Stanislas Wawrinka

Began playing at age eight...Surname Wawrinka is of Polish decent but Wawrinka is only Polish by ancestry... Nicknamed Stan...Father, Wolfram is German, and mother, Isabelle is Swiss, both work in an organicl farm, helping handicapped people...Grandparents are Czech...Has one older brother Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and two younger sisters Djanaee and Naella, are students and they play tennis...Stopped attending school at age 15 in order to focus on tennis full-time...“It was the natural line for me, the right path, to follow with my tennis,” he says about it.

Started playing international junior events at age 14 and then began satellite circuit following year...Town of St. Barthelemy is 10 minutes outside of Lausanne...Hobbies include movies and music...Captured 2003 Roland Garros junior title (d. Baker)...Considers clay best surface and his best shot backhand...Has an 11-11 career Davis Cup record (10-7 in singles) in 11 ties...Coached by Dimitri Zavialoff (since age eight).

2003 -- Reached 2nd RD at Amersfoort and Umag...Won Challenger titles at San Benedetto and Geneva...

2004 -- Made Davis Cup debut in tie vs. Romania (l. to Hanescu in dead rubber)...Won Barcelona and Geneva Challengers and runner-up at St. Petersburg Challenger...In doubles, reached Gstaad final (w/Rosset)...

2005 -- Advanced to first ATP QF in Barcelona with wins over Garcia-Lopez, Srichaphan and Acasuco (l. to Stepanek)...Made AMS debut in Rome and reached 2nd RD and Grand Slam debut at Roland Garros, getting to 3rd RD (d. Massu, Blake; l. to Puerta)...On home soil, reached first ATP final in Gstaad (l. to Gaudio)...

In US Open debut, reached 3rd RD by winning five setters over R. Ram and Puerta (l. to Massu)...Lost two difficult Davis Cup matches vs. The Netherlands in 1st RD, losing in four sets after playing three tie-breaks vs. Wessels, then falling 9-7 in fifth to Schalken...But helped Switzerland return to Davis Cup World Group (d. Murray, Mackin in dead rubber)...Ended year with 10-4 Challenger mark, including runner-up in Andrezieux (l. to Ascione)...

2006 -- Compiled first winning record (33-24) by capturing first ATP title in Umag as Djokovic retired in first set tie-break due to breathing difficulties...Reached SF in Auckland, Barcelona and Basel....Also a QF in Vienna...Reached 3rd RD at Wimbledon with wins over Karlovic (11-9 in fifth) and Calleri (l. to Ancic)...Defeated No. 4 Nalbandian en route to 3rd RD at AMS Cincinnnati and followed with 3rd RD at US Open...Went 3-8 vs. Top 10 opponents...

2007 -- Finished in Top 40 for second straight year despite being sidelined for three months with a knee injury...Advanced to two ATP finals -- Stuttgart (l. to Nadal) and Vienna (l. to Djokovic) and Grand Slam-best 4th RD at US Open...Suffered a right knee injury on Feb. 8 in practice for 1st RD Davis Cup tie and underwent surgery following day...Returned in May...Posted a 3-11 record through mid-July but finished with an 18-13 mark...Also advanced to QF in New Haven and followed with 4th RD at US Open...Compiled marks of 16-12 on hard, 5-7 on clay and 0-3 on grass.

2008 -- The Swiss No. 2 compiled his most consistent season by breaking into Top 10, reaching two ATP finals and winning a doubles gold medal at Beijing Olympics...Opened year with runner-up in Doha (l. to Murray in three sets) and followed with 2nd RD at Australian Open where he retired with a stomach muscle strain vs. Gicquel...In March, reached QF at AMS Indian Wells (l. to eventual champ Djokovic)...

During European clay court circuit, advanced to SF in Barcelona (d. No. 7 Nalbandian, l. to Ferrer) and followed with first AMS final in Rome (d. Murray, No. 8 Blake, No. 6 Roddick-ret., l. to Djokovic in three sets)...Afterwards, jumped from No. 24 into Top 10 at No. 10 on May 12...Remained there for 22 straight weeks before slipping to No. 12 on Oct. 13...While in Top 10, his best results were SF in Gstaad (l. to Hanescu) and 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Safin) and US Open (l. to Murray)...

Helped his country back into Davis Cup World Group in '09 by winning all four of his singles matches...Finished season with 1-4 mark and best result was 3rd RD at AMS Madrid; In doubles, reached ATP final in Gstaad (w/Bohli) and won gold in Beijing (w/Federer) over Swedes Aspelin-T. Johansson...Also beat Bryans in SFs...Posted a personal-best 4-5 mark against Top 10 opponents...Compiled marks of 19-14 on hard, 14-6 on clay and 3-1 on grass.

2009

The Swiss native finished in Top 25 for second straight year with his best result a SF at Monte Carlo* where he beat countryman Federer in 3rd RD for first time (l. to Djokovic)…Also a QF in Tokyo (l. to Monfils) in October and Basel (l. to Djokovic) following month…In Grand Slam play, his best results were 3rd RD at Australian Open (l. to Berdych), Roland Garros (l. to Davydenko) and 4th RD at Wimbledon, losing to Murray in five sets in latest Centre Court finish (10:39 pm)…Had a 16-9 record in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, reaching at least round of 16 in six…In June, captured title at Lugano Challenger on home soil (d. Starace)…Went 2-9 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 15-12 on hard, 13-7 on clay and 3-1 on grass.