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He also has German citizenship, as his father is German, albeit with Polish roots. The best result in the athlete’s entire sports career is the position of 9th racket in the world, achieved on June 9, 2008. Wawrinka's height is 183 cm, weight is 79 kg, working hand is right, backhand is one-handed, favorite surface is clay. Wawrinka won the gold medal for the Swiss doubles team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, pairing with Roger Federer and defeating Swedish duo Simon Aspelin in the final Aspelin) and Thomas Johansson. Wawrinka and Federer were awarded the 2008 Swiss Team of the Year award.

John McEnroe, the former American tennis player, world number one and one of the sport's greatest ever players, believes Wawrinka has one of the most powerful backhands he has ever seen, perhaps the best in modern tennis.

Stanislas Wawrinka was born on March 28, 1985 in Lausanne, Switzerland. His surname is of Polish origin, but his father, Wolfram Wawrinka, is from Germany, and his mother is Swiss, farms and helps the disabled. Stanislas grew up with an older brother, Jonathan (Jonathan Wawrinka), who became a tennis instructor, and two younger sisters, who also play tennis and study at the university.

Stanislas' hobbies are music and films. He is friends with British tennis player, world number 4 Andy Murray, both of them are avid karting drivers. Wawrinka's sponsors include Lacoste, Head, adidas and Hublot Genève. He plays using "Head" rackets.

In June 2010, he played with the YOUTEK Prestige Pro MidPlus model racket, and before that he used the Flexpoint Prestige MidPlus and Microgel Prestige pro.

On December 15, 2009, Wawrinka married Ilham Vuilloud, a television presenter and former model. They lived in the tiny old municipality of Saint-Barthélemy, 10 minutes from Lausanne. On February 12, 2010, Alexia, the couple's first child, was born. However, on January 4, 2011, reports appeared in the Swiss press that, according to Vuyu, Stanislas had left his wife and child to devote himself full-time to tennis, since he had no more than five years left to achieve significant success.

Wawrinka stopped attending school regularly at the age of 15 to concentrate entirely on tennis, but continued to study remotely through the French organization CNED, which offers more flexibility than in schools. From the age of eight until June 2010, his mentor was Dimitri Zavialoff, a coach from Alsace with Russian roots. After a disappointing season, he parted ways with his former coach and hired Swede Peter Lundgren, the former coach of Marat Safin and Roger Federer.

He began competing internationally at age 14 and quickly built a reputation as one of the top juniors, winning the 2003 French Open junior championships and finishing the year ranked 14th in the world among juniors.

In 2002, at the age of 17, he turned professional. By the end of 2005, Wawrinka approached 50th place in the world rankings, in October 2006 he rose to 29th place and hoped to soon enter the top twenty tennis players on the planet, but his plans were disrupted by an injury, a ruptured tendon in his right knee during training .

In 2008, he entered the Top 10 of the world rankings for the first time.

Wawrinka has one of the best one-handed backhands in modern tennis, has a powerful offense and is capable of playing well on most surfaces, especially clay and hard courts. His biggest weakness is that he doesn't handle pressure well and sometimes falters in big matches. In recent years, however, Wawrinka has become stronger in this regard and continues to gain form. The 2011 season, in any case, started off quite impressively for him.

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Swiss Roger Federer, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer and others attended the players' party in Istanbul. As part of this event, a charity auction was held, at which Federer's racket was put up as a lot. In addition, the tournament organizers presented special awards to Roger and ATP President Chris Kermode. Earlier, Federer played tennis with students from the Istanbul Academy. The second racket of the world talked to the children and signed autographs after the master class.

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She warned that she would have to respond to my statement and tell her point of view. Ilham had the right to react this way because I ignored her request. We talked to her calmly and realized that our public statements about the reasons for the separation were a mistake.”

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Swiss tennis player Stan Wawrinka has achieved great success over the past 4 years. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open. Thanks to this, the athlete became the third racket in the world. His rivals were, and. He beat two of them to win the most important titles of his career.

Junior achievements

Stanislas Wawrinka was born in Switzerland in 1985. His father Wolfram is a farmer and social worker, German of Czech origin. Isabel's mother worked as a teacher. She subsequently became involved in biodynamic agriculture and managed the Ferme du Château, which helps people with mental and physical disabilities.

The second of four tennis-playing siblings, Stan began playing the sport at age 8. His coach was Dmitry Zavyalov, a Frenchman of Russian origin. By the age of 14, Wawrinka was already participating in international junior competitions. He dropped out of school and continued his education remotely in order to devote himself full-time to tennis. In 2003, the athlete's efforts paid off when he became the French junior champion and took 7th place in the world rankings.

The first important title in his professional career for the tennis player was the ATP tournament in Croatia in 2006. He finished that year ranked in the top 40 and continued his rise by reaching the fourth round at the US Open. In 2008, Stan Wawrinka teamed up with Swiss star Roger Federer to win the doubles gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Significant victories of Stanislas Wawrinka

Stan met the best tennis players on the court. He was not always able to overcome them, but the athlete confidently moved forward. In 2009 in Monte Carlo he defeated Roger Federer. A year later, Wawrinka reached the final of the Chennai Open, but lost to Croatian Marin Cilic. After a disappointing season in which he lost in the first round of Wimbledon, Stanislas parted ways with his coach and hired Peter Lundgren, the former coach of Marat Safin and Federer. The partnership bore fruit at the US Open, where the Swiss reached the quarter-finals, beating Andy Murray.

The following years became training years for the tennis player. He honed his skills. Journalists called Stanislas clumsy, but he was able to improve his game. In 2014, the first significant victory took place.

At the Australian Open, Wawrinka defeated Andrey Golubev, Alejandro Falla, Vasek Pospisil and Tommy Robredo. The opponent in the quarterfinals was Novak Djokovic, whom Stan beat in five sets. He then faced another semi-finalist, Tomas Berdych, and defeated Rafael Nadal in the final. In the same 2014, the athlete won the Davis Cup as part of the Swiss national team. He decided to shorten his name and appeared in the standings no longer as Stanislas Wawrinka, but simply Stan.

Wawrinka opened 2015 by reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open before being defeated by Djokovic. He was unable to successfully defend his title in Monte Carlo, but became a major figure at the French Open a few weeks later. Stan scored a decisive victory over Federer in the quarter-finals and then defeated his old enemy Djokovic to win his second Grand Slam title.

The third victory took place a year later at the US Open. There he again beat Novak Djokovic, adding another trophy to the list. The tennis player received all his titles in the Yonex uniform. The Japanese brand, known for the production of equipment for tennis, golf and badminton, still cooperates with the athlete.

Personal life of Stan Wawrinka

In 2009, Stanislas married Ilham, a Swiss TV presenter and former fashion model. In marriage, the couple had a daughter, Alexia. After 6 years, the couple filed for divorce. Wawrinka is currently dating tennis player Donna Vekic.

Stan Wawrinka is still playing. He returned to action at the 2018 Australian Open, where he lost to Tennys Sandgren in the second round. After missing almost three months due to injury, Wawrinka qualified for the Italian and French Opens. However, even here he failed to advance beyond the first rounds. At the Sofia Open, the athlete reached the semi-finals. There may still be a chance to return to the leaderboard.

Stan Wawrinka Net Worth, Salary, Cars & Houses

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Stan Wawrinka: Single, Dating, Family & Friends

In 2005, Stanislas Wawrinka made it to the finals of an ATP tournament for the first time. In Gstaad he lost in the decisive match to the Argentinean Gaston Gaudio. Wawrinka's first victory came in 2006, when he managed to win the tournament in Umag. On the way to the final, Wawrinka defeated Martin, Cilic, del Potro and Wolandry, and met Djokovic in the final. In the first set, with the score 6-6, Djokovic refused to continue the fight due to injury, giving the victory to Wawrinka.

True, Wawrinka had to wait four long years for his next success. After five defeats in the finals of various tournaments (twice to Djokovic), Stanislas still managed to win the tournament in Casablanca, defeating Victor Hanescu. And in 2011, at the Indian tournament in Chennai, Wawrinka won his first tournament on hard court, defeating the Swiss Xavier Malisse. Before this, Wawrinka had only won on clay.

2014 was a historic year for Wawrinka - Stanislas won his first Grand Slam tournament. The Swiss conquered the Australian Open, where in the final he sensationally beat Rafael Nadal, to whom he had previously lost in thirteen head-to-head matches. And during the tournament, Wawrinka managed to defeat such strong tennis players as Novak Djokovic and Tomas Berdych. A little later, Wawrinka won the prestigious tournament in Monte Carlo, defeating his compatriot Roger Federer in the final. These successes allowed Stanislas to enter the TOP 3 of the ATP rankings, ahead of the legendary Federer for the first time in history.

Wawrinka, despite his status, lives in the small village of Saint-Barthelemy in the suburbs of Lausanne. In 2009, he married Swiss TV presenter Ilham Vuyu. Stanislas and Ilham have a daughter. In 2012, Wawrinka carried the Swiss flag at the London Olympics, taking the banner from Roger Federer, who led the Swiss into the Olympic stadiums in 2004 and 2008. In Beijing, Federer and Wawrinka won gold in doubles at the Beijing Olympics.

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