After Stanislas Wawrinka married his heavily pregnant partner Ilham Vuilloud in December last year, the couple welcomed their daughter Alexia. Vuilloud, a Swiss TV presenter and former model, gave birth to Alexia February 12, 2010.
It has been announced today that Stanislas Wawrinka has (according to media sources) “quit his family to save his career” because he feels he only has another few years on the tour. It’s very sad and Stan has not commented on the statements made in the media, instead he released a statement on Twitter, saying: “I would like to announce my separation with my wife Ilham Vuilloud. Our main concern now is to look after the best interests and the education of our daughter, Alexia.”
A more formal statement was released, saying: “I have separation from my wife Ilham Vuilloud. We want our role as parents to continue. We ask the press, our privacy be respected at this difficult time.”
Despite his apparent walk out he has won 6 of his last 10 matches.
Going by his wife’s comments to media it sounds, unfortunately, like Stan has indeed abandoned his family in preference to his career. “Stan returned on September 20 after the Davis Cup in Kazakhstan and told me he had new priorities. He packed his bags and moved into a hotel… There would have been another solution, if he had spoken to me about it.” Wawrinka reportedly said he feels he only has another 5 years to make an impact and therefore needs to remove family distractions.
The separation comes only a few months after Wawrinka also split with his long term coach and friend Dimitri Zavialoff. Wawrinka is now working with Peter Lundgren who has previously worked with Roger Federer.
It’s a sad day when a person picks a career over family. It’s none of my business but it is an interesting turn of events and everyone will now be watching Stan’s season to see if it was worth the pain for the world number 21.
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I wish Stan good luck to prove himself in tennis as he would like to.
A man’s family life is his own private business and not the media’s or any other individual.
I must conclude that there is more to this that his tennis goals.
Rick
I am with you guy, if you feel that’s what you have to do at this time then I am with you. Good luck buddy coming to you all the way from the Bahamas. Please do visit us soon bro. Love you game
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What about other players with kids? Gilles Simon (no. 3 in France) is doing well even with a baby.
“There would have been another solution, if he had spoken to me about it” Yep, some wife’s follow their man’s to each tourny, or stay at home.
Thing is, there is no need for divorce. Just talk it over with the wife. There are loads of other players with kids setting an example of how to do it.
I do not wish Stan “good luck”. To do otherwise is to encourage him in a path that is sure to disappoint. He is putting a game, a game mind you, before the lives of these two other people who have committed themselves to him.
Has it occured to anyone that perhaps he wasnt ready for all the responsibility of an instant family and thought it best to do the right thing for this girl yet denied his true feelings about the whole thing? Just because you have a gf doesnt mean you are ready for marriage and children. There is no doubt they are well cared for and there was info about a reconciluation on the wire. Maybe there was conflict or she wanted to hold onto him. Who knows. He is being coached by Fed’s old coach and he played outstandly against Djokovoc at the 2013 AO. So perhaps he cant split his time w/o feeling a disservice to either one or the other. I adore his tennis career and wish him all the very best.
I am astonished! After watching his match against Djokovic at the Australian Open 2013, I started to pay attention in his game. But, yesterday, just before Wawrinka’s match against Federer for Indian Wells tournament, I was looking for some news about Stanislas on internet. It was when I found this page giving this absurd news about Stanislas Wawrinka. I hope all of this be only gossips or lies, once I can’t believe a mentally healthy person is capable to do what this site says that Stanislas did against this family (I didn’t know he supposedly had a family). Good luck to Wawrinka!