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Tennis-French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka

Paris, June 6 (Reuters) - Factbox on Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka after he beat Novak Djokovic 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 to win his first French Open title on Sunday: Born in Lausanne on March 28, 1985. (Age: 30) Seed: 8 GRAND SLAM TITLES: 2 - Australian Open (2014); French Open (2015) MAKING HIS NAME * Began playing at age eight * Left school at 15 to play tennis fulltime and won the junior French Open title in 2003 and two Challenger level titles in San Bendetto and Geneva. * Was included in Switzerland's Davis Cup squad as an 18-year-old, beginning his long association with Roger Federer. CAREER * Captured his first ATP tour level title in 2006 at Umag when Novak Djokovic retired with breathing difficulties in the final. * Broke into the world top 10 for first time in 2008 by reaching two ATP Tour finals and winning the gold medal in doubles with Federer at the Beijing Olympics. * Beat Federer for the first time in his career, a third round victory at Monte Carlo in 2009. * Enjoys a consistent year on ATP Tour in 2013, with 14 quarter-final or better finishes. Captures fourth career title at Oeiras, beating world number four David Ferrer. * Begins 2014 with his fifth ATP Tour title at Chennai. * After beating defending champion Djokovic in quarter-finals of 2014 Australian Open, he defeats Rafa Nadal in the final to win his maiden major title. Thus becomes first man to defeat the top two seeds at a grand slam since Spain's Sergi Bruguera at 1993 French Open. * Reaches career high ranking of world number 3 after Australian success * Wins two rubbers as Switzerland win their first Davis Cup title against France in 2014. * Overcomes overwhelming favourite Djokovic to win on the clay of Roland Garros to seal his second grand slam title. 2015 FRENCH OPEN * Defeats compatriot and 17-time grand slam winner and world number two Federer in straight sets to set up a semi-final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. * Beats the heavy-hitting home favourite in front of a partisan crowd of over 15,000 fans, saving 16 of 17 break points on route to a second grand slam final. * Beats world number one Novak Djokovic in the final, thus overcoming the top two seeds again to win a grand slam title. (Compiled By Tom Hayward, Editing by Mitch Phillips)