Aussie Open Gets a New Wawrinkle

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The Swiss are no strangers to winning Grand Slam tennis events thanks to Roger Federer, but few could have predicted that Stanislas Wawrinka would walk away as your 2014 Australian Open Champion. The 28 year old Wawrinka had played in just one Grand Slam SEMI-final before this year, yet still pulled off a stunning upset defeating higher seeds Novak Djokovic, Tomáš Berdych and Rafael Nadal along the way. Here's a look back at the players who ended Wawrinka's previous Grand Slam bids:

Mariano Puerta - Argentina

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2005 French Open - Third Round

Fabrice Santoro - France

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2005 Wimbledon - First Round

Nicolás Massú - Chile

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2005 U.S. Open - Third Round

David Nalbandian - Argentina

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2006 Australian Open - Second Round

2006 French Open - First Round

Mario Ančić - Croatia

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2006 Wimbledon - Third Round

Tommy Robredo - Spain

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2006 U.S. Open - Third Round

Rafael Nadal - Spain

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2007 Australian Open - Third Round

2013 French Open - Quarterfinals

Ivan Ljubičić - Croatia

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2007 French Open - Second Round

Michaël Llodra - France

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2007 Wimbledon - First Round

Juan Ignacio Chela - Argentina

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2007 U.S. Open - Fourth Round

Marc Gicquel - France

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2008 Australian Open - Second Round

Fernando González - Chile

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2008 French Open - Third Round

Marat Safin - Russia

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2008 Wimbledon - Fourth Round

Andy Murray - Great Britain

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2008 U.S. Open - Fourth Round

2009 Wimbledon - Fourth Round

Tomáš Berdych - Czech Republic

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2009 Australian Open - Third Round

Nikolay Davydenko - Russia

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2009 French Open - Third Round

Nicolás Lapentti - Ecuador

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2009 U.S. Open - First Round

Marin Čilić - Croatia

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2010 Australian Open - Third Round

Roger Federer - Switzerland

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2010 French Open - Fourth Round

2011 Australian Open - Quarterfinals

2011 French Open - Fourth Round

Denis Istomin - Uzbekistan

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2010 Wimbledon - First Round

Mikhail Youzhny - Russia

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2010 U.S. Open - Quarterfinals

Simone Bolelli - Italy

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2011 Wimbledon - Second Round

Donald Young - USA

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2011 U.S. Open - Second Round

Nicolás Almagro - Spain

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2012 Australian Open - Third Round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - France

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2012 French Open - Fourth Round

Jürgen Melzer - Austria

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2012 Wimbledon - First Round

Novak Djokovic - Serbia

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2012 U.S. Open - Fourth Round

2013 Australian Open - Fourth Round

2013 U.S. Open - Semifinals

Lleyton Hewitt - Australia

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2013 Wimbledon - First Round