Rainer Schüttler

German tennis player Rainer Schüttler started his Olympic career at the 2000 Sydney Olympics losing his second-round match to the Brazilian #2 seed Guga Kuerten. Schïuttler then won the silver medal at the 2004 Athina Olympics in the men’s doubles with Nicolas Kiefer, losing in five sets to the Chilean pair of Fernando Gónzalez and Nicolas Massú. Schüttler and Kiefer were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. In the single’s tournament he lost his first-round match, and in 2008 at Beijing again his second-round match. At Beijing Schüttler also lost his first-round match in the doubles with Kiefer.

Schüttler reached his highest position with #5 in the world rankings in 2004. In 2003, he reached the final at the Australian Open losing to André Agassi. In 2008, Schüttler was a semi-finalist at the Wimbledon Tournament. In total, he won four ATP tournaments. From 1999-2009 he played for the German Davis Cup team.

Schüttler later turned to coaching and notably coached Angelique Kerber from 2018-19, among others. He became chief coach of the German Billy-Jean-King-Team in 2019, and also organized several ATP tournaments in Germany. He later resided in Switzerland near Zürichsee with his wife and two boys.