Stanislas Wawrinka is an efficient Swiss tennis player who reached the World No. 3 in the singles ranking (Association of Tennis Professionals) for the first time on January 27, 2014. His career spotlight includes 3 Grand Slam titles, those of the 2015 French Open, 2014 Australian Open, and 2016 US Open where he beat the World No. 1 player in the final in three all three events.
Other accomplishments include entering the final of the 2017 French Open, gaining an ATP Tour Masters 1000 title at the 2014 Monte-Carlo Masters, and entering three other Master finals that are at 2013 Madrid, 2008 Rome, and 2017 Indian Wells. Stanislas Wawrinka achieved gold in doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with groupmate Roger Federer representing Switzerland. He played a vital role in the 2014 Davis Cup for the Swiss’s team success. He holds clay as best and finds it his favorite surface. John McEnroe once stated that he had “The greatest one-handed backhand in the match”.
Stanislas Wawrinka: A Look at his Personal Life
Wawrinka was born on march 28, 1985 in Switzerland. He owns dual citizenship as his mother is Swiss and his father is German. Embracing one of the most powerful one-handed backhands on tour Wawrinka is defined as a great offensive baseliner able to play well on several surfaces such as on hard courts and clay. He is especially eminent for his fast serve.
In 2013, he started with new coach Magnus Norman who was a past World No 2, and coached Robin Soderling to two successive French Open finals and a Masters title. This duo has been recognized with Wawrinka’s overall match enhancement. He qualified for the ATP World tour finals for the first time in the same year. Also finished the year in the top 10 for the first time. Stanislas Wawrinka achieved one Grand Slam each year in the succeeding 3 years. His breathtaking display in the 2015 French Open final in opposition to Novak Djokovic is widely seen as one of the best Slam final plays of all time.
Stanislas Wawrinka: Breathtaking Journey of Tennis
Wawrinka began playing tennis at the age of 8. He gave his full time on tennis at the age of 15 when he began to practice thrice a week. As a result, he canceled his school attendance. However, he resumes his schooling through distance education. At the age of 17, he enhances as a professional. Dimitri Zavialoff coached him from the age of 8 till 2010. He is the winner of the 3 Grand Slam tournaments. He was also the Davis Cup champion and Olympic champion for his country. Stanislas Wawrinka obtains a top 10 ranking by the ATP for the first time on May 12, 2008. He gained the top career of World No 3 on January 27, 2014. Also, he extends to become the Swiss No 1 at the same time.
Stanislas Wawrinka owns his Grand Slam debut at the French Open. He achieved against Olympic Gold medalist Nicolas Massu in four sets in the first round. Wawrinka came from two sets down to beat James Blake in the second round. He hold his first Wimbledon experience after the French Open but failed in the first round in four sets to Fabrice Santoro. At the Swiss Open, he had his first singles final but failed to Gaston Gaudio.
By entering the final of the Masters series occasion in Rome, Stanislas Wawrinka reached the top 10 for the first time. He failed in the final to Novak Djokovic in spite of taking the opening set. Wawrinka associates with Roger Federer in men’s doubles in the Olympics. They both defeat the champion Americans Mike Bryan and Bob in straight sets in the semi-finals. Then in the final, they beat Thomas Johansson and Simon Aspelin in four sets in Sweden to achieve the gold medal.
Career To Date
In 2013, he entered his first Grand Slam semi-final, failing to top seed Novak Djokovic again in five strictly contested sets. In 2015 Stanislas Wawrinka contested in the French Open as the 8th seed. He beat Roger Federer in straight sets to enter his first Roland Garros semifinal.
Stanislas Wawrinka: By succeeding in the four stages in opposition to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals he obtains his second appearance in the Grand Slam final. In 2017, Wawrinka was the upper seed at a Masters 1000 series at the Miami Masters for the first time in his career after Andy Murray No 1 and Novak Djokovic No 2 both drawn out due to elbow injuries. In the fourth round, he got defeated by Alexander Zverev Jr in three sets. On August 4, 2017, Stanislas Wawrinka declared that he would go through surgery to fix his knee injury and will be absent for the rest of the 2017 Tennis season.
Stanislas Wawrinka began his 2019 season at the Qatar Open where he failed in the quarter-finals to ultimate champion Roberto Bautista Agust. At the French Open, he seeded 24th and achieved his first two games against Christian Garin and Jozef Kovalik before defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the four majors for the third time to record his 500th career success.
In the 2022 Moselle Open, he beat top seed Daniil Medvedev to enter the quarter-finals as a competitor. His present ranking is No 150.
His Hardship Accomplishments
Stanislas Wawrinka
- Career Top Ranking- No. 3 (January 27, 2014)
- Grand Slam Singles Runner-up- 1 (Roland Garros 2017)
- Grand Slam Singles titles- 3 (2015 Roland Garros, 2014 Australian Open, 2016 US Open)
- Singles Runner-up- 12 (Basel-2005; Stuttgart, Vienna -2007; Doha, Rome -2008; Chennai- 2010; Madrid, Buenos Aires, ‘s-Hertogenbosch- 2013; st. Petersberg- 2016; Rolland Garros, Indian Wells- 2017; Rotterdam-2019)
- Singles titles- 16 (Umag- 2006; Casablanca- 2010; Chennai-2011; Estoril- 2013; Australian Open, Chennai, Monte-Carlo – 2014; Rotterdam, Roland Garros, Tokyo, Chennai- 2015; Geneva, Dubai, US Open, Chennai- 2016, Geneva- 2017)
- Doubles Runner-up- 4 (Gstaad-2004; Gstaad- 2008; Chennai- 2009; Indian Wells-2011)
- Doubles titles- 2 (Beijing Olympics-2008; Chennai-2003)
- Olympic Matches- 1 (Beijing 2008, doubles gold medal w/Federer)
- Davis Cup titles- 1 (Beijing 2008, doubles gold medal w/Federer)
Stanislas Wawrinka: His Factual Family Life
Wawrinka took birth to a Swiss mother and a German father in Switzerland. Wolfram Wawrinka, his father is a social worker and farmer. Also, a German of Czech ancestry whereas his mother Isabelle is Swiss and an educator. He possesses dual Swiss-German citizenship. His mother served as a biodynamic farmer supporting disabled people and succeeding the working on the paternal ancestor’s farm which is linked with the castle of Saint-Barthelemy. Stanislas Wawrinka raised up with two younger sisters Naella and Djanaee and his elder brother Jonathan.
Controversial Married Life of Stanislas Wawrinka
Wawrinka was staying with his wife Ilham Vuilloud, around 20km North of Lausanne in 2009. They both got hitched on December 15, 2009. Vuilloud is a Swiss television anchor and past fashion model. She gave birth to a girl child called Alexia on February 12, 2010. On January 4, 2011, Swiss as per Swiss media Stanislas Wawrinka got separated from his family less than one year after his daughter’s birth. In the year 2015, Wawrinka announced their divorce in a Facebook post. The succeeding day Vuilloud debated Wawrinka’s types of events.
Stanislas Wawrinka started dating Donna Vekic, the WTA player in 2015, and their relationship was highlighted in public after Nick Kyrgios mock Wawrinka over it at the time of the Montreal match.
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