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Rainer Schuettler (1976)

Tennis is an outdoor sport, played between two or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside, with felt over a net into the opponent's court. This game started in England and became popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently, tennis is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players. One of the renowned players of the epoch in tennis is Rainer Schuettler. He is one of the finest tennis players with an international repute and recognition as the all time great professional.

Rainer Schuttler was born on April 25, 1976 in the Korbach suburb at Hesse. He started playing tennis at the age of ten years. Presently, he resides in Switzerland and is currently ranked at the 82 position in the ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals rankings. He had a magnificent season in 2003 by finishing at the top 10 ranking in the ATP record book for the first time in his career.

Rainer improved his ATP ranking for the ninth year in succession that is unsurpassed amongst the current players. He turned out to be a first German player since Boris Becker in 1989 to progress to the fourth round at all Grand Slam championship games. He also became the only German to reach a Grand Slam final, at Australian Open, since Michael Stich became a runner-up at Roland Garros in 1996.

In the 2004 season, Rainer advanced to his first career ATP Masters Series final in Monte Carlo and defeated the most favored Gustavo Kuerten in the first round. He also defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the third round, Tim Henman in the quarterfinals and Carlos Moya in the semifinals but he lost to Guillermo Coria in the final match. Rainer also won a silver medal for his nation in men's doubles match with Nicolas Kiefer at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Rainer was the only veteran German to sustain his position in the top 50 ranking until 2004. He was a dominating player both in the singles and doubles games which earned him the top ten rankings in overall career.

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