The backhand of the tennis player, who is 38 years old as of 2023, has always been appreciated by tennis lovers.
Stanislas Wawrinka, known as "Stan Wawrinka" in the tennis world, was born on March 28, 1985, in Switzerland. Although he was born in Switzerland, he also has German citizenship, since his father is a German-born individual. Stanislas Wawrinka, who had an extreme passion for tennis from a very young age, left his school at the age of 15 after participating in the youth tournament at the age of 14 for this cause and ended his education life. Instead, he continued his education in the form of distance education and put tennis at the center of his life.
Stanislas Wawrinka (born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014.
The player, who participated in the tournaments held among youth at the age of 14, managed to become the champion of the French Open tournament in 2003, and with this, he had the opportunity to raise himself up to the 7th place in the list of the world rankings among the youth.
2003 – 2006 period
Stanislas Wawrinka, who stepped into the tennis world professionally for the first time in 2002, could not be among the top 50 names in his own classification until the end of 2005, but in October 2006, he started to be mentioned as the 29th best name in the world, which was the most tremendous success of that period, for his tennis career. The tennis coach he did not leave from 1993 until 2010 is Dimitri Zavialoff.
2007 period
In 2007 Stanislas Wawrinka was successful enough to reach the third round of the Australian Open tournaments. However, in this round, he lost to Rafael Nadal by 2-6 in all three rounds and had to be eliminated. In February of the same year, an unfortunate incident happened to him during one of the training sessions for the Davis Cup, which is known to play with Spain, and Wawrinka tore the tendon of his right knee. After this incident, he had to say goodbye to the fields for 3 months and was withdrawn into the recovery process.
2008 period
That year was a brighter year for Stanislas Wawrinka than in other years; In the final of the tournament called the Master's tournament, he managed to reach the final in the city of Rome, and for the first time in his professional history, he managed to put his name among the top 10 names in the world. However, in the final games, he lost to his opponent, Novak Djokovic, in all three sets they played.
Wawrinka, who participated in the doubles tournament at the Summer Olympics held in the summer of 2008, chose Roger Federer as his wife. The duo had the chance to advance to the finals after eliminating Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan, who was shown as the favorite couple in the Olympics. In order to represent Sweden in the final matches, they defeated Thomas Johansson and Simon Aspelin in the Olympics in four different sets and won the gold medal.
2009 period
Stanislas Wawrinka participated in the Miami Masters tournament that year, making it to the fourth round, but losing to Nadal that round. Wawrinka, who surprised everyone at the Monte Carlo Masters the same year after this tournament, achieved this surprise by defeating Roger Federer in the third round. After this success, Stanislas Wawrinka lost again to Novak Djokovic in the semi-final match, although he had a chance to reach the semi-finals.
2010 period
During the 2010 season, Stanislas Wawrinka made a quick entry by reaching the finals of the Chennai Open tournaments. After losing to Marin Cilic in the final match, Wawrinka also achieved his 5th defeat in an ATP match. Although he later participated in the Australian Open tournaments, he lost to the same name Marin Cilic, although he could go up to the 3rd round.
2011 period
Stanislas Wawrinka started the 2011 season with a better performance compared to the previous season. He had the opportunity to eliminate Tomas Berdych, who is considered the number 6 tennis player in the world, in the Chennai Open tournament, and he was the name that made it to the finals in this tournament. In the final match, he defeated his rival Xavier Malisse and had the opportunity to win the 3rd championship in his career. Wawrinka, who also participated in the Australian Open tournament in the same season, eliminated Andy Roddick and reached the quarterfinals, but lost against Roger Federer.
2012 period
The famous tennis player suffered consecutive defeats this season. Wawrinka, who was eliminated by the tennis player Go Seoda in the quarter-finals of the Chennai tournament he participated in for the first time, later participated in the Australian Open tournament; Although he first made it to the third round by eliminating Marcos Baghdatis and Benoit Paire, he lost again in the third round against Nicolas Almagro. In the ongoing process, in February of the same year, in the match he participated in for the Davis Cup, he was defeated by Mardy Fish as a result of a five-set game.