17-Stanislas Wawrinka. 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...Supports Lausanne ice hockey club...Captured 2003 Roland Garros junior title (d.
Wawrinka DEUCE Feature (May 2008)Wawrinka DEUCE Feature (Jan. 2010)Wawrinka Q&A Feature (May 2012) 2004 -- Made Davis Cup debut in tie vs. 18-Andreas Seppi. 16-John Isner. Full name John Robert Isner...Began playing tennis at age nine...Father, Robert, is a builder; mother Karen, is a real estate agent...Has two older brothers, Jordan, who is a teaching tennis pro and Nathan, who is a builder and works with his father (all three attended North Carolina State Univ.)...Played four years and earned All-American honors each season at Univ. of Georgia from 2004-07 and school's all-time leader in singles and doubles wins...In May 2007, reached NCAA singles final, losing to Virginia's Somdev Devvarman in a third set tie-break but led his squad to NCAA team title...Also won NCAA doubles title.
Hobbies include playing poker, golf, basketball and watching ESPN...Played basketball until ninth grade and was 6'3" (1.90m) before growing five inches at around age 16... Isner DEUCE Feature (Aug. 2010)Isner DEUCE Feature (Aug. 2012) 2013 -- The top American for 2nd straight year at No. 14 finished in Top 20 for 4th year in a row. 2008 -- Reached QFs in San Jose (d. 15-Juan Monaco. 14-Gilles Simon. Began playing tennis at age six...Nickname is "Gilou"...As a junior, he was inspired by Michael Chang, saying, "He showed me that you don't have to be tall in order to be a great player"...Father, Daniel, works for an insurance company while mother Mireille is a doctor...Older brother Jean-Marie is an engineer...Favorite French player all-time is Cedric Pioline...Hobbies include video games, rollerblading and movies...Fiancé, Carine; sons, Timothé (born September 2, 2010) and Valentin (September 9, 2013)...
Considers his backhand his best shot...Friends on tour include fellow Frenchmen Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Josselin Ouanna...If he could choose a tournament to win one day it would be Roland Garros...As a kid, always dreamed of playing on a packed center court...Best moment in his career thus far is beating No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of Madrid in October 2008...Fitness trainer is Paul Quetin. In October, reached first AMS final in Madrid (d. 13-Milos Raonic.
12-Marin Cilic. 2013 -- The No. 2 Croat (behind No. 33 Dodig) won an ATP World Tour title and finished in Top 50 for a 6th consecutive year…On home soil, won his 9th career title in Zagreb (d. Melzer) and also runner-up at Queen’s Club/London (d. No. 6 Berdych in QF, l. to Murray in 3 sets)…Also reached QF in Chennai (l. to Paire), Memphis (l. to eventual champion Nishikori) and Miami (d. No. 8 Tsonga, l. to eventual winner No. 3 Murray)…In Grand Slam play, reached 3R at Australian Open (l. to Seppi) and Roland Garros (l. to Troicki) and W/D from 2R at Wimbledon (vs.
De Schepper) due to left knee injury…Served a 4-month suspension for a violation of the tennis anti-doping programme and returned to competition at Paris Bercy (l. to del Potro in 2R)…Compiled records of 14-6 on hard, 7-5 on clay and 5-1 on grass… 2012 -- The top Croat finished in Top 20 and won 2 titles for 3rd time in 4 years, winning on grass at London/Queen’s Club (d. On grass, advanced to QF at Queen's (d. 11-Nicolas Almagro. 10-Richard Gasquet. 2013 -- Finished in Top 10 for 2nd year in a row, 3rd overall, and as top Frenchman for 1st time since 2007. Won 3 titles for 1st time since ‘06 and a personal-best 50 matches…Won titles in Doha (d. Davydenko) in opening week of season, Montpellier (d. Paire) in February and in Moscow (d. Kukushkin) in October… In Grand Slam play went 13-4, reached 2nd career Grand Slam SF at US Open (l. to eventual champ Nadal), 4R at Roland Garros (l. to No. 10 Wawrinka after being up 2 sets) and also 4R at Australian Open for 4th time (l. to compatriot Tsonga in 4 sets).
Fell in 3R at Wimbledon (l. to Tomic)…Best ATP Masters 1000 results were SF in Miami and QF in Monte-Carlo, Montréal and Paris… At Doha with his 2R win over Zemlja, became 8th Frenchman in Open Era to win at least 300 matches on ATP World Tour…Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and went 0-3 in round robin play. 2012 -- The No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 8 Tsonga) finished Top 10 for 1st time since 2007. 9-Janko Tipsarevic. Began playing at age six and at age eight in April 1993, began playing at “AS” New Belgrade Tennis Club with Russian coach Roman Savochkin...Father, Pavel, is a professor; mother, Vesna, is a housewife...His grandmother keeps a journal on her grandson...Has one younger brother (by two years), Veljko, who is a college student...Speaks Serbian, English and Russian...Finished high school and in 2006 completed university work in Belgrade, studying Sports Management...Enjoys snowboarding, house music and reading...Has a tattoo on his left arm with enscription “Beauty will save the world” from Dostojevski...
Idols growing up were Agassi and Kafelnikov...Prefers playing on slow hard courts and clay...Compiled an outstanding junior career by finishing No. 2 in world junior rankings in 2001...Captured Australian Open juniors (d. Wang) and reached QF at Roland Garros juniors...Compiled an 8-3 career mark in ITF junior finals between 1999-2001... 8-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. 2013 -- The No. 2 Frenchman (behind No. 9 Gasquet) finished in Top 10 for 3rd year in a row and 5th time in 6 years. QF or better 10 times…Suffered a left knee injury in 2R at Wimbledon (ret. vs Gulbis) and returned in mid-September with runner-up in Metz (l. to Simon)…Captured his 10th career title in Marseille and became 1st winner of an ATP title saving MP in 2 matches during same tournament since Sam Querrey in Los Angeles in 2010. Saved 5 MP vs. Tomic in QF and 1 in final vs No. 6 Berdych…Reached 8th career Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (l. to Federer in 5 sets) and 5th Slam SF (most by Frenchman in Open Era), 1st at Roland Garros (d.
Federer in QF, l. to Ferrer). Also SF at Monte-Carlo (l. to Nadal) and Queen’s Club/London (l. to Murray) and QF at Indian Wells (l. to Djokovic) and Madrid (l. to Wawrinka)…Compiled records of 23-10 on hard, 12-4 on clay and 4-2 on grass and 3-6 vs. Top 10 opponents… 7-Juan Martin Del Potro. 2013 -- The top Argentine finished No. 5 for 1st time since ‘09 and in Top 10 for 4th time in 6 years, winning 4 titles at 500 level – Rotterdam, Washington, Tokyo and Basel…Won 50-more matches for 3rd time in his career and finished season strong with 16-4 record since 2R at US Open (l. to Hewitt)…Reached his 3rd career ATP Masters 1000 final at Shanghai and also runner-up at Indian Wells in March… In Grand Slam play went 9-2.
He beat No. 4 Ferrer in Wimbledon QF before losing to Djokovic in 5 sets in longest Wimbledon SF in tournament history (4h43m). Lost in 3R at Aus. Open (l. to Chardy) and 2R at US Open (l. to Hewitt). Withdrew from Roland Garros with respiratory virus…Qualified for Barclays ATP World Finals and went 1-2 in RR play…Compiled records 42-12 on hard, 7-2 on grass and 2-2 on clay… 2012 -- The top Argentine had 1st Top 10 finish since ’09 and won career-high 65 matches, most for an Argentine since Coria won 60 in ‘03...Won 4 titles in 5 finals, in Marseille (d. 6-Tomas Berdych. Began playing tennis at age five...Father, Martin, was a train engineer, mother, Hana, is a doctor...Began playing at tennis center in hometown of Valasske Mezirici, a town of just 30,000 and soon became a top junior...Won Czech Republic 12-under junior title and moved to city of Prostejov where there were more practice partners and better coaching...Commuted home often to keep his ties to his old school...Won 14-under nationals and at 16, he won the prestigious 18-under national title in the city of Parovbice, which boasts Ivan Lendl as a former champion.
Big fan of ice hockey and follows Detroit Red Wings...Has met many of Czech players from NHL and 1998 Olympic gold medal team, including Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr and Dominik Hasek, since all of them are big tennis fans and have on several occasions come to Prostejov to play...Favourite surface is hard court and his strengths are forehand and serve...Physiotherapist is Sergio Ferraz. 2004 -- Won his first ATP title in Palermo (d. 5-Rafael Nadal. 2013 -- The Spaniard returned from a 7-month absence to win 10 titles in career-high 14 finals and finish No. 1 for 3rd time, 1st since 2010. He is 1st player to finish No. 1 after a three-year absence...His 10 titles is 2nd-most in his career (won 11 in ‘05) and 5 ATP Masters 1000 titles ties a season-record (Djokovic in ’11). Also extended his streak of winning at least 1 Grand Slam title for a record 9th year in a row with his 8th crown at Roland Garros and 2nd at US Open. His 13 Slam titles is 3rd all-time behind Federer (17) and Sampras (14)… Returned to No. 1 on Oct. 7 for 1st time since week of June 27, ‘11 by reaching final in Beijing (l. to Djokovic), which snapped a 22-match winning streak since his last loss in 1R at Wimbledon on June 24 (l. to Darcis).
He also had a 22-match winning streak earlier in season. Saw his 46-match win streak at ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo come to an end as he lost to Djokovic in final. Then moved to grass and won titles at Queen's (d. 4-David Ferrer. 2013 -- The No. 2 Spaniard (behind Nadal) finished a year-end best No. 3, his 3rd year in a row in Top 5. It was also 4th straight year he won at least 55 matches. Played in most singles matches (84) during year…Reached a career-high 9 finals, winning 3rd straight year in Auckland (d.
Kohlschreiber) to tie Roy Emerson’s tournament record, and defended title in Buenos Aires (d. Wawrinka), which was 10th clay court title and 20th overall of his career. Then followed with final in Acapulco (l. to Nadal) and month later runner-up at ATP Masters 1000 Miami (l. to Murray after holding MP)… Qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals - London for 4th year in a row and went 0-3 in round robin play. In last Grand Slam tournament reached 8th straight Grand Slam QF at US Open (l. to Gasquet in 5 sets) and broke a 6-match winning streak in 5-set matches. In May, runner-up at Oeiras (l. to Wawrinka) and reached 1st major final at Roland Garros (l. to Nadal) after beating Tsonga in SF. 3-Andy Murray. 2013 -- The Scot finished in top 4 for 6th straight season, highlighted by 4 titles, including Wimbledon.
Became 1st British man to win crown in 77 years since Fred Perry in 1936 and improved to 2-5 lifetime in major finals…Finished runner-up in his 3rd Australian Open final, losing to Djokovic in four sets. Beat Federer in 5 sets in SF, for 1st time at a major (1-3). Was attempting to become 1st British man to win title since Fred Perry in 1934. Prior to Open, repeated title in Brisbane (d. Won 9th ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami, saving 1 MP at 5-6 in 3rd set vs. In May, retired with lower back injury at one-set all vs. Earned 1st Grand Slam crown at US Open in 5th Slam final, defeating Djokovic in 5 sets. 2011 -- The Scotsman finished at No. 4 for 4th straight season after capturing 5 titles in 6 final appearances...From mid-August to end of season, compiled a 27-3 match record, with 2nd title at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati (d. Then advanced to 4th RD at US Open (d. 1-Novak Djokovic. 2013 -- The Belgrade native finished in Top 3 for 7th year in a row, 1st time at No. 2, winning 7 titles in 9 finals (2nd-most in career).
Finished season with 24-match winning streak. Ranked No. 1 for most of year until Nadal took over top spot on Oct. 7, ending streak of 48 weeks. Overall has ranked No. 1 a total of 101 weeks in his career…Closed season with 4 titles in a row, winning back-to-back weeks in China and extending his Chinese winning streak to 20 matches by repeating in Beijing (d. Nadal) and ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (d. del Potro in 3 sets). Then won his 16th career ATP Masters 1000 title in Paris (d. For 3rd year in a row, reached 3 Grand Slam finals (24-3 record), highlighted by winning his 6th major trophy at Australian Open after beating No. 3 Murray in 4 sets in final.
Compiled records of 53-5 on hard, 15-3 on clay, 6-1 on grass (17-0 indoors) and 22-10 in TB. Three of his titles were repeat efforts from 2011 – Australian Open (d. Overall he was 21-4 vs.