Stanislas Wawrinka Bio


  • 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 organic 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
  • Married Ilham on 12 December 2009
  • Daughter, Alexia, born 12 February at 9:45 a.m
  • Was coached by Dimitri Zavialoff since age eight, before the pair split after Wimbledon in June 2010
  • Was then coached by Peter Lundgren from August 2010-September 2011. Now coachless.
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.


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