Best resultChampion2014
ALL PLAYERS
Stan Wawrinka
SUI41 yrs6' 0" (1.83 m)
Best ATP ranking No. 3
Three Grand Slam titles and one of the greatest backhands of all time.
- Plays
- Right-handed, one-handed backhand
Figures as of 30 September 2026.
Profile & career
Stan the Man, a champion for the big occasions.
Stan Wawrinka is one of the most popular players in tennis, for his one-handed backhand, considered the best in the world in the 2010s, and for his three Grand Slam titles, won at the peak of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic's careers. He broke through at 29 by winning the 2014 Australian Open. His Swedish coach Magnus Norman convinced him he could beat anyone, and Patrick Mouratoglou often cites Norman as one of the coaches capable of changing a player's life.
Patrick Mouratoglou ranks Wawrinka's one-handed backhand as the best of all time, ahead of Roger Federer, Richard Gasquet, Gastón Gaudio and Gustavo Kuerten. He also calls him "an enormous fighter": "In Grand Slams, Stan often manages to get into the zone and play some absolutely fabulous tennis. He likes to point to his temple with his index finger, it's his trademark, as if to say 'look how strong my head is'."
Wawrinka was also decisive in winning the only Davis Cup in the history of Swiss tennis, in 2014, alongside Roger Federer.
Did you know?The second-best Swiss player in history.
GRAND SLAMS
Stan & the Grand Slams.
A champion at three of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
Best resultChampion2014
Best resultChampion2015
Best resultQuarter-final2014, 2015
Best resultChampion2016CAREER
Biggest titles, year by year.
Never the most gifted player of his generation, and long in the shadow of Roger Federer, four years his senior, Stan Wawrinka made up for it with hard work: at 16 he was Switzerland's No. 1 under-18 player, and in 2003 he won the Roland-Garros junior title. He joined the professional tour in 2002, reached the top 50 in 2005 and the top 10 in 2008, but it was the arrival of Magnus Norman in his team that turned him into "Stan the Man". He won 16 titles, including the Australian Open in 2014, beating Rafael Nadal in the final, and the Monte-Carlo Masters 1000 the same year. At Roland-Garros in 2015 and the US Open in 2016 he beat Novak Djokovic in four-set finals during the Serbian's best years, playing near-perfect tennis in the 2015 final in Paris. He also lost fifteen finals, including one at Roland-Garros.
Junior career
- 2003
Roland-Garros junior champion.
Major ATP titles
- 2014
Australian Open · Monte-Carlo · Davis Cup (with Switzerland)
- 2015
Roland-Garros
- 2016
US Open
STATISTICS & RECORDS
Honours beyond the court.
2012
Olympic flag bearer
He carried the Swiss flag at the London Olympic Games.
2013
Swiss player of the year
Named Switzerland's player of the year.
2015
Swiss sportsman of the year
Voted Switzerland's sportsman of the year.
MOURATOGLOU ACADEMY
His link with the Mouratoglou Academy.
Stan Wawrinka regularly comes to the Mouratoglou Academy to train.
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Watch Stan Wawrinka at the Mouratoglou Academy
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Stan Wawrinka's deadly shot!
GAME & EQUIPMENT
How Stan plays.
His game
Stan Wawrinka is a very powerful player off both wings and on serve, with a varied attacking game. Although he is "only" 1.83 m tall, he can serve at more than 200 km/h. He does not hesitate to take risks, dictating play to put pressure on his opponent until they crack.
Train in the gear of the Academy: rackets, apparel and accessories.
SHOP MOURATOGLOUOFF THE COURT
Personal life & interests.
Stan Wawrinka is the father of a little girl, Alexia, and a fan of the Lausanne Hockey Club ice hockey team. In 2022 he appeared in the film Maison de retraite, produced by his friend, the comedian Kev Adams, and in the series Le Flambeau.
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WTA
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WTA
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ATP
AustraliaAlexei PopyrinBest ATP ranking No. 23
ATP
DenmarkHolger RuneBest ATP ranking No. 4
WTA
United StatesCoco GauffBest WTA ranking No. 2
ATP
GreeceStefanos TsitsipasBest ATP ranking No. 3
RISING STAR
United StatesClervie NgounoueWinner Wimbledon Junior 2023 + Winner 40K Dallas 2024
RISING STAR
United StatesCarel NgounoueJ200 Lithuania 2024 Final
RISING STAR
NetherlandsThijs BoogaardWinner ITF U18 J100 Stavanger / J200 Villinger-Schwenningen
RISING STAR
JapanReita YamanakaWinner U14 ( Vanersborg / Montenegro / Barcelona)
RISING STAR
EstoniaElizaveta AnikinaWinner U12 ( TCBB / Auray / Le Passage / Villeneuve-Loubet )
WTA
United StatesSerena WilliamsBest WTA ranking No. 1
WTA
JapanNaomi OsakaBest WTA ranking No. 1
WTA
FranceAravane RezaïBest WTA ranking No. 15
ATP
CyprusMarcos BaghdatisBest ATP ranking No. 8
WTA
RomaniaSimona HalepBest WTA ranking No. 1
WTA
RussiaAnastasia PavlyuchenkovaBest WTA ranking No. 11
ATP
RussiaDaniil MedvedevBest ATP ranking No. 1
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FranceUgo HumbertBest ATP ranking No. 13
WTA
SpainPaula BadosaBest WTA ranking No. 2
ATP
United KingdomCameron NorrieBest ATP ranking No. 8
WTA
FranceAlizé CornetBest WTA ranking No. 11
ATP
FranceJérémy ChardyBest ATP ranking No. 25
WTA
BelgiumYanina WickmayerBest WTA ranking No. 12
RISING STAR
RussiaNikita BerdinWinner U14 ( Vanersborg / Montenegro / Barcelona)
RISING STAR
BrazilVictoria BarrosSemi-final W15 ITF Monastir 2024
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SlovakiaLaura MasarykovaRising star
ATP
ArgentinaDiego SchwartzmanBest ATP ranking No. 8
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GermanyAlexander ZverevBest ATP ranking No. 2
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United StatesFrances TiafoeBest ATP ranking No. 10
WTA
UkraineMarta KostyukBest WTA ranking No. 16
ATP
United StatesBen SheltonBest ATP ranking No. 4ON COURT
Train where Stan trains.
The same courts, coaches and methodology, on the French Riviera: camps for juniors and adults, all year round.
