2014 Stan Wawrinka tennis season

2014 Stan Wawrinka tennis season
Full nameStan Wawrinka
Country Switzerland
Calendar prize money$5,582,116
Singles
Season record39–17
Calendar titles4
Year-end rankingNo. 4
Ranking change from previous year 4
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian OpenW
French Open1R
WimbledonQF
US OpenQF
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF
Davis Cup
Davis CupW

The 2014 Stan Wawrinka tennis season began at the Chennai Open, where he won the title for the second time in his career. This was followed by victory at the Australian Open, where he defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals, followed by victory over world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final, to win his first ever Grand Slam title, launching him to a career-high no. 3 in the world, and the Swiss no. 1 (ahead of Roger Federer) for the first time in his career. Additionally, he won his first Masters 1000 title, defeating compatriot Federer in the final after coming back from a set down. During the first half of the season, Wawrinka went a perfect 6–0 against top-10 opponents, including wins against three of the "Big Four" (Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer). He also reached the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals for the second time in a row and finished the year helping Switzerland win their first Davis Cup.

He was defending champion in Oeiras, but withdrew before the tournament began.

All matches

This table chronicles all the matches of Stan Wawrinka in 2014, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. They are marked ND for non-decision or no decision.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament Match Round Opponent (seed or key) Rank Result Score
Aircel Chennai Open
Chennai, India
ATP Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
30 December 2013 – 5 January 2014
1R Bye
1 / 498 2R Benjamin Becker 79 Win 6–3, 6–1
2 / 499 QF Aljaž Bedene 95 Win 6–2, 6–1
3 / 500 SF Vasek Pospisil (5) 32 Win 6–4, 5–5, ret
4 / 501 W Edouard Roger-Vasselin 52 Win (1) 7–5, 6–2


Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam tournament
Hard, outdoor
13 – 26 January 2014
5 / 502 1R Andrey Golubev 85 Win 6–4, 4–1, ret
6 / 503 2R Alejandro Falla 87 Win 6–3, 6–3, 6–7(7–4), 6–4
3R Vasek Pospisil (28) 30 W/O N/A
7 / 504 4R Tommy Robredo (17) 19 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
8 / 505 QF Novak Djokovic (2) 2 Win 2–6, 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 9–7
9 / 506 SF Tomáš Berdych (7) 7 Win 6–3, 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–3),7–6(7–4)
10 / 507 W Rafael Nadal (1) 1 Win (2) 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3


Davis Cup World Group
Novi Sad, Serbia
Davis Cup
Hard, indoor
31 January – 2 February 2014
11 / 508 R2 Dušan Lajović 102 Win 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)


BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
3 – 16 March 2014
1R Bye
12 / 509 2R Ivo Karlović 51 Win 6–3, 7–5
13 / 510 3R Andreas Seppi (29) 32 Win 6–0, 6–2
14 / 511 4R Kevin Anderson (17) 18 Loss 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 1–6


Sony Open Tennis
Miami, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
17 – 30 March 2014
1R Bye
15 / 512 2R Daniel Gimeno Traver 99 Win 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
16 / 513 3R Edouard Roger-Vasselin 43 Win 7–5, 6–4
17 / 514 4R Alexandr Dolgopolov (22) 23 Loss 4–6, 6–4, 1–6


Davis Cup World Group
Geneva, Switzerland
Davis Cup
Hard, indoor
4 – 6 April 2014
18 / 515 R1 Andrey Golubev 64 Loss 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
19 / 516 R4 Mikhail Kukushkin 56 Win 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4, 6–4


Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
12 – 20 April 2014
1R Bye
20 / 517 2R Marin Čilić 27 Win 6–0, 6–2
3R Nicolás Almagro (15) 20 W/O N/A
21 / 518 QF Milos Raonic (8) 10 Win 7–6(7–5), 6–2
22 / 519 SF David Ferrer (5) 6 Win 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
23 / 520 W Roger Federer (4/WC) 5 Win (3) 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2


Mutua Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
5 – 11 May 2014
1R Bye
24 / 521 2R Dominic Thiem (Q) 70 Loss 6–1, 2–6, 4–6


Internazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Clay, outdoor
12 – 18 May 2014
1R Bye
25 / 522 2R Pere Riba (Q) 98 Win 6–0, 6–3
26 / 523 3R Tommy Haas 67 Loss 7–5, 2–6, 3–6


French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam tournament
Clay, outdoor
26 May – 8 June 2014
27 / 524 1R Guillermo García-López 39 Loss 4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 0–6


Queen's Club Championships
London, United Kingdom
ATP Tour 250
Grass, outdoor
9–15 June 2014
1R Bye
28 / 525 2R Marcos Baghdatis (WC) 118 Win 3–2, ret.
29 / 526 3R Sam Querrey 78 Win 6–2, 6–2
30 / 527 QF Marinko Matosevic 60 Win 7–5, 6–3
31 / 528 SF Grigor Dimitrov 13 Loss 2–6, 4–6


Wimbledon Championships
London, United Kingdom
Grand Slam tournament
Grass, outdoor
23 June – 6 July 2014
32 / 529 1R João Sousa 48 Win 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
33 / 530 2R Lu Yen-hsun 47 Win 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
34 / 531 3R Denis Istomin 45 Win 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
35 / 532 4R Feliciano López 25 Win 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7), 6–3
36 / 533 QF Roger Federer 4 Loss 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 4–6


Rogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
4 – 10 August 2014
1R Bye
37 / 534 2R Benoît Paire (Q) 98 Win 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
38 / 535 3R Kevin Anderson 21 Loss 6–7(8–10), 5–7


Cincinnati Masters
Cincinnati, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
11 – 17 August 2014
1R Bye
39 / 536 2R Benjamin Becker (Q) 56 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
40 / 537 3R Marin Čilić (14) 18 Win 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
41 / 538 QF Julien Benneteau 47 Loss 6–1, 1–6, 2–6


US Open
New York, United States
Grand Slam tournament
Hard, outdoor
25 July – 8 September 2014
42 / 539 1R Jiří Veselý 75 Win 6–2, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
43 / 540 2R Thomaz Bellucci 91 Win 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–1)
3R Blaž Kavčič 92 W/O N/A
44 / 541 4R Tommy Robredo (17) 18 Win 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
45 / 542 QF Kei Nishikori (10) 11 Loss 6–3, 5–7, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–5), 4–6


Davis Cup World Group
Geneva, Switzerland
Davis Cup
Hard, indoor
12 – 14 September 2014
46 / 543 R2 Fabio Fognini 17 Win 6–2, 6–3, 6–2


Japan Open
Tokyo, Japan
ATP Tour 500
Hard, outdoor
29 September – 5 October 2014
47 / 544 1R Tatsuma Ito 103 Loss 5–7, 2–6


Shanghai Masters
Shanghai, China
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
29 September – 5 October 2014
1R Bye
48 / 545 2R Gilles Simon 29 Loss 7–5, 5–7, 4–6


Swiss Indoors Basel
Basel, Switzerland
ATP Tour 500
Hard, indoor
20 – 26 October 2014
49 / 546 1R Mikhail Kukushkin 84 Loss 4-6, 7–6(7–1), 3-6


Paris Masters
Paris, France
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, indoor
27 October – 2 November 2014
1R Bye
50 / 547 2R Dominic Thiem 37 Win 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
51 / 548 3R Kevin Anderson (14) 18 Loss 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–7(3–7)


World Tour Finals
London, England
ATP Finals
Hard, indoor
9 – 16 November 2014
52 / 549 RR Tomáš Berdych (6) 7 Win 6–1, 6–1
53 / 550 RR Novak Djokovic (1) 1 Loss 3–6, 0–6
54 / 551 RR Marin Čilić (8) 8 Win 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
55 / 552 SF Roger Federer (2) 2 Loss 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(6–8)


Davis Cup World Group
Lille, France
Davis Cup
Clay, indoor
21 – 23 November 2014
56 / 553 R1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 12 Win 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles matches

Tournament Match Round Opponents (seed or key) Ranks Result Score
Aircel Chennai Open
Chennai, India
ATP Tour 250
Hard, outdoor
30 December 2013 – 5 January 2014
Partner: Benoît Paire
1 1R Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (1) #13 / #15 Loss 4–6, 6–4, [9–11]


BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, United States
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
3 – 16 March 2014
Partner: Roger Federer
2 1R Rohan Bopanna / Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (6) #12 / #14 Win 6–2, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
3 2R Ernests Gulbis / Milos Raonic #807 / #137 Win 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
4 QF Leander Paes / Radek Štěpánek (4) #10 / #8 Win 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–4]
5 SF Alexander Peya / Bruno Soares (2) #3 / #3 Loss 4–6, 1–6


Davis Cup World Group
Geneva, Switzerland
Davis Cup
Hard, indoor
4 – 6 April 2014
Partner: Roger Federer
6 RR Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov #161 / #126 Loss 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7)


Queen's Club Championships
London, United Kingdom
ATP Tour 250
Grass, outdoor
09 June – 15 June 2014
Partner: Grigor Dimitrov
7 1R Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski (WC) #68 / #73 Win 6–3, 6–4
8 2R Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (3) #6 / #8 Loss 6–7(4–7), 5–7


Rogers Cup
Toronto, Canada
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, outdoor
04 – 10 August 2014
Partner: Novak Djokovic
9 1R Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski #68 / #73 Win 6–3, 7–5
10 2R Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić (3) #5 / #7 Loss 4–6, 4–6


Davis Cup World Group
Geneva, Switzerland
Davis Cup
Hard, indoor
12 – 14 September 2014
Partner: Marco Chiudinelli
11 RR Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini #173 / #55 Loss 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 2–6


Paris Masters
Paris, France
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Hard, indoor
27 October – 2 November 2014
Partner: Leander Paes
12 1R Feliciano López / Max Mirnyi #50 / #37 Win 6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
13 2R Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock (6) #13 / #14 Win 6–1, 6–4
14 QF Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (1) #1 / #1 Loss 3–6, 3–6


Davis Cup World Group
Lille, France
Davis Cup
Clay, indoor
21 – 23 November 2014
Partner: Roger Federer
15 RR Julien Benneteau / Richard Gasquet #5 / #189 Win 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Exhibition matches

Tournament Match Round Opponent (Seed or Key) Rank Result Score
Mubadala World Tennis Championship
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Singles exhibition
Hard, outdoor
26 – 28 December 2013
1 QF David Ferrer (3) 3 Loss 5–7, 1–6
2 PO Andy Murray (4) 4 Loss 3–6, 4–6
AAMI Classic
Melbourne, Australia
Singles exhibition
Hard, outdoor
8 – 11 January 2014
3 QF Gilles Simon (5) 19 Loss 6–4, 5–7, 3–6
PO Jordan Thompson (8) 321 Withdrew N/A
Match for Africa 2
Zürich, Switzerland
Singles exhibition
Hard, indoor
21 December 2014
4 F Roger Federer 2 Loss 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Tournament Schedule

Singles schedule

Date Tournament City Category Surface 2013 result 2013 points 2014 points Outcome
30.12.2013–05.01.2014 Chennai Open Chennai ATP World Tour 250 Hard DNS 0 250 Winner (def. Édouard Roger-Vasselin, 7–5, 6–2)
13.01.2014–26.01.2014 Australian Open Melbourne Grand Slam Hard W 180 2000 Winner (def. Rafael Nadal, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3)
31.01.2014–02.02.2014 Davis Cup World Group, 1R:
Switzerland vs. Serbia
Novi Sad Davis Cup Hard (i) First Round 40 40  Switzerland def.  Serbia, 3–2
Switzerland advanced to WG QF
06.03.2014–16.03.2014 Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 Hard 4R 90 90 Fourth round (lost to Kevin Anderson,6–7(1–7), 6–4, 1–6)
19.03.2014–30.03.2014 Miami Masters Miami ATP Masters 1000 Hard 4R 90 90 Fourth round (lost to Alexandr Dolgopolov,4–6, 6–4, 1–6)
04.042014–06.04.2014 Davis Cup World Group, QF:
Switzerland vs. Kazakhstan
Geneva Davis Cup Hard (i) N/A N/A 65  Switzerland def.  Kazakhstan, 3–2
Switzerland advanced to WG SF
14.04.2014–20.04.2014 Monte-Carlo Masters Roquebrune-Cap-Martin ATP Masters 1000 Clay W 180 1000 Winner (def. Roger Federer, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2)
05.05.2014–11.05.2014 Madrid Open Madrid ATP Masters 1000 Clay F 600 10 Second round (lost to Dominic Thiem,6–1, 2–6, 4–6)
12.05.2014–18.05.2014 Italian Open Rome ATP Masters 1000 Clay 2R 10 90 Third round (lost to Tommy Haas,7–5, 2–6, 3–6)
25.05.2014–08.06.2014 French Open Paris Grand Slam Clay QF 360 10 First round (lost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez,4–6, 7–5, 2–6, 0–6)
09.06.2014–16.06.2016 Queen's Club Championships London ATP World Tour 250 Grass DNS 0 90 Semifinals (lost to Grigor Dimitrov 2–6, 4–6)
23.06.2014–06.07.2014 Wimbledon London Grand Slam Grass 1R 10 360 Quarterfinals (lost to Roger Federer 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 4–6, 4–6)
04.08.2014–10.08.2014 Canadian Open Toronto ATP Masters 1000 Hard 2R 10 90 Third round (lost to Kevin Anderson, 6–7(8–10), 5–7)
11.08.2014–17.08.2014 Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati ATP Masters 1000 Hard 2R 10 180 Quarterfinals (lost to Julien Benneteau 6–1, 1–6, 2–6)
25.08.2014–08.09.2014 US Open New York City Grand Slam Hard SF 720 360 Quarterfinals (lost to Kei Nishikori 6–3, 5–7, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–5), 4–6)
12.09.2014–14.09.2014 Davis Cup World Group, SF:
Switzerland vs. Italy
Geneva Davis Cup Hard (i) N/A N/A 70   Switzerland def.  Italy, 3–2
Switzerland advanced to WG Final
29 September 2014–
5 October 2014
Japan Open Tokyo ATP World Tour 500 Hard A 0 0 First round (lost to Tatsuma Ito 5–7, 2–6)
06.10.2014–12.10.2014 Shanghai Masters Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 Hard QF 180 10 Second Round (lost to Gilles Simon 5–7, 7–5, 6–4)
18 October 2014–
26 October 2014
Swiss Indoors Basel ATP World Tour 500 Hard (i) 1R 0 0 First round (lost to Mikhail Kukushkin 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6)
27.10.2014–02.10.2014 Paris Masters Paris ATP Masters 1000 Hard (i) QF 180 90 Third Round (lost to Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–7(3–7))
10.11.2014–17.11.2014 ATP World Tour Finals London ATP World Tour Finals Hard (i) SF 400 400 Semifinals (lost to Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(6–8))
21 November 2014–
23 November 2014
Davis Cup World Group, F:
France vs. Switzerland
Lille Davis Cup Clay (i) N/A N/A 75   Switzerland def.  France, 3–1
Switzerland wins 2014 Davis Cup
Total year-end points 3910 5370 1460 difference
  • Note – for the purposes of year end totals, the four Majors and eight ATP 1000 events must be counted. Then the next six best results will be added, seven if a player makes the Year End Championships. Any other results are not counted in the final

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Stan Wawrinka had a 39–17 match win–loss record in the 2014 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 8–3. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Finals

Singles: 3–0

Category
Grand Slam (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by conditions
Outdoors (3–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 5 January 2014 Chennai Open, Chennai, India (2) Hard Édouard Roger-Vasselin 7–5, 6–2
Winner 2. 26 January 2014 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Rafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 3. 30 March 2014 Monte-Carlo Masters, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France Clay Roger Federer 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2

Team competitions: 1-0

Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partners Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 21–23 November 2014 Davis Cup, Lille, France Clay (i) Roger Federer
Marco Chiudinelli
Michael Lammer
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Gaël Monfils
Julien Benneteau
Richard Gasquet
3–1

Earnings

Event Prize money Year-to-date
Aircel Chennai Open $73,540 $73,540
Australian Open A$2,650,000 $2,456,685
Indian Wells Masters $83,550 $2,540,235
Miami Masters $51,730 $2,591,965
Monte-Carlo Masters €549,000 $3,354,142
Madrid Open €24,005 $3,387,435
Italian Open €35,775 $3,436,651
French Open €24,000 $3,469,349
Aegon Championships €31,330 $3,512,080
Wimbledon Championships £226,000 $3,896,461
Canadian Open $45,065 $3,941,526
Cincinnati Masters $80,165 $4,021,691
US Open $370,250 $4,391,941
Japan Open $8,580 $4,400,521
Shanghai Masters $27,435 $4,427,956
Swiss Indoors €10,180 $4,440,942
Paris Masters €47,945 $4,501,679
ATP World Tour Finals $465,000 $5,582,119
$5,582,119

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also