184 Facts About Stanislas Wawrinka

Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of world No 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014.

Stanislas Wawrinka considers clay his best and favorite surface, and his serve and backhand his best shots.

Stanislas Wawrinka started playing tennis at the age of eight, and played once a week until he was eleven, when he started to practise three times a week.

Stanislas Wawrinka stopped attending regular schooling at age 15 to focus full-time on tennis.

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Stanislas Wawrinka was coached from age eight until June 2010 by Dimitri Zavialoff.

Stanislas Wawrinka is a three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, Olympic champion and Davis Cup champion for his country.

Stanislas Wawrinka achieved a top-10 ranking by the ATP for the first time on 12 May 2008, and first reached a career peak of world No 3 on 27 January 2014, at the same time as he became the Swiss No 1.

Stanislas Wawrinka has reached four Grand Slam singles finals in his career to date, winning three: the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open; each time he defeated the reigning world No 1 in the championship match.

Stanislas Wawrinka is the second Swiss male player to win a Grand Slam after Federer.

Stanislas Wawrinka played in the longest doubles match in history at the 2013 Davis Cup, in a tie against the Czech Republic, partnering with Marco Chiudinelli.

Stanislas Wawrinka started playing international junior events at age 14 and entered the satellite circuit the following year.

Stanislas Wawrinka compiled an outstanding junior career, winning the Junior French Open in 2003 and reaching as high as No 7 in the junior world rankings in June 2003.

That year Stanislas Wawrinka had his Davis Cup debut with the Swiss National Team.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost his first match against Victor Hanescu in a dead rubber.

Stanislas Wawrinka finished the year ranked No 162 in the world rankings.

Stanislas Wawrinka won against 22nd seed and Olympic gold medalist Nicolas Massu in the first round, in four sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka's run ended in the third round losing in four sets to the eventual runner-up Mariano Puerta.

Stanislas Wawrinka had his first singles final at the Swiss Open, but lost to Gaston Gaudio.

At the US Open, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rajeev Ram and Mariano Puerta in five sets before losing in the third round to Nicolas Massu.

Stanislas Wawrinka showed some impressive backhand skills, but was unable to deal with Nadal's heavy game.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost in the final to Novak Djokovic, despite taking the opening set.

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

Stanislas Wawrinka lost to Rafael Nadal in the fourth round at the Miami Masters in Key Biscayne.

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

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At the French Open Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Nicolas Devilder in five sets and Nicolas Massu in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in four sets.

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

Stanislas Wawrinka started his 2010 season by reaching the final of the Chennai Open, losing to Marin Cilic in two tie-breaks.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached the third round at the Australian Open, losing to Cilic again.

Stanislas Wawrinka returned to the ATP Tour at the Sony Ericsson Open after his wife gave birth to their daughter.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Kevin Anderson, before losing to Mikhail Youzhny in the third round.

Stanislas Wawrinka started his clay-court season in Casablanca at the 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II.

Stanislas Wawrinka became the 13th seed at the Monte-Carlo Masters and defeated Victor Hanescu in the first round in a rematch of the Casablanca final.

Stanislas Wawrinka then beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis to advance to the third round.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals in Rome, losing to Rafael Nadal, and the semifinals in Belgrade, losing to John Isner.

The partnership with Lundgren showed its benefits in the US Open, where Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarterfinals, beating fourth seed Andy Murray along the way.

Stanislas Wawrinka started off 2011 by defeating No 6 Tomas Berdych along the way to claiming the Chennai Open crown.

Stanislas Wawrinka 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.

Stanislas Wawrinka was defeated by Simone Bolelli in the second round of Wimbledon and Donald Young at the same stage of the US Open.

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

Stanislas Wawrinka made the fourth round of the French Open after defeating Flavio Cipolla, Andujar, and Gilles Simon.

Stanislas 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.

Stanislas Wawrinka was Team Switzerland national flag bearer at the Parade of Nations.

Stanislas Wawrinka teamed with Roger Federer again in doubles at the Olympics, but they were eliminated in the second round.

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Stanislas Wawrinka made the semifinals of the Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati, before he was defeated by Federer, the eventual champion.

Stanislas Wawrinka again played doubles with Jarkko Nieminen, and they were eliminated in the second round.

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

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

Stanislas Wawrinka lost a gruelling five-set thriller against Novak Djokovic which lasted just over five hours, finally losing in the 22nd game of the fifth set.

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

Stanislas Wawrinka won the fourth title of his career at the Portugal Open, where he defeated the top seed and No 4 David Ferrer.

Stanislas Wawrinka 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.

Stanislas Wawrinka started the grass-court season at the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and made it to the final, where he lost to grass-court specialist Nicolas Mahut.

Stanislas Wawrinka went to the ATP World Tour Finals for the first time in his career.

Stanislas Wawrinka made an impact on the tournament, beating Tomas Berdych and David Ferrer in round-robin matches.

Stanislas 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 Australian Open, Stanislas 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 straight-set win over Tommy Robredo.

Stanislas Wawrinka then faced off against another first-time Australian Open semifinalist, Tomas Berdych, winning the match in four tight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka is the second Swiss man to win a Grand Slam singles title after Federer.

Stanislas Wawrinka returned to Switzerland's Davis Cup team for their quarterfinal against Kazakhstan.

Stanislas Wawrinka was beaten in his first match by Andrey Golubev, then he and Federer lost their doubles match to Golubev and Aleksandr Nedovesov.

However, Stanislas Wawrinka then came from a set down to beat Kukushkin and level the match again.

At the Monte-Carlo Masters, Stanislas Wawrinka crushed Marin Cilic in the second round, losing only two games in the process.

Stanislas Wawrinka then received a walkover in the third round to Nicolas Almagro.

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Stanislas Wawrinka defeated David Ferrer in the semifinals to become one of the few players to reach the finals of all 3 Masters tournament on clay.

However, Stanislas Wawrinka fought back to take a close second set in a tiebreak, and after that, Stanislas Wawrinka gained the momentum.

Stanislas Wawrinka did not relinquish his advantage, winning his first Masters 1000 title on his third attempt.

However, Stanislas Wawrinka had less success in his next two tournaments, losing in the second round in Madrid to Dominic Thiem and the third round of Rome to Tommy Haas.

Later that month, Stanislas 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.

Stanislas 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 Stanislas Wawrinka was seeded lower than No 5 Andy Murray and No 4 Roger Federer as they had won the title the previous two seasons.

Stanislas Wawrinka proceeded to have his best-ever run at the tournament, reaching the quarterfinals for the first time, dropping just one set in the process.

Stanislas Wawrinka faced Federer in the first all-Swiss men's quarterfinal in Wimbledon history, losing in four close sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka was seeded third for the US Open due to Nadal's withdrawal.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached his fifth Grand Slam quarterfinal from the last seven tournaments, defeating Tommy Robredo in four sets in the fourth round, having survived set points in the third-set tiebreaker.

Stanislas Wawrinka was eventually beaten by finalist Kei Nishikori in five sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka was up a break in the third set against Simon, but won only one of the final five games.

At the time, Stanislas Wawrinka was ranked No 4 and Simon No 29 on the ATP rankings.

At the Paris Masters 1000, Stanislas Wawrinka recorded his first win since the US Open against Dominic Thiem.

Stanislas Wawrinka had a good run in the ATP World Tour Finals, where he beat Tomas Berdych and Marin Cilic.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost to Djokovic in the next round-robin match, but progressed to the semifinals.

Stanislas 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.

Stanislas Wawrinka next competed at the Open 13 in Marseille, where he reached the quarterfinals, losing to Sergiy Stakhovsky.

Stanislas Wawrinka then competed at the Indian Wells Masters, where he lost to Robin Haase in his opening match, after receiving a first-round bye.

Stanislas Wawrinka next played the Miami Masters in Miami, losing to Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the third round.

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Stanislas Wawrinka later lost in the third round at the Mutua Madrid Open, again to Dimitrov.

Stanislas Wawrinka beat Marsel Ilhan and Dusan Lajovic in three and four sets, respectively, before beating Steve Johnson and Gilles Simon in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, and defeated compatriot Roger Federer in straight sets to reach his first Roland Garros semifinal.

Stanislas Wawrinka broke Djokovic's service twice in the set, reeling off six of the final seven games of the match.

Stanislas Wawrinka is the first man to win Roland Garros after losing in the first round in the previous year since Albert Costa in 2002, and the first former boys' champion to win the men's title since Mats Wilander in 1982.

Stanislas Wawrinka exited from Queen's Club as the Swiss bowed out of the Aegon Championships in the second round, against eventual runner-up Kevin Anderson.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached the quarter finals of Wimbledon, the furthest he had ever reached, matching his result from last year, but was ousted by Richard Gasquet in a five-set thriller, despite being up two sets to one.

Stanislas Wawrinka continued his dominant Grand Slam form at the US Open, with wins over Albert Ramos, Chung Hyeon, Ruben Bemelmans, Donald Young.

Stanislas Wawrinka then beat South African Kevin Anderson in straight sets in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals, where he was dispatched in straight sets by Roger Federer.

Stanislas Wawrinka then helped Switzerland advance to the Davis Cup World Group with a five-set win over Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker in Geneva.

Stanislas Wawrinka then competed in the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, entering as the first seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka avenged his loss to Tatsuma Ito at the same tournament the previous year by defeating him in the second round.

Stanislas Wawrinka then entered the Shanghai Rolex Masters, where he defeated former US Open champion Marin Cilic in a three-set battle before losing in straight sets to Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.

Stanislas Wawrinka then matched his performance at the ATP World Tour Finals the previous year by reaching the semifinals in London with round-robin wins over Andy Murray and David Ferrer.

Stanislas Wawrinka started his season at the Chennai Open where he was the two-time defending champion and 1st seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka successfully defended his title without dropping a set the entire tournament.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played in the Australian Open where he was the 4th seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played qualifier Radek Stepanek where he won in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then proceeded to the third round where he played Lukas Rosol.

Stanislas Wawrinka started against Sergiy Stakhovsky who had defeated him here last year.

Stanislas Wawrinka had a disappointing loss to good friend Benoit Paire.

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Stanislas Wawrinka then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships as the 2nd seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka won against Sergiy Stakhovsky, qualifier Franko Skugor and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played in the first masters 1000 of the year at the Indian Wells Masters as the 3rd seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka then suffered a two set loss to the eventual champion, Rafael Nadal.

Stanislas Wawrinka then suffered another first round exit at the Madrid Open to Nick Kyrgios.

Stanislas Wawrinka had a three set win against Benoit Paire but then had a three set loss to Juan Monaco, who was here with a protected ranking.

At the Geneva Open Stanislas Wawrinka had two easy wins against Albert Ramos Vinolas and Pablo Carreno Busta, and a three set victory over Lukas Rosol.

Stanislas Wawrinka won his 3rd title of the year with a tight straight sets win.

Against Lukas Rosol Stanislas Wawrinka was down two sets to one, but came through in five sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played at Queens in the Aegon Championships as the second seed.

Stanislas Wawrinka then faced qualifier Alessandro Giannessi, winning in three sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played a four-hour match in the third round against British player Daniel Evans, which saw Wawrinka save a match point in the fourth set tiebreak, before beating Evans in five sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Kei Nishikori in the semifinals in four sets and went on to defeat Novak Djokovic in four sets to win the 2016 US Open, his third major title in as many years and his eleventh consecutive win in a championship final.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated the No 1 player in the finals of all three of his grand slam titles.

Stanislas Wawrinka then entered St Petersburg Open, and reached the final, losing to rising teenager Alexander Zverev Jr.

Stanislas Wawrinka did not achieve more notable results for the rest of the season, losing to Gilles Simon in the third round of Shanghai Rolex Masters, Mischa Zverev in the quarterfinals of Swiss Indoors, and Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round of Paris Masters after holding matchpoint.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played his final tournament of the season at the ATP World Tour Finals, and for the first time failed to make to the semifinals, losing his first round robin match in straight sets to Kei Nishikori, then beating Marin Cilic in 2 tiebreaks, and losing to No 1 Andy Murray in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka reached the semifinals, losing to No 5 Kei Nishikori in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played Steve Johnson and beat him in straight sets and played Viktor Troicki in the third round, winning in four sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then beat 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets, to set up a semifinal against his compatriot and 17th seed Roger Federer.

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Stanislas Wawrinka was then upset by Damir Dzumhur in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then beat Dominic Thiem in three sets to reach his ninth ATP Masters 1000 semifinal.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated first-time Masters semifinalist Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets to reach his first final at Indian Wells, as well as his first Masters final on hard court.

Stanislas Wawrinka was defeated by Roger Federer in the final in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka was notably the only person to break Federer's serve during the entire tournament, after he broke Federer's opening service game in the second set.

At the Miami Masters Stanislas Wawrinka was the top seed at a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time in his career, after No 1 Andy Murray and No 2 Novak Djokovic both withdrew due to elbow injuries.

Stanislas Wawrinka was defeated in the fourth round by Alexander Zverev Jr.

At the French Open, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Jozef Kovalik, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Fabio Fognini, Gael Monfils and Marin Cilic in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then entered Wimbledon with the chance to complete his career Grand Slam, but lost his opening match against Daniil Medvedev, a Russian player who was making his Wimbledon debut, in four sets.

On 4 August 2017, Stanislas Wawrinka announced that he would undergo surgery to repair the damage on his knee, and that he would miss the remainder of the 2017 tennis season.

Stanislas Wawrinka made his return to the tour at the 2018 Australian Open, where he lost in the second round to Tennys Sandgren in straight sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played at the 2018 Geneva Open where he was the two-time defending champion but his title defense ended in a straight sets defeat to Marton Fucsovics in the quarterfinals.

Stanislas Wawrinka entered Queens as a wildcard, losing to fifth seed Sam Querrey in the second round.

Stanislas Wawrinka gained entry to Eastbourne as a wildcard, where, in the first round, he played Andy Murray, who was playing just his second tournament after a year-long absence from the sport.

Stanislas Wawrinka was unseeded at Wimbledon, but upset 6th-seed Grigor Dimitrov in the first round in four sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka received wildcard entry to the 2018 Rogers Cup, where he defeated 16th seed Nick Kyrgios in the first round and Marton Fucsovics in the second before being defeated by top seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in two close sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka entered the 2018 US Open as a wildcard, where he was again drawn against Grigor Dimitrov in the first round.

Stanislas Wawrinka triumphed in straight sets and advanced to the third round, defeating Ugo Humbert in four sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka received a wildcard for the 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Stanislas Wawrinka started his 2019 season at the Qatar Open, where he lost in quarterfinals to eventual champion Roberto Bautista Agut.

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At the Rotterdam Open, Stanislas Wawrinka reached his first tournament final in over 20 months, where he fell to Gael Monfils in three sets, and this was followed by a three set defeat to Nick Kyrgios in the quarterfinals of the Mexico Open.

Stanislas Wawrinka won his first two matches against Jozef Kovalik and Cristian Garin before beating Grigor Dimitrov for the third time in the last four majors to record his 500th career win.

Stanislas Wawrinka then defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth in an 'epic' five setter that lasted 5 hours and 9 minutes to advance to his first major quarterfinal in two years.

At the US Open, Stanislas Wawrinka upset defending champion Novak Djokovic in the round of 16; Djokovic pulled out after dropping the first two sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka went on to lose the quarterfinal to Daniil Medvedev.

At the 2020 Australian Open, Stanislas Wawrinka beat Damir Dzumhur in four sets in the first round before defeating Andreas Seppi in five sets in the second round.

Stanislas Wawrinka then progressed to the fourth round after John Isner retired with injury and then upset Daniil Medvedev in five sets to reach the quarterfinals.

Stanislas Wawrinka then lost his quarterfinal match to Alexander Zverev in four sets.

Stanislas Wawrinka did not participate in the 2020 US Open due to the health situation in New York, one of the worst affected states.

At the 2020 French Open, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Andy Murray in straight sets and then followed it up with a four-set win over Dominik Koepfer in the second round.

Stanislas Wawrinka then lost in the third round to Hugo Gaston in five sets.

At the 2021 Australian Open, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Pedro Sousa in straight sets in the first round before losing to Marton Fucsovics in five sets in the second round.

Stanislas Wawrinka made his return to professional tennis in March at the 2022 Andalucia Challenger, an event on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost in straight sets to Elias Ymer in the first round.

Stanislas Wawrinka then played at the Monte-Carlo Masters where he accepted a wildcard into the main draw.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost to Alexander Bublik in the first round despite winning the first set.

Stanislas Wawrinka scored his two consecutive match wins since 2021 against Reilly Opelka and qualifier Laslo Ðere at the Italian Open.

Stanislas Wawrinka lost in the first round of the French Open to wildcard Corentin Moutet in four sets.

At Wimbledon, Stanislas Wawrinka lost in the first round to Jannik Sinner in four sets.

At the US Open, Stanislas Wawrinka retired during his first round match against Corentin Moutet due to undisclosed reasons.

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Stanislas Wawrinka is known for his fast serve which has reached as high as 232 kilometres per hour.

Stanislas Wawrinka's forehand, considered a weakness early in his career, has improved significantly and is a big weapon in his game.

Stanislas Wawrinka is known by the nicknames "Stanimal" and "Stan the Man" for both his play style and ability to win in big matches, particularly between the 2014 Australian Open and the 2016 US Open.

Stanislas Wawrinka survived a fightback from No 1 Novak Djokovic at the 2015 French Open final, being down one break of serve in the fourth set, before breaking Djokovic's service twice to clinch the title.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Djokovic at three Grand Slam tournaments which he won, including two finals.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Djokovic in four sets to win the 2016 US Open singles title.

At the 2019 US Open, Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Djokovic after Djokovic retired injured trailing two sets to love.

Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Federer in straight sets during the 2015 French Open quarterfinals en route to winning his first ever French Open title although Federer then reversed it with a straight sets victory in the 2015 US Open semifinals.

Stanislas Wawrinka ended Murray's title defence at the 2013 US Open quarterfinals with a comfortable straight sets victory.

Around this time Stanislas Wawrinka was identified by some, including Djokovic, as a potential contender to turn the Big Four tennis quartet into a "Big Five", although Stanislas Wawrinka himself downplayed those suggestions, stating that he was still far behind the others.

Stanislas Wawrinka scored his first win against Nadal in their first Grand Slam final, the 2014 Australian Open final in 4 sets, denying Nadal's double career slam.

Stanislas Wawrinka was born in Switzerland to a German father and Swiss mother.

On 4 January 2011, Swiss media reported that Stanislas Wawrinka separated from the family, less than one year after his daughter's birth.

The couple later reconciled, but on 19 April 2015 Stanislas Wawrinka posted a statement on his Facebook page announcing their divorce.

Stanislas Wawrinka began dating WTA player Donna Vekic in 2015, their relationship becoming public knowledge after Nick Kyrgios taunted Stanislas Wawrinka over it during a match at Montreal.

Stanislas Wawrinka appeared in the 2015 ESPN body issue, posing nude in athletic poses.

Stanislas Wawrinka is a self-proclaimed "big fan" of the Lausanne HC, his hometown ice hockey team.

Stanislas Wawrinka has been known to use Babolat's RPM Blast as his string of choice, opting to string his rackets at 27 kilograms in the main strings and 25 kilograms in the cross strings.

Stanislas Wawrinka is an ambassador for the TGV Lyria train service between France and Switzerland, with his photo appearing on the exterior of the high-speed trains.