublot Genève.
He plays using Head tennis racquets. As of June 2010, he played with the YOUTEK Prestige Pro MidPlus.[10] Previously he used the Flexpoint Prestige MidPlus and Microgel Prestige pro.
Major finals
Olympic finals
Doubles: 1 (1 gold medal)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Gold medal | 2008 | Beijing Olympics | Hard |  Roger Federer |
 Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson |
6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
Masters finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2008 | Rome | Clay |  Novak Djoković |
6–4, 3–6, 3–6 |
Career finals
Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)
- Wins (2)
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- Runner-ups (6)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 4 July 2005 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay |  Gastón Gaudio |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1. | 24 July 2006 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Novak Djokovic |
6–6, retired |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 July 2007 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay |  Rafael Nadal |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 14 October 2007 | Vienna, Austria | Hard (i) | Novak Djokovic |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 5 January 2008 | Doha, Qatar | Hard |  Andy Murray |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 11 May 2008 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Novak Djokovic |
4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 4 January 2010 | Chennai, India | Hard |  Marin Čilić |
7–6(2), 7–6(3) |
| Winner | 2. | 11 April 2010 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay |  Victor Hănescu |
6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
- Wins (1)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | 16 August 2008 | Summer Olympics, Beijing, China | Hard | Roger Federer |
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson |
6–3, 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
- Runner-ups (3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 11 July 2004 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Marc Rosset |
 Leander Paes David Rikl |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 7 July 2008 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Stéphane Bohli |
Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek |
3–6, 6–2, 11–9 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 11 January 2009 | Chennai, India | Hard | Jean-Claude Scherrer |
 Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram |
6–3, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
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| 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 | 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 final, 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 as far as the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, which began on June 22, 2009.
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career SR | Career Win–Loss | ||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 8–5 | ||
| French Open | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | ||
| US Open | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 10–5 | |||
| Win Ratio | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 22 | N/A | ||
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 9–4 | 7–4 | 5–3 | N/A | 36–22 | ||
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| Tennis Masters Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | QF | 4R | A | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | ||
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 4R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | ||
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | A | 1R | SF | 3R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | ||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | F | 3R | QF | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | ||
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | ||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | ||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | ||
| Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | |||
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | NM1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Career | |||
| Tournaments Played | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 4 | N/A | 116 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2 | ||
| Runner-ups | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 6 | ||
| Year End Ranking | 1044 | 660 | 171 | 168 | 54 | 30 | 36 | 13 | 21 | N/A | N/A | |||
References
- ↑ "30 May as it happened". Roland Garros. 30 May 2009. http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/articles/2010-05-30/201005301275209678293.html. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ "Murray v Wawrinka as it happened". BBC News. 29 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8122619.stm. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com
- ↑ Longmore, Andrew (28 June 2009). "Stanislas Wawrinka relishes big date with flying Scot". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6591410.ece. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Men's singles results". BBC News. 26 June 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/results/6236930.stm. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Roof is welcome Wimbledon addition". BBC News. 29 June 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8125471.stm. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Swiss take 2–0 lead behind Federer". Associate Press thru ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=4484164. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harman, Neil (29 June 2009). "Five things you didnt know about Stanislas Wawrinka". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6600994.ece. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ Harman, Neil (29 June 2009). "Stanislas Wawrinka vows to go on attack against Andy Murray". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article6597015.ece. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ http://www.head.com/corporate/news.php?id=1197
External links
- Stanislas Wawrinka at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Stanislas Wawrinka at the International Tennis Federation
- Stanislas Wawrinka at Davis Cup
- Stanislas Wawrinka at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
- Stan Wawrinka Official Site
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