Best finish at each of the four Grand Slams:
Australian Open: Champion (2014) French Open: Champion (2015)
Wimbledon: Quarterfinalist (2014, 2015) US Open: Champion (2016)
Personal life
Wawrinka was born in Lausanne, and has dual citizenship - of Germany and Switzerland. This is due to the fact that his parents are from two different countries; his father Wolfram is German, while mother Isabelle is Swiss. Wawrinka started playing tennis at the age of 8, and turned pro at the age of 17. He is a late bloomer, and won his first Slam and first Masters title only after turning 28. Wawrinka was married to Ilham Vuilloud, a television presenter and model, from 2009 to 2015. The two have a daughter together named Alexia, whose name is tattooed on Wawrinka's right arm. Wawrinka's friendship with the legendary Roger Federer has garnered considerable attention over the years. The two won the doubles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics together, and for a while Wawrinka found it difficult to get out of Federer's shadow. However, his 2014 success - first at the Australian Open, and later at the Davis Cup, proved once and for all that he was a champion to be celebrated in his own right.
Professional Career of Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka has won 7 ATP career titles, including a Grand Slam tournament. He has been a passionate tennis player and he left regular schooling at the age of 15 so that he can totally focus on his tennis. Wawrinka started playing junior events at the age of 14 and reached No. 7 in the junior rankings in 2003 just a year after he became a pro. Since then, the progress of Stan Wawrinka has been steady but probably not satisfactory. In 2008 Wawrinka teamed up with his mentor and friend Roger Federer in the Olympics doubles and defeated Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden in the finals of the Olympics in Beijing.
The major achievement came in the year 2014 when he started the season by defeating Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the Chennai Open in India and then came the Australian Open and Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafael Nadal in the finals by 6-3, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3 and clinch is first-ever Grand Slam title. Stan Wawrinka again defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6– 3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was his third Grand Slam title; on all three occasions he defeated the world No. 1 player in the final.
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