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| Schüttler at the 2009 US Open | ||
| Country |  Germany |
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| Residence | Altstätten, Switzerland | |
| Date of birth | 25 April 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Korbach, West Germany | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Weight | 70.0 kg (154 lb; 11.02 st) | |
| Turned pro | 1995 | |
| Plays | Right-handed; two-handed backhand | |
| Career prize money | US$6,734,422 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record | 304–295 | |
| Career titles | 4 | |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (26 April 2004) | |
| Current ranking | No. 85 (30 November 2009) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | F (2003) | |
| French Open | 4R (2003) | |
| Wimbledon | SF (2008) | |
| US Open | 4R (2003) | |
| Major tournaments | ||
| Tour Finals | SF (2003) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record | 115–156 | |
| Career titles | 4 | |
| Highest ranking | No. 40 (11 July 2005) | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2007) | |
| French Open | QF (2007) | |
| Wimbledon | QF (2005) | |
| US Open | 2R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) | |
| Olympic Games |  Silver medal (2004) |
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| Last updated on: October 27, 2009. | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Competitor for Germany |
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| Men's tennis | ||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Doubles |
Rainer Schüttler (born 25 April 1976 in Korbach, Hesse) is a German professional tennis player.
He began playing tennis at the age of nine. He resides in Switzerland, and 29th in the ATP rankings.
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He had his 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 the longest among current players. He also became the first German since Boris Becker in 1989 to advance to the fourth round at all Grand Slams. He became the first German to reach a Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since Michael Stich was the 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 first round, Lleyton Hewitt in the third round round, Tim Henman in the quarter-final and Carlos Moyà in the semi-final. 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.
In 2008, Schüttler reached his first career semi-final at Wimbledon by beating Santiago Ventura, James Blake, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Janko Tipsarević, and Arnaud Clément (6–3, 5–7, 7–6(6), 6–7(7), 8–6), his match with Clément was over 5 hours, completed in two days to reach the semi finals, losing to Rafael Nadal (1–6, 6–7, 4–6). His achievement was a big surprise, since he entered the tournament ranked 94th and with a streak of 13 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments without making it past the second round.
Schüttler started off his 2009 season at the Chennai Open, beating Prakash Amritraj 6–2, 4–6, 6–1. In the second round, he beat Simon Greul 6–4, 6–2, and in the quarter-finals, he defeated Bjorn Phau 6–2, 7–5. Unfortunately Schuettler had to withdraw from his semifinal match against Somdev Devvarman because of a wrist injury. He also withdrew from the tournament in Sydney. At the Australian Open, he was seeded 30th but lost in the first round to Dudi Sela 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. He also participated in the doubles with Yen-Hsun Lu, but they were defeated by Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. In the first round in Rotterdam, he lost to Mario Ančić. He played in the Open 13 in Marseille, defeating Laurent Recouderc in the first round 6–1, 6–4.
He competed at the ARAG World Team Cup in Germany, helping his country reach the final, where they lost to Serbia.
In the second round at Wimbledon, though seeded 18th he was upset by Israeli Dudi Sela, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2.[1]
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard |  Andre Agassi |
6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Silver | 2004 | Athens Olympics | Hard | Nicolas
Kiefer |
 Fernando
González Nicolás
Massú |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 |
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 2004 | Monte Carlo | Clay |  Guillermo
Coria |
6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP International Series Gold (1) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 4 January 1999 | Doha, Qatar | Hard |  Tim Henman |
6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
| 2. | 17 September 2001 | Shanghai, China | Hard |  Michel
Kratochvil |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 3. | 29 September 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard |  Sebastien Grosjean |
7–6, 6–2 |
| 4. | 6 October 2003 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Arnaud
Clément |
7–5, 6–3 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 5 April 1999 | Chennai, India | Hard |  Byron Black |
6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 2. | 3 January 2000 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | Fabrice
Santoro |
3–6, 7–5, 3–0 ret. |
| 3. | 24 September 2001 | Hong Kong, China | Hard | Marcelo
Ríos |
7–6(3), 6–2 |
| 4. | 22 October 2001 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) |  Marat Safin |
3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 5. | 29 April 2002 | Munich, Germany | Clay |  Younes El
Aynaoui |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 6. | 13 January 2003 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | Andre Agassi |
6–2, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 7. | 8 September 2003 | Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | Hard |  Sjeng
Schalken |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 8. | 19 April 2004 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Guillermo
Coria |
6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 16 July 2001 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Guillermo
Cañas |
 Michael
Hill Jeff Tarango |
4–6, 7–6(1), 6–4 |
| 2. | 3 January 2005 | Chennai, India | Hard |  Lu Yen-hsun |
 Mahesh
Bhupathi Jonas
Björkman |
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(4) |
| 3. | 14 April 2008 | Houston, United States | Clay |  Ernests
Gulbis |
 Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers Pujol |
7–5, 7–6(3) |
| 4. | 4 May 2008 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Michael
Berrer |
Scott Lipsky David
Martin |
7–5, 3–6, [10-8] |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| 1. | 20 October 2003 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Michael
Kohlmann |
 Julian Knowle Nenad
Zimonjić |
7–6(1), 6–3 |
| 2. | 15 August 2004 | Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece | Hard | Nicolas
Kiefer |
Fernando
González Nicolás
Massú |
6–2, 4–6, 3–6, 7–6(7), 6–4 |
| 3. | 4 July 2005 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Michael
Kohlmann |
 František Čermák Leoš Friedl |
7–6(6), 7–6(11) |
| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Career win-loss |
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| Australian Open | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 2R | 4R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 13–11 |
| French Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | 1R | 1R | 4–10 |
| Wimbledon | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | SF | 2R | 17–11 |
| U.S. Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 7–11 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 15–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 41–43 |
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 9–9 |
| Miami Masters | A | LQ | LQ | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | LQ | LQ | 1R | 3R | 4–9 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 6–7 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 3–5 |
| Madrid Masters | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0–5 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | SF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 5–5 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | QF | SF | 1R | A | A | A | A | LQ | 9–4 |
| Shanghai Masters | Not ATP Masters Series | 3R | 2–1 | |||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2–5 |
| Hamburg Masters | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | NMS | 7–10 |
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 2R | NH | 2–3 | ||||||
| Total Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Year-End Ranking | 446 | 332 | 117 | 109 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 42 | 88 | 97 | 99 | 33 | 85 | N/A |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Paradorn Srichaphan |
ATP Most
Improved Player 2003 |
Succeeded by Joachim Johansson |
| Preceded by Igor Andreev |
ATP
Comeback Player of the Year 2008 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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