Stanislas Wawrinka, popularly known as Stan Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player who reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking of world No. 3 for the first time on 27 January 2014.
He turned pro in 2002 and has been coached by six coaches so far. Magnus Norman, Peter Lundgren and Dimitri Zavialoff happen to be three of the six coaches of the Swiss professional tennis player.
In this article, we will learn more about Wawrinka’s coaches as we dive into their personal lives.
Meet Stan Wawrinka coaches Magnus Norman, Peter Lundgren and Dimitri Zavialoff
Dimitri Zavialoff, Peter Lundgren, Richard Krajicek, Paul Annacone, Daniel Vallverdú and Magnus Norman are the six coaches who have helped developed Stan’s professional career.
Dimitri Zavialoff happens to be his first coach after he turned pro. The two worked together for eight seasons. They worked together from 2002 to 2008. He was a professional tennis player who played tennis for a while. There is little information about his career on the internet.
After parting ways with Dimitri for over half a decade together, he decided to work with Peter Lundgren – a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. The two worked from 2010 to 2012. Peter turned pro in 1983 and retired in 1995.
Magnus Norman is the current coach of Stan. He has been on and off with the player. they first worked from 2013 to 2017. They worked again from 2018 to 2020. Currently, he has been coaching Stan since 2022. Norman is a Swedish tennis coach and former professional player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals as high as world No. 2, in June 2000. His career highlights include reaching a major final at the French Open in 2000 and winning a Masters title at the 2000 Rome Masters.
Richard Krajicek happens his fourth coach after turning pro. They worked together in 2016. He is a Dutch former professional tennis player who turned pro in 1989 and retired in 2003. He was a talented player who in 1996 won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon and remains the only Dutch male player to have won a major singles title.
He also worked with Paul Annacone – an American former touring professional tennis player and current tennis coach. The two worked in 2017. Paul is the former coach of 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras, and 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens.
Daniel Vallverdú coached Stan for a while. They worked from 2019 until 2022 when they parted ways. Daniel is a Venezuelan tennis coach and former professional player who also acts as the coaches’ representative on the ATP Player Council and was the Managing Director of the San Diego Open ATP 250.
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