Rainer Schüttler

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Rainer Schüttler
Rainer Schüttler
Country Flag of Germany Germany
Residence Altstätten, Switzerland
Date of birth April 25, 1976 (1976-04-25) (age 32)
Place of birth Korbach, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb/11 st)
Turned Pro 1995
Plays Right-handed
Career Prize Money US$5,821,056
Singles
Career record: 275 - 263
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 5 (April 26, 2004)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open F (2003)
French Open 4th (2003)
Wimbledon 4th (2003)
US Open 4th (2003)
Doubles
Career record: 103 - 141
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 40 (July 11, 2005)

Infobox last updated on: May 5, 2008.

Rainer Schüttler (born April 25, 1976) is a professional tennis player from Germany. He began playing tennis at the age of ten. He currently resides in Switzerland. He is currently 87th in the ATP rankings.

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[edit] Career

Rainer Schüttler was born in Korbach, Hesse.

He had is breakthrough year in 2003, when he finished in the ATP top 10 for the first time improving his ATP ranking for the ninth year in succession, which is best among current players. He also became the first German since Boris Becker in 1989 to advance to the 4th round at all Grand Slams. He became first German to reach a Grand Slam final, at Australian Open, since Michael Stich was runner-up at Roland Garros in 1996.

In 2004 Schüttler reached his first career ATP Masters Series final in Monte Carlo by beating Gustavo Kuerten in the 1st round, Lleyton Hewitt in the 3rd round, Tim Henman in the quarter-final and Carlos Moyà in the semifinal. He however lost to Guillermo Coria in the final. That week, he would reach a career high ranking of No.5. Schüttler won a silver medal for Germany in tennis men's doubles with partner Nicolas Kiefer at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. 2004 was the sixth straight year in which he finished in the ATP top 50.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Grand Slam singles final

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2003 Australian Open Flag of the United States Andre Agassi 6–2, 6–2, 6–1

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Wins (9)
Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)
Challengers (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. October 20, 1997 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i) Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Luxa 6–4, 6–1
2. November 23, 1998 Portoroz, Slovenia Hard (i) Flag of the Netherlands Peter Wessels 6–3, 6–2
3. January 4, 1999 Doha, Qatar Hard Flag of the United Kingdom Tim Henman 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
4. November 13, 2000 Aachen, Germany Carpet (i) Flag of Sweden Johan Settergren 7–6, 1–6, 6–1
5. September 17, 2001 Shanghai, China Hard Flag of Switzerland Michel Kratochvil 6–3, 6–4
6. September 29, 2003 Tokyo, Japan Hard Flag of France Sébastien Grosjean 7–6, 6–2
7. October 6, 2003 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Flag of France Arnaud Clément 7–5, 6–3
8. October 30, 2006 Aachen, Germany Carpet (i) Flag of Russia Evgeny Korolev 6–3, 7–5
9. November 25, 2007 Kuala Lampur, Malaysia Hard Flag of Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky 7–6(2), 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (8)

[edit] Doubles

[edit] Wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. July 16, 2001 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Flag of Argentina Guillermo Cañas Flag of Australia Michael Hill
Flag of the United States Jeff Tarango		 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4
2. January 3, 2005 Chennai, India Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun Flag of India Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Sweden Jonas Björkman		 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4)
3. April 14, 2008 Houston, USA Clay Flag of Latvia Ernests Gulbis Flag of Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Flag of Spain Marcel Granollers Pujol		 7-5, 7-6(3)
4. May 4, 2008 Munich, Germany Clay Flag of Germany Michael Berrer Flag of the United States Scott Lipsky
Flag of the United States David Martin		 7-5, 3-6, [10-8]

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

[edit] Performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through May 18, 2008.

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career win-loss
Australian Open A A A A 1R 2R 4R 3R F 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 14-10
French Open A A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 4R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 4–9
Wimbledon A A A 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 4R 3R 1R 1R A 11-9
U.S. Open A A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R 4R 1R 2R 1R 1R 7–9
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0 0 0 0-1 1-4 5-4 5-4 5-4 15-4 2-4 2-4 0-4 0-2 1-2 36-37
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R QF SF 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 9–8
Miami Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R 3–8
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R F 1R A A A 6–6
Rome Masters A A A A A A 1R 1R QF 1R 1R A A A 3–5
Hamburg Masters A A A A 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 7–10
Canada Masters A A A A 1R A A 1R SF 1R A A A 4–4
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 3R A A QF SF 1R A A A 9–4
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0–3
Paris Masters A A A A 1R A A 1R QF 1R A A A 2–4
Total Titles 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
Year-End Ranking 446 332 117 109 47 45 43 33 6 42 88 97 99 N/A

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