Rainer Schüttler
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| Country |  Germany |
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| Residence |  Altstaetten |
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| Date of birth | April 25 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Korbach (then West Germany) |
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| Height | m () | |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |
| Turned Pro | 1995 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career Prize Money | $5,546,849 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 268-249 | |
| Career titles: | 4 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 5 (April 26, 2004) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | F (2003) | |
| French Open | 4th (2003) | |
| Wimbledon | 4th (2003) | |
| U.S. Open | 4th (2003) | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 89-134 | |
| Career titles: | 2 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 40 (July 11, 2005) | |
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 145th in the ATP rankings.
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.
He recently quallified for the 2007 US Open
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Tennis | |||
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| Silver | 2004 Athens | Men's Doubles | |
Grand Slam singles final
Runner-up (1)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 2003 | Australian Open | 
Andre Agassi |
6-2, 6-2, 6-1 |
ATP Tour titles (10)
Singles titles (8)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (4) |
| Challengers (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | October 20, 1997 | Eckental |
Carpet |  Petr Luxa |
6-4 6-1 |
| 2. | November 23, 1998 |  Portoroz |
Hard Indoors |  Peter Wessels |
6-3 6-2 |
| 3. | January 4, 1999 |  Doha |
Hard | 
Tim Henman |
6-4 5-7 6-1 |
| 4. | November 13, 2000 | Aachen |
Carpet |  Johan
Settergren |
7-6 1-6 6-1 |
| 5. | September 17, 2001 |  Shanghai |
Hard | Michel Kratochvil |
6-3 6-4 |
| 6. | September 29, 2003 |  Tokyo |
Hard |  Sebastien Grosjean |
7-6 6-2 |
| 7. | October 6, 2003 | Lyon |
Carpet | Arnaud Clement |
7-5 6-3 |
| 8. | October 30, 2006 | Aachen |
Carpet |  Evgeny Korolev |
6-3 7-5 |
Doubles (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface |
| 1. | 2001 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay |
| 2. | 2005 | Chennai, India | Hard |
ATP Tour runner-ups (11)
Singles (8)
- 1999: Chennai (lost to Byron Black)
- 2000: Doha (lost to Fabrice Santoro)
- 2001: Hong Kong (lost to Marcelo Ríos)
- 2001: St. Petersburg (lost to Marat Safin)
- 2002: Munich (lost to Younes El Aynaoui)
- 2003: Australian Open (lost to Andre Agassi)
- 2003: Costa Do Sauipe (lost to Sjeng Schalken)
- 2004: Monte Carlo AMS (lost to Guillermo Coria)
Doubles (3)
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