Stan Wawrinka

Stan Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player

Stanislas Wawrinka ((professionally known as Stan since 2014); born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking for the first time on 27 January 2014. His career highlights include three Grand Slam titles at the 2014 Australian Open, 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, where he defeated the No. 1 player in the final on all three occasions, reaching the final of the 2017 French Open, winning an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at the Monte-Carlo Masters in 2014, and reaching three other finals at 2008 Rome, 2013 Madrid and 2017 Indian Wells. He is sometimes considered as part of the newly-established "Big Five", an expansion of the Big Four of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Wawrinka was unseeded at Wimbledon, but upset 6th-seed Grigor Dimitrov in the first round in four sets. He then lost to Thomas Fabbiano in straight sets.

After missing almost three months due to his injury, Wawrinka returned in the 2018 Italian Open but lost in the first round to Steve Johnson in straight sets. He then played at the 2018 Geneva Open where he was the two-time defending champion but his title defense ended in a straight set's defeat to Marton Fucsovics in the quarterfinals.In the 2018 French Open, he was seeded 23rd, but lost in the first round to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in five sets, which made him drop from 30 to 263 in the rankings. He entered Queens as a wildcard, losing to fifth seed Sam Querrey in the second round. He gained entry to Eastbourne as a wildcard, where he was drawn Andy Murray, who was playing just his second tournament after a year-long absence from the sport, in the first round, losing in straight sets.

Entering Washington as a wildcard, he narrowly lost to Donald Young in the first round. He also received wildcard entry to the 2018 Rogers Cup, where he defeated 16th seed Nick Kyrgios in the first round and Márton Fucsovics in the second before being defeated by top seed and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in two close sets. At Cincinnati, he defeated Diego Schwartzman, Kei Nishikori, and Márton Fucsovics before falling to Roger Federer in three sets in the quarterfinals.

Wawrinka entered the 2018 US Open as a wildcard, where he was again drawn against Grigor Dimitrov in the first round. He triumphed in straight sets and advanced to the third round, defeating Ugo Humbert in four sets. He then lost to Milos Raonic in the third round.