Stan Wawrinka

Stanislas Wawrinka

Country	Switzerland
Residence	Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland
Born	(1985-03-28) 28 March 1985 Lausanne, Switzerland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach(es)	Dimitri Zavialoff (2002–2010) Peter Lundgren (2010–2012) Magnus Norman (2013–)
Prize money	$15,543,809
Singles
Career record	353–219 (61.71%)
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 3 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking	No. 9 (27 April 2015)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2014)
French Open	QF (2013)
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
US Open	SF (2013)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2013, 2014)
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	68-82
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 90 (6 November 2006)
Current ranking	No. 122 (27 April 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	3R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2006, 2007)
US Open	1R (2005)
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Gold medal (2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2014)
Last updated on: 21 November 2014.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for   Switzerland
Men's Tennis
Gold	2008 Beijing	Doubles

Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka^[2] ([vaˈvriŋka] va-VREENG-kah; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He is currently the Swiss no. 2 and world no. 9, as of 27 April 2015.

He climbed to his highest ranking so far, no. 3, on 27 January 2014 as a result of winning his first Grand Slam event, the 2014 Australian Open. He also reached the semifinals of the 2013 US Open, as well as the semifinals in the 2015 Australian Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in five sets. In ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, he won the Monte Carlo Masters in 2014 and was finalist at the Rome Masters in 2008 and the Madrid Masters in 2013.

He also won a gold medal for Switzerland in the men's doubles event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, partnering Roger Federer. They were also honoured with the 2008 Swiss Team of the Year Award. In addition, he has played for the Switzerland Davis Cup team since 2004, including the Swiss victory in Davis Cup play in 2014, amassing a 22–24 win-loss record. He played in the longest doubles match in history at the Davis Cup tie against the Czech Republic in 2013 partnering Marco Chiudinelli.^[3]

Wawrinka considers clay his best surface and his serve and backhand his best shots. John McEnroe believes that 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".^[4]

Early life

Stanislas was born the son of Wolfram and Isabelle Wawrinka. His paternal grandfather had settled in Switzerland after fleeing Czechoslovakia for Germany in 1946. Wolfram Wawrinka, a farmer and social worker, married Isabelle, an educator, and took over the running of his parent's farm, "Ferme du Chateau", near Lausanne, which is connected with the castle of Saint-Barthélemy. The farm assists people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities, and people with depression or drug and alcohol problems. Here Stanislas grew up with his elder brother, Jonathan, and his two younger sisters, Djanaée and Naélla. Stanislas attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Crissier.^[5]

Tennis career

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

Juniors

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 reaching as high as No. 7 in the junior world rankings in June 2003.

2003–2007: Rising, first ATP title

Wawrinka 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.^[6] In July 2006, Stanislas Wawrinka won his first ATP title, at the Croatia Open Umag, in a final against Novak Djokovic.

In October 2006, Wawrinka reached a then career-high ranking of world No. 29.

In the 2007 Australian Open, Wawrinka reached the third round to be beaten by second seed Rafael Nadal, losing in Melbourne in straight sets. He showed some impressive backhand skills, but was unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.

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. Nadal defeated Wawrinka in straight sets.

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 in straight sets in the second round. In the fourth round he was ousted by Juan Ignacio Chela in five sets.

2008: Becoming a top-10 player and Olympic Gold in doubles

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, despite taking the opening set.

In the 2008 Olympics Wawrinka teamed with Roger Federer in the men's doubles. They beat the favoured American twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinals in straight sets, then in the final defeated Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden in four sets to win the gold medal.

Wawrinka reached the fourth round of the 2008 US Open, where British player Andy Murray defeated him in straight sets.

2009

Wawrinka lost to Rafael Nadal in the fourth round at the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. Nadal came from behind in both sets to beat Wawrinka in two tie-breaks. The match lasted for 2 hours and 42 minutes.

At the 2009 Monte Carlo Masters, Wawrinka defeated world No. 2 Roger Federer in straight sets, an upset which halted the chance of a fourth straight Nadal-Federer final in Monte Carlo.

At the 2009 French Open Wawrinka defeated Nicolas Devilder in five sets and Nicolás Massú in straight sets. He lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in four sets.

At Wimbledon, in the third round he defeated 21-year-old Jesse Levine, who had upset Marat Safin in the first round.^[7] 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."^[8] Wawrinka was defeated by Andy Murray in five sets in the fourth round. The match was also a debut usage of the new roof on Centre Court and was the latest match at Wimbledon, lasting until 22:37 GMT.^[9][10]

Wawrinka played in the Davis Cup tie with Italy and won in his first match against Andreas Seppi in straight sets.^[11]

2010: Second career title

Wawrinka started his 2010 season by reaching the final of the Chennai Open, losing to Marin Čilić in two tie-breaks. This was Wawrinka's fifth consecutive loss in an ATP final. He reached the third round at the 2010 Australian Open, losing to Čilić again. Wawrinka 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 third round. He started his clay-court season in Casablanca at the 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II. After receiving a first-round bye, he defeated Slovakian qualifier Martin Kližan in the second round. In the quarterfinals, he easily defeated wildcard Reda El Amrani in straight sets. In the semifinals, he defeated Italian Potito Starace in three sets to advance to his second ATP final of 2010. In the final, he defeated Romanian Victor Hănescu in straight sets to win his second ATP Tournament. With this tournament win, he snapped a five-match losing streak in ATP finals and a 3 1/2-year title drought.

Wawrinka became the 13th seed at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters and defeated Victor Hănescu in the first round in a rematch of the Casablanca final. He then beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis to advance to the third round. He was defeated by Novak Djokovic. Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals in Rome, losing to Rafael Nadal, and the semifinals in Belgrade, losing to John Isner. At the French Open, where he was the 20th seed, he reached the fourth round without dropping a set, defeating Jan Hájek in the first round. In the second round, he defeated German Andreas Beck, and in the third round, he beat Italian Fabio Fognini, before losing to Roger Federer in the fourth round.

After an unsuccessful grass season, where he lost in the first round of Wimbledon, Wawrinka separated from his coach since childhood and hired Peter Lundgren (former coach of Marat Safin and Federer). The partnership with Lundgren showed its benefits in the US Open, where Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals, beating fourth seed Andy Murray along the way.

2011: Third career title

Wawrinka started off 2011 in impressive fashion, defeating world no. 6 Tomáš Berdych along the way to claiming the Chennai Open crown. Wawrinka beat Xavier Malisse in the final in three sets. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Australian Open, after defeating Andy Roddick in three sets to set up an all-Swiss quarterfinal with Roger Federer, which he lost in straight sets. He also came back from two sets and a break down to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the third round of the French Open, before being defeated by Federer once more. Wawrinka was defeated by Simone Bolelli in the second round of Wimbledon and Donald Young at the same stage of the US Open.^[12]

In September 2011, Wawrinka announced that he had parted ways with Lundgren. He played the rest of the season without a coach.^[13]

At the 2011 Swiss Indoors tournament, Wawrinka made it to the semifinals, after defeating Florian Mayer in the quarterfinals. In an all-Swiss semifinal, he was defeated by Roger Federer in straight sets.

2012

Wawrinka started the season in Chennai, where he made the quarterfinals, before being defeated by Go Soeda.

At the 2012 Australian Open, he made it to the third round, defeating Benoît Paire and Marcos Baghdatis, before being eliminated by Nicolás Almagro.

In his Davis Cup tie against Mardy Fish in February, he lost in five sets. Later in February, he traveled to Buenos Aires and Acapulco, where he made to the semifinals, before losing again to Almagro and Fernando Verdasco, respectively.

In Monte Carlo, he defeated three Spaniards, Feliciano López, Pablo Andújar, and Almagro, making it to the quarterfinals before succumbing to world no. 2 at the time, Rafael Nadal, the eventual champion. In doubles, he teamed with Victor Troicki, and they made it to the quarterfinals.

In Estoril, he made it to the semifinals, but was defeated by Juan Martín del Potro.

Wawrinka made the fourth round at the French Open after defeating Flavio Cipolla, Andújar, and Gilles Simon. He was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round, once again coming from two sets down to take the match into a fifth set and recovering a 4–1 deficit in the decider before Tsonga finally prevailed. ^[14]

Wawrinka then had a series of first-round exits at Wimbledon, Gstaad, and in the Summer Olympics, where he lost to the eventual gold medallist Andy Murray. He was the flag bearer of Switzerland during the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.^[15] He teamed with Roger Federer again in doubles at the Olympics, but they were eliminated in the second round.^[16]

He made the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati, before he was defeated by Federer, the eventual champion. Wawrinka again also played doubles with Jarkko Nieminen, and they were eliminated in the second round.

At the US Open, Wawrinka reached the fourth round, but was forced to retire in his match against second seed Novak Djokovic due to illness.

2013: Breakthrough

Wawrinka teamed with Frenchman Benoît Paire to win the doubles title at the Chennai Open against the German team of Andre Begemann and Martin Emmrich.

At the 2013 Australian Open, he made it to the fourth round. He lost a gruelling five-set thriller against Novak Djokovic which lasted just over 5 hours, finally losing in the 22nd game of the fifth set. "It definitely ranks right at the top," said Djokovic, after his victory over the Swiss. "One of the longest, most interesting, and most exciting matches I have played in my career."^[17]

In the first round of the 2013 Davis Cup on 2 February 2013, he played the longest ATP doubles match in history. He and Marco Chiudinelli were defeated by Lukáš Rosol and Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic in 7 hours and 2 minutes, including a 46-game-long final set. The match was the second-longest ATP match ever (singles and doubles combined).

Wawrinka made it to the final of the 2013 Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, losing to David Ferrer in that final.

Wawrinka won the fourth title of his career at the Portugal Open, where he defeated the top seed and world no. 4 David Ferrer. This was his first title since January 2011.

In Madrid, Wawrinka's run of success continued, with a three-set win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. The following day, he defeated Tomáš Berdych, also in three sets, to advance to his second Masters 1000 final against Rafael Nadal. With this victory, he also re-entered the top 10 at no. 10. He lost the final in straight sets.

He made it to the quarterfinals of the French Open for the first time after recovering from two sets down to beat Richard Gasquet in the fourth round, but subsequently lost to defending and seven-time champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets.

He started the grass-court season at the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and made it to the final, where he lost to Nicolas Mahut. At Wimbledon, he lost in the first round to Lleyton Hewitt.

In the 2013 US Open, Wawrinka reached his first Grand Slam semifinal, losing to top seed Novak Djokovic, again in five tightly contested sets. Previously he had defeated world no. 5 Tomáš Berdych in four sets in the fourth round, and beat world no. 3 and defending champion Andy Murray in straight sets in the quarterfinals.

After his Grand Slam breakthrough, Wawrinka continued to display solid form, reaching the semifinals in Kuala Lumpur, where he has lost to Julien Benneteau, and quarterfinals in both final hard court Masters 1000 tournaments, Shanghai and Paris, losing to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, respectively.

Wawrinka went to the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time in his career. He made an impact on the tournament, beating Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer in round-robin matches. While he lost to Rafael Nadal in straight sets for the twelfth time in his career, both sets were finished in tight tiebreaks and the Swiss actually won more points in the match. Wawrinka advanced in second place to the semifinals, where he met Novak Djokovic and lost to him for the fourth time that year.

2014: First Grand Slam, Masters and Davis Cup titles

Wawrinka began his ninth season on the ATP World Tour with a win at the Chennai Open in India, winning this tournament for the second time in his career, defeating Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the final in straight sets.

At the 2014 Australian Open, Wawrinka beat Andrey Golubev and Alejandro Falla in the first two rounds, then had a walkover when Vasek Pospisil pulled out of their third round match, followed by a three set win over Tommy Robredo. Wawrinka's quarter-final opponent was Novak Djokovic, and this time Wawrinka won in five sets, taking the deciding fifth set 9–7 after being a break down. The victory ended a 14-match losing streak against the three-time reigning champion. He then faced off against another first-time Australian Open semifinalist, Tomas Berdych, winning the match in four tight sets (including three tiebreakers). In the ensuing final, he defeated world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in four sets. It was his first win over Nadal in 13 attempts (having never won a set against him in their previous 12 meetings), and also made him the first man since Sergi Bruguera in 1993 to beat both of the top two seeds en route to a grand slam title.^[18] This was also only the second time since 2005 that a player outside of the 'Big Four' (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) had won a Major title, and the first since Juan Martin del Potro won the US Open in 2009. In addition, Wawrinka became the first player to defeat both Nadal and Djokovic in a single Grand Slam tournament.^[19] He is also the second Swiss man to win a Grand Slam title after Roger Federer.

Due to his championship victory at the 2014 Australian Open, Wawrinka for the first time in his career cracked into the Top 5, becoming world number 3, and the top ranked Swiss player in the world ahead of Federer for the first time.

Playing for Switzerland in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup against Serbia, he defeated Dusan Lajovic in four sets in the second rubber. Switzerland went on to win the tie 3–2 (after an unassailable 3–0 lead) to reach their first Davis Cup quarter-final since 2004.

After a one-month break, he next played at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells as the #3 seed. In his opening round (after receiving a first round bye due to his seeding), he overcame Ivo Karlovic in straight sets. In the third round, he defeated Andreas Seppi dropping only two games. In the fourth round, his 13-match winning streak from the start of the season came to an end against Kevin Anderson.

At the Sony Open in Miami, he made it to the fourth round after defeating Daniel Gimeno-Traver and Edouard Roger-Vasselin before losing to an in-form Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Wawrinka returned to Switzerland's Davis Cup team for their quarter-final against Kazakhstan. Wawrinka was beaten in his first match by Andrey Golubev, then (after Federer had levelled the tie by beating Mikhail Kukushkin) he and Federer lost their doubles match to Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovesov. However, Wawrinka then came from a set down to beat Kukushkin and level the match again. Federer won the deciding rubber to send Switzerland to the semi-finals where they would play Italy.

At the Monte Carlo Masters, Wawrinka crushed Marin Čilić in the second round, losing only two games in the process. He then received a walkover in the third round to Nicolás Almagro, due to a left foot injury to the Spaniard preventing him from playing. In the quarter final, Wawrinka defeated Milos Raonic in straight sets to secure his second semi final appearance in the principality. Wawrinka defeated David Ferrer in the semi final to make his third Masters final which have all come on clay. The stage was set for the first all Swiss final in fourteen years, as he would take on his friend Roger Federer. In the first set, Federer secured an early break and prevented any chances of Wawrinka breaking and closed out the opener. However, Wawrinka fought back to take a close second set in a tiebreak, and after that, all momentum had switched to Wawrinka and he did not relinquish his advantage, winning his first Masters 1000 title on his third attempt. In doing so, Wawrinka took over the top spot in the 'Race to London'. Thus far, Wawrinka has defeated Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer this season, whom he had a 2-15, 0-12, and 1-13 record respectively, coming into the 2014 season. However, Wawrinka had less success in his next two tournaments, losing in the 2nd round in Madrid to Dominic Thiem and the 3rd round of Rome to Tommy Haas. Wawinka then suffered a 1st round defeat to Guillermo García-López in the 2014 French Open.

Later that month, Wawrinka participated in the AEGON Championships, knocking out Marcos Baghdatis, Sam Querrey, and Marinko Matosevic without dropping a set, before losing to eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinals.

Wawrinka was seeded fifth for Wimbledon due to the tournament's seeding process being a combination of world ranking and recent grass court form, meaning Wawrinka - who had lost in the first round the previous two years, was seeded lower than world number five Andy Murray and world number four Roger Federer as they had won the title the previous two seasons. Wawrinka proceeded to have his best ever run at the tournament, reaching the quarter-finals for the first time dropping just one set in the process. He faced Roger Federer in the first all-Swiss men's quarterfinal in Wimbledon history, losing in four close sets.

Wawrinka was seeded third for the US Open due to Nadal's withdrawal. He reached his fifth Grand Slam quarter-final from the last seven tournaments, defeating Tommy Robredo in four sets in the fourth round having survived set points in the third set tiebreaker. He was eventually beaten by finalist Kei Nishikori in five sets.

Wawrinka lost in early-round matches at three consecutive tournaments in October 2014. At the 2014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, he was seeded first, but was defeated in the first round in straight sets by Tatsuma Ito of Japan, then ranked number 103 on the ATP tour. The following week at the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters tournament, he was seeded fourth but was defeated in three sets by unseeded Gilles Simon in the second round, after having had a bye in the first round. He was up a break in the third set against Simon, but won only one of the final five games, thus losing the match. At the time, Wawrinka was ranked number 4 and Simon number 29 on the ATP Tour. At Basel he was beaten in the first round again by Mikhail Kukushkin in three sets. At the Paris Masters Wawrinka recorded his first win since the US Open against Dominic Thiem. However he fell in three tight sets to Anderson in the next round.

Wawrinka had a good run in the Atp World Tour Finals where he beat Thomas Berdych and Marin Cilic. He lost to Djokovic in the next round robin but progressed to the Semi Finals. In the semis he faced his fellow countryman, world no.2 Roger Federer and after 2 hours he had four match points but failed to convert any of them and lost 6-4 5-7 6-7. After the match, reports emerged that Federer and Wawrinka had a heated discussion lasting for 10 minutes in the gym at the O2, after officials reportedly told them to resolve their differences after a flair up in the tunnel. The spat was reportedly caused by Federer's wife calling Wawrinka a crybaby.^[20][21][22]

The pair appeared as friends though when they met up for the Davis Cup final.^[23] In the final against France, Wawrinka gave his country the perfect start by defeating Tsonga in four sets.^[24] Wawrinka then teamed up with Federer to win the doubles rubber and give Switzerland a 2–1 lead going into the final day. The match ended a sequence of four doubles rubbers losses for the pair and it was their first win together on clay. Wawrinka did not play on the final day as Federer sealed the tie, by beating Gasquet in straight sets for Switzerland's first Davis Cup title. With the win, Wawrinka became the first player since Andre Agassi in 1992 to win his first Grand Slam title and first Davis Cup in the same season.

2015: 8th and 9th ATP titles and Australian Open Semifinals

In January 2015, Wawrinka was crowned champion of the Chennai Open for the third time running, winning against Slovene player, Aljaž Bedene in the final, after a win against world no. 22, David Goffin. At the Australian Open he reached the semi final again by beating Kei Nishikori in straight sets. In the semifinal, Wawrinka lost to Novak Djokovic in five sets, bringing to an end his Australian Open title defence. As a result of failing to defend his title, Wawrinka dropped from fourth in the world rankings pre-tournament to ninth post-tournament.^[25] On February 15, 2015, he prevailed over Tomáš Berdych in three sets to win the title at the 2015 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. He next competed in the 2015 Open 13 in Marseille where he reached the quarterfinals losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky. He then competed at the 2015 BNP Paribas Open In Indian Wells where he lost to Robin Haase in his opening match after receiving a first round bye. He next played the 2015 Miami Open in Miami losing to Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the third round after beating Carlos Berlocq in the previous round. He next competed at the 2015 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters where he was the defending champion. He defeated Juan Monaco in the second round. He then lost to Grigor Dimitrov in the next round. As a result of failing to defend 910 points the previous year, he dropped three places down from 7th pre tournament to 10th post tournament. However since Marin Cilic failed to defend his point from Barcelona, Wawrinka moved up a place to 9th in the world. He will next compete at the Mutua Madrid Open as the 8th seed.

Playing style

Possessing one of the best one-handed backhands on tour, Wawrinka is characterized as a powerful offensive baseliner capable of playing well on most surfaces, especially on clay and hard courts. He is known for his fast serve which has reached as high as 232 kilometres per hour (144 mph/h). His forehand, considered a weakness early in his career, has improved significantly and is a now a big weapon in his game. His largest weakness has been considered his mental strength as he has been known to falter in the biggest matches. This is evidenced by his win ratio in tournament finals and his head-to-head records against the Big Four. Over the years, Wawrinka has become stronger in this regard, as he reached the quarterfinals at a major for the first time in his career at the 2010 US Open. Wawrinka then continued his form into the 2011 season by reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.

In 2013, he began working with new coach Magnus Norman. This partnership has been credited for improvement in Wawrinka's performance in important matches, and was evident in his victories over Andy Murray at the 2013 US Open, and Novak Djokovic at the 2014 Australian Open (both were defending champions) as well as his improved consistency. Wawrinka's mental game has also been seen to improve over time, culminating in his win over Rafael Nadal at the 2014 Australian Open in which Wawrinka survived a fightback from Nadal to clinch the title.

Personal life

Wawrinka's father, Wolfram, is a German of Czech ancestry, although his surname is actually of Polish origin. Wawrinka's paternal great-grandfather originated from the border region between Poland and the former Czechoslovakia. Wawrinka's mother, Isabelle, is Swiss. His mother works as a biodynamic farmer helping disabled people. He has one older brother, Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and two younger sisters, Djanaée and Naëlla, who are students and tennis players.^[26] Wawrinka holds both Swiss and German citizenship.

Wawrinka lives in Saint-Barthélemy, about 20 kilometres north of Lausanne, with his wife, Ilham Vuilloud, a Swiss television presenter and former fashion model.^[26] They married on 15 December 2009. Vuilloud gave birth to the couple's first child, a girl named Alexia, on 12 February 2010. On 4 January 2011, Swiss media reported that, according to Vuilloud, Wawrinka separated from the family to dedicate himself to tennis, having only five more years to make an impact.^[27][28] The couple later reconciled,^[29] but on 19th April 2015 Wawrinka posted a statement on his Facebook page announcing their separation. ^[30]

He is a friend of fellow Swiss tennis player Roger Federer.^[26][31] Wawrinka has a tattoo on his left forearm in italic script that quotes the Irish writer Samuel Beckett in English: "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."^[32] On his right arm he has his daughter's name Alexa.^[33]

Commercial endorsements

Wawrinka's corporate sponsors have included Visilab, Fromm, Yonex, Subaru, Audi and Audemars Piguet.

As of January 2012, Wawrinka wears Yonex clothing and shoes and uses the Yonex VCORE Tour G, formerly playing with a Yonex VCORE Tour 97 racquet. Previously, he used Head tennis racquets, first the Flexpoint Prestige MidPlus and Microgel Prestige pro, and then the YOUTEK Prestige Pro MidPlus.^[34]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F-S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current through to the 2015 Australian Open.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	LQ	LQ	2R	3R	2R	3R	3R	QF	3R	4R	W	SF	1 / 10	28–9	75.68
French Open	LQ	3R	1R	2R	3R	3R	4R	4R	4R	QF	1R		0 / 10	20–10	66.67
Wimbledon	A	1R	3R	1R	4R	4R	1R	2R	1R	1R	QF		0 / 10	13–10	56.52
US Open	LQ	3R	3R	4R	4R	1R	QF	2R	4R	SF	QF		0 / 10	26–10	72.22
Win–Loss	0–0	4–3	5–4	6–4	9–4	7–4	9–4	9–4	8–4	12–4	13–3	5–1	1 / 40	87–39	69.05

Finals: 1 (1 title, 0 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

References

External links

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• Stan Wawrinka at the Davis Cup

Olympic Games
Preceded by Roger Federer	Flagbearer for   Switzerland London 2012	Succeeded by Incumbent

Stan Wawrinka Entourage Magnus Norman (coach) Peter Lundgren (former coach) Roger Federer (Olympics doubles partner) Career Switzerland Davis Cup team Seasons 2014 2015 Australian Open titles Seniors: 2014 French Open titles Juniors: 2003 Wimbledon titles Nil US Open titles Nil World Tour Finals titles Nil Olympic medals 2008 doubles Gold Medal (with Roger Federer) Davis Cup titles 2014

Australian Open men's singles champions (1969) Rod Laver (1970) Arthur Ashe (1971) Ken Rosewall (1972) Ken Rosewall (1973) John Newcombe (1974) Jimmy Connors (1975) John Newcombe (1976) Mark Edmondson (1977 (Jan)) Roscoe Tanner (1977 (Dec)) Vitas Gerulaitis (1978) Guillermo Vilas (1979) Guillermo Vilas (1980) Brian Teacher (1981) Johan Kriek (1982) Johan Kriek (1983) Mats Wilander (1984) Mats Wilander (1985) Stefan Edberg (1986) Not Held (1987) Stefan Edberg (1988) Mats Wilander (1989) Ivan Lendl (1990) Ivan Lendl (1991) Boris Becker (1992) Jim Courier (1993) Jim Courier (1994) Pete Sampras (1995) Andre Agassi (1996) Boris Becker (1997) Pete Sampras (1998) Petr Korda (1999) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000) Andre Agassi (2001) Andre Agassi (2002) Thomas Johansson (2003) Andre Agassi (2004) Roger Federer (2005) Marat Safin (2006) Roger Federer (2007) Roger Federer (2008) Novak Djokovic (2009) Rafael Nadal (2010) Roger Federer (2011) Novak Djokovic (2012) Novak Djokovic (2013) Novak Djokovic (2014) Stanislas Wawrinka (2015) Novak Djokovic

French Open boys' singles champions 1968 Phil Dent 1969 Antonio Muñoz 1970 Juan Herrera 1971 Corrado Barazzutti 1972 Buster Mottram 1973 Víctor Pecci 1974 Christophe Casa 1975 Christophe Roger-Vasselin 1976 Heinz Günthardt 1977 John McEnroe 1978 Ivan Lendl 1979 Ramesh Krishnan 1980 Henri Leconte 1981 Mats Wilander 1982 Tarik Benhabiles 1983 Stefan Edberg 1984 Kent Carlsson 1985 Jaime Yzaga 1986 Guillermo Pérez Roldán 1987 Guillermo Pérez Roldán 1988 Nicolás Pereira 1989 Fabrice Santoro 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi 1991 Andriy Medvedev 1992 Andrei Pavel 1993 Roberto Carretero 1994 Jacobo Díaz 1995 Mariano Zabaleta 1996 Alberto Martín 1997 Daniel Elsner 1998 Fernando González 1999 Guillermo Coria 2000 Paul-Henri Mathieu 2001 Carlos Cuadrado 2002 Richard Gasquet 2003 Stan Wawrinka 2004 Gaël Monfils 2005 Marin Čilić 2006 Martin Kližan 2007 Vladimir Ignatic 2008 Yang Tsung-hua 2009 Daniel Berta 2010 Agustín Velotti 2011 Bjorn Fratangelo 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Christian Garin 2014 Andrey Rublev

Tennis at the Summer Olympics • Olympic Champions in men's doubles 1896: John Pius Boland & Friedrich Traun 1900: Laurence Doherty & Reginald Doherty 1904: Edgar Leonard & Beals Wright 1908: Reginald Doherty & George Hillyard; Herbert Barrett & Arthur Gore (indoor) 1912: Harold Kitson & Charles Winslow; Maurice Germot & André Gobert (indoor) 1920: Oswald Turnbull & Max Woosnam 1924: Francis Hunter & Vincent Richards 1988: Ken Flach & Robert Seguso 1992: Boris Becker & Michael Stich 1996: Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde 2000: Sébastien Lareau & Daniel Nestor 2004: Fernando González & Nicolás Massú 2008: Roger Federer & Stanislas Wawrinka 2012: Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan

ATP Masters Series: Singles champions   Indian Wells Masters 1990: Stefan Edberg 1991: Jim Courier 1992: Michael Chang 1993: Jim Courier 1994: Pete Sampras 1995: Pete Sampras 1996: Michael Chang 1997: Michael Chang 1998: Marcelo Ríos 1999: Mark Philippoussis 2000: Àlex Corretja 2001: Andre Agassi 2002: Lleyton Hewitt 2003: Lleyton Hewitt 2004: Roger Federer 2005: Roger Federer 2006: Roger Federer 2007: Rafael Nadal 2008: Novak Djokovic 2009: Rafael Nadal 2010: Ivan Ljubičić 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Roger Federer 2013: Rafael Nadal 2014: Novak Djokovic 2015: Novak Djokovic   Miami Masters 1990: Andre Agassi 1991: Jim Courier 1992: Michael Chang 1993: Pete Sampras 1994: Pete Sampras 1995: Andre Agassi 1996: Andre Agassi 1997: Thomas Muster 1998: Marcelo Ríos 1999: Richard Krajicek 2000: Pete Sampras 2001: Andre Agassi 2002: Andre Agassi 2003: Andre Agassi 2004: Andy Roddick 2005: Roger Federer 2006: Roger Federer 2007: Novak Djokovic 2008: Nikolay Davydenko 2009: Andy Murray 2010: Andy Roddick 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Novak Djokovic 2013: Andy Murray 2014: Novak Djokovic 2015: Novak Djokovic   Monte-Carlo Masters 1990: Andrei Chesnokov 1991: Sergi Bruguera 1992: Thomas Muster 1993: Sergi Bruguera 1994: Andriy Medvedev 1995: Thomas Muster 1996: Thomas Muster 1997: Marcelo Ríos 1998: Carlos Moyá 1999: Gustavo Kuerten 2000: Cédric Pioline 2001: Gustavo Kuerten 2002: Juan Carlos Ferrero 2003: Juan Carlos Ferrero 2004: Guillermo Coria 2005: Rafael Nadal 2006: Rafael Nadal 2007: Rafael Nadal 2008: Rafael Nadal 2009: Rafael Nadal 2010: Rafael Nadal 2011: Rafael Nadal 2012: Rafael Nadal 2013: Novak Djokovic 2014: Stan Wawrinka 2015: Novak Djokovic   Hamburg/Madrid Masters 1990: Juan Aguilera 1991: Karel Nováček 1992: Stefan Edberg 1993: Michael Stich 1994: Andriy Medvedev 1995: Andriy Medvedev 1996: Roberto Carretero 1997: Andriy Medvedev 1998: Albert Costa 1999: Marcelo Ríos 2000: Gustavo Kuerten 2001: Albert Portas 2002: Roger Federer 2003: Guillermo Coria 2004: Roger Federer 2005: Roger Federer 2006: Tommy Robredo 2007: Roger Federer 2008: Rafael Nadal 2009: Roger Federer 2010: Rafael Nadal 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Roger Federer 2013: Rafael Nadal 2014: Rafael Nadal   Rome Masters 1990: Thomas Muster 1991: Emilio Sánchez 1992: Jim Courier 1993: Jim Courier 1994: Pete Sampras 1995: Thomas Muster 1996: Thomas Muster 1997: Àlex Corretja 1998: Marcelo Ríos 1999: Gustavo Kuerten 2000: Magnus Norman 2001: Juan Carlos Ferrero 2002: Andre Agassi 2003: Félix Mantilla 2004: Carlos Moyá 2005: Rafael Nadal 2006: Rafael Nadal 2007: Rafael Nadal 2008: Novak Djokovic 2009: Rafael Nadal 2010: Rafael Nadal 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Rafael Nadal 2013: Rafael Nadal 2014: Novak Djokovic   Canada Masters 1990: Michael Chang 1991: Andrei Chesnokov 1992: Andre Agassi 1993: Mikael Pernfors 1994: Andre Agassi 1995: Andre Agassi 1996: Wayne Ferreira 1997: Chris Woodruff 1998: Patrick Rafter 1999: Thomas Johansson 2000: Marat Safin 2001: Andrei Pavel 2002: Guillermo Cañas 2003: Andy Roddick 2004: Roger Federer 2005: Rafael Nadal 2006: Roger Federer 2007: Novak Djokovic 2008: Rafael Nadal 2009: Andy Murray 2010: Andy Murray 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Novak Djokovic 2013: Rafael Nadal 2014: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga   Cincinnati Masters 1990: Stefan Edberg 1991: Guy Forget 1992: Pete Sampras 1993: Michael Chang 1994: Michael Chang 1995: Andre Agassi 1996: Andre Agassi 1997: Pete Sampras 1998: Patrick Rafter 1999: Pete Sampras 2000: Thomas Enqvist 2001: Gustavo Kuerten 2002: Carlos Moyá 2003: Andy Roddick 2004: Andre Agassi 2005: Roger Federer 2006: Andy Roddick 2007: Roger Federer 2008: Andy Murray 2009: Roger Federer 2010: Roger Federer 2011: Andy Murray 2012: Roger Federer 2013: Rafael Nadal 2014: Roger Federer   Stockholm/Essen/Stuttgart/Madrid/Shanghai Masters 1990: Boris Becker 1991: Boris Becker 1992: Goran Ivanišević 1993: Michael Stich 1994: Boris Becker 1995: Thomas Muster 1996: Boris Becker 1997: Petr Korda 1998: Richard Krajicek 1999: Thomas Enqvist 2000: Wayne Ferreira 2001: Tommy Haas 2002: Andre Agassi 2003: Juan Carlos Ferrero 2004: Marat Safin 2005: Rafael Nadal 2006: Roger Federer 2007: David Nalbandian 2008: Andy Murray 2009: Nikolay Davydenko 2010: Andy Murray 2011: Andy Murray 2012: Novak Djokovic 2013: Novak Djokovic 2014: Roger Federer   Paris Masters 1990: Stefan Edberg 1991: Guy Forget 1992: Boris Becker 1993: Goran Ivanišević 1994: Andre Agassi 1995: Pete Sampras 1996: Thomas Enqvist 1997: Pete Sampras 1998: Greg Rusedski 1999: Andre Agassi 2000: Marat Safin 2001: Sébastien Grosjean 2002: Marat Safin 2003: Tim Henman 2004: Marat Safin 2005: Tomáš Berdych 2006: Nikolay Davydenko 2007: David Nalbandian 2008: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2009: Novak Djokovic 2010: Robin Söderling 2011: Roger Federer 2012: David Ferrer 2013: Novak Djokovic 2014: Novak Djokovic

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten male singles tennis players of countries belonging to Tennis Europe, as of 20 April 2015 1. Novak Djokovic (1 ) 2. Roger Federer (2 ) 3. Andy Murray (3 ) 4. Rafael Nadal (4 1) 5. Tomáš Berdych (7 1) 6. David Ferrer (8 1) 7. Marin Čilić (9 1) 8. Stan Wawrinka (10 1) 9. Grigor Dimitrov (11 ) 10. Feliciano López (12 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Swiss male singles tennis players as of 9 March 2015 1. Roger Federer (2 ) 2. Stan Wawrinka (7 ) 3. Henri Laaksonen (238 106) 4. Marco Chiudinelli (244 7) 5. Yann Marti (295 3) 6. Adrien Bossel (310 11) 7. Michael Lammer (531 45) 8. Sandro Ehrat (689 4) 9. Luca Margaroli (882 13) 10. Loïc Perret (933 5)