Rainer Schüttler

Rainer Schuettler ( born April 25, 1976 in Korbach ) is a former German tennis player.

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Tennis career

Shaker strengths are his baseline game, fighting spirit and footwork. His best world ranking he reached in mid-2004 with fifth place in the entry system. Among his career highlights the Finaleinzüge included at the Australian Open in 2003 and the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo 2004. Semi-finals at the Masters Cup in 2003 and at Wimbledon in 2008 .. During his career he was at the ATP tournament in Doha in 1999, Shanghai 2002, Tokyo and Lyon triumph in 2003. As of 1999, Rainer Schuettler was represented in the German Davis Cup team.

In 2003 shaker played the best tennis of his career. At the Australian Open he reached the Grand Slam final. Set at position 31 in the quarter finals he beat the number ten of the seedings David Nalbandian in the semifinals and Andy Roddick, the number nine in the seedings. The set at position two Andre Agassi, he lost the final. The Dutch and later the French Open finalist Martin Verkerk, shakers defeated in the second round of Roland Garros. At Wimbledon and at the U.S. Open he lost in the second round each of the number twelve in the world rankings, Dutchman Sjeng Schalken. In August 2003, he beat the world number one Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals at the Masters tournament in Montreal. The tournament in Tokyo in October of that year he won against Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean. A week later, he defeated Arnaud Clement in the final in Lyon. With all these successes, Rainer Schuettler qualified for the Masters Cup in Houston. There he struck in the group stage Andy Roddick, the world number one ranking, and the Argentine Guillermo Coria. In the semifinals, he lost to Andre Agassi. The tennis year he finished in sixth in the world rankings.

He recorded his most significant success along with Nicolas Kiefer: The two won at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the silver medal in men's doubles. Overall shaker won four singles and doubles titles. Since his success until the year 2004, he is more rarely seen in first-class matches. One reason for this slump are various injuries. In early 2006, fell ill on the shaker mononucleosis. In 2007 he was able to achieve at the French Open in doubles with Michael Kohlmann again the quarterfinals.

In April and May 2008, he won within fourteen days, two doubles titles on the ATP Tour - April 20, 2008 in Houston at the side of the Latvian Ernests Gulbis and 4 May 2008 at the BMW Open in Munich with partner Michael Berrer.

At the tournament in Wimbledon shaker 2008 also reached after five set wins over James Blake and Arnaud Clément for the first time the semi-finals, where he lost to the then world number - Second Rafael Nadal in three sets. He improved so that in the world ranking by 55 places to number 39

After he failed to start the 2008 Olympics necessary qualifications, the NOC nominated him outside the Qualifikationskritierien as a special case. Since he still would have had no beginning in their single, he forced his erection through an appeal before the CAS. In the first round he then got to do it with Kei Nishikori of Japan, whom he defeated 6-4, 6:7 and 6:3. Then we went in the second round against Novak Djokovic of the favorites, the shaker despite great fight and good tennis defeated with 4:6 and 2:6. In the subsequent U.S. Open, he had to give up due to colds in the first round of match against Frenchman Florent Serra.

After the semi-finals in Chennai at the beginning of 2009, it rained in the following tournaments usually first- or second-round defeats. As a world ranked 30th he reached only the quarterfinals of the Challenger tournament in Sunrise, where he lost to Robin Soderling in three short sentences. In the first round of the Davis Cup, he lost the opening match against Stefan Koubek, which he denied, no further match against Austria. At the World Team Cup in Dusseldorf, he lost three of his four games, including against Robin Soderling with the maximum penalty of 0:6 and 0:6. The team still reached the final against Serbia, where could not win against Viktor Troicki shaker again.

In June, he reached the lawn tournament in 's- Hertogenbosch the semi-finals, but lost it in a purely German duel against the eventual tournament winner Benjamin Becker. At Wimbledon, he reached only the second round, where he lost to Dudi Sela and thus slipped in the world rankings 53 places from.

He reached in early 2010 at the Australian Open in Melbourne with a four- set victory over Sam Querrey, the second round, where he lost to Feliciano Lopez in four sets. At the French Open in Paris, he did not come on the first round out ( against Guillermo García López ) as in previous years. In the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club / London shaker reached the semifinals, where this time he failed to Sam Querrey in three sets. At Wimbledon, he was defeated in the second round of the Uzbek Denis Istomin in five sets. He then played in Los Angeles to the quarter-finals, but lost again Sam Querrey bow, although he served for the match in the third set at 5:4 and 6:5. At the U.S. Open shaker lost in round 1 against Frenchman Benoit Paire - in the decisive fifth set, he was already leading two break 5-2, but still lost in the tiebreak. In the Thailand Open in Bangkok shaker played by defeating Ricardo Mello into Round 2, where he narrowly lost the set at number four Latvian Ernests Gulbis with 6:7, 7:6, 4:6. In St. Petersburg, he reached after a victory over Viktor Troicki, the second round and defeated the Ukrainian Alexander Dolgopolov there. The end of 2010 founded shaker together with Alexander Waske the shaker Waske Tennis University in Offenbach, who cares for the promotion of young talent.

At the French Open lost shaker 2011 already the first match - again against Dolgopolov. And at London's Queen's Club this time it was enough just to Round 2, where he had against Sam Querrey in three tight sets again in the cold.

October 8, 2012 shaker announced his retirement from professional tennis.

Achievements

Singles

Win

Finals

Doubles

Win

Finals

Grand Slam singles results

Indicated is always reached the round

Grand Slam doubles results

Indicated is always reached the round