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STANISLAS WAWRINKA (SUI)<br />
Birthdate: March 28, 1985 Turned Pro: 2002<br />
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland<br />
Height: 6’0” (1.83m)<br />
Residence: St. Barthelemy, Switzerland<br />
Weight: 174 (78kg)<br />
Career Win-Loss: 177-135<br />
Plays: Right-handed<br />
Career Prize Money: $4,018,810<br />
One-handed backhand<br />
Career Singles Titles/Finalist: 2/6<br />
Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 13-37<br />
Highest Singles South African Airways <strong>ATP</strong> Ranking: 9 (June 9, 2008)<br />
Highest <strong>ATP</strong> Doubles Ranking: 90 (November 6, 2006)<br />
YEAR-END SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS <strong>ATP</strong> RANKING HISTORY (WIN-LOSS)<br />
2010: 21 (36-19) 2007: 36 (21-24) 2004: 162 (0-7) 2001: T1044 (0-0)<br />
2009: 21 (31-20) 2006: 30 (33-24) 2003: 169 (2-4)<br />
2008: 13 (38-21) 2005: 55 (16-16) 2002: 690 (0-0)<br />
2010 HIGHLIGHTS<br />
Prize money: $862,678. Matches won-lost: <strong>ATP</strong>: 36-19 (singles), 2-8 (doubles) Challenger: 5-0 (singles).<br />
Singles Winner: Casablanca. Finalist: Chennai. Semifinalist: Belgrade. Quarterfinalist: Rome*, US Open,<br />
Stockholm.<br />
2010 IN REVIEW<br />
The Swiss No. 2 (behind Federer) finished in Top 25 for third straight year, highlighted by his second title and<br />
first Grand Slam QF…Won title in Casablanca (d. Hanescu) and runner-up in Chennai (l. to Cilic)…Won<br />
Challenger title on home soil in Lugano in early June (d. Starace)…Advanced to QF at US Open (d. No. 4 Andy<br />
Murray in 3rd RD, l. to Youzhny in five sets)…Compiled marks of 19-12 on hard and 17-6 on clay.<br />
CAREER IN REVIEW<br />
The Swiss native has finished in Top 30 in four of past five years (except ’07), including a year-end best No. 13 in<br />
‘08 when he reached finals in Doha and Rome*…Won doubles gold medal at Beijing Olympics (w/Federer)…<br />
Won a personal-high 38 matches that year and reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 on June 9, ’08 and<br />
remained there for 22 straight weeks…In ’09, beat countryman Federer for first time en route to SF at Monte-<br />
Carlo*…In ’07, was sidelined for three months with a right knee injury during Davis Cup practice on Feb. 8 and<br />
underwent surgery following day…Came back and reached two finals, in Stuttgart (l. to Nadal) and Vienna (l. to<br />
Djokovic)…In ’06, earned his first <strong>ATP</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Tour</strong> title in Umag as Djokovic retired (breathing difficulties) in ’05,<br />
reached first <strong>ATP</strong> final in Gstaad (l. to Gaudio)…Captured ‘03 Roland Garros junior title…Has a 12-15 career<br />
Davis Cup record (11-9 in singles) in 13 ties…Earned a career-high $988,428 in ’08.<br />
CAREER TITLES (2): 2010 – Casablanca(CL); 2006 – Umag(CL). FINALIST (6): 2010 – Chennai(H); 2008 –<br />
Doha(H), Rome*(CL); 2007 – Stuttgart(CL), Vienna(IH); 2005 – Gstaad(CL).<br />
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (1). FINALIST (3).<br />
GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career 5-set record: 14-9)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05<br />
AUS. OPEN 8-5 3RD 3RD 2ND 3RD 2ND —<br />
ROLAND GARROS 10-6 4TH 3RD 3RD 2ND 1ST 3RD<br />
WIMBLEDON 8-6 1ST 4TH 4TH 1ST 3RD 1ST<br />
US OPEN 14-6 QF 1ST 4TH 4TH 3RD 3RD<br />
<strong>ATP</strong> WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY* (Career W-L: 52-41)<br />
CAREER 10 09 08 07 06 05<br />
INDIAN WELLS 7-3 — 4TH QF — 2ND —<br />
MIAMI 4-4 3RD 4TH 2ND — 2ND —<br />
MONTE-CARLO 6-4 3RD SF 1ST — 1ST —<br />
ROME 11-6 QF 3RD RUP 1ST 1ST 2ND<br />
MADRID 5-4 3RD 3RD 3RD 1ST — —<br />
TORONTO/MONTREAL 6-5 2ND 3RD 3RD 2ND — 1ST<br />
CINCINNATI 3-4 2ND 1ST — 1ST 3RD —<br />
SHANGHAI 3-2 2ND 3RD — — — —<br />
PARIS 6-6 3RD 1ST 2ND 3RD 2ND 2ND<br />
PERSONAL<br />
Began playing at age eight…Surname Wawrinka is of Polish decent but Wawrinka is only Polish by ancestry…<br />
Nicknamed Stan…Father, Wolfram is German, and mother, Isabelle is Swiss, both work in an organic farm, helping<br />
handicapped people…Grandparents are Czech…Has one older brother Jonathan, who teaches tennis, and<br />
two younger sisters Djanaee and Naella, are students and they play tennis…Stopped attending school at age<br />
15 in order to focus on tennis full-time…“It was the natural line for me, the right path, to follow with my tennis,”<br />
he says about it…Started playing international junior events at age 14 and then began satellite circuit following<br />
year…Hobbies include movies and music…Considers clay best surface and his best shot backhand…<br />
Daughter, Alexia (born Feb. 12, 2010)…Coached by former <strong>ATP</strong> pro Peter Lundgren (since mid-July 2010).<br />
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