# Rainer Schüttler

Rainer Schüttler (German pronunciation:; born 25 April 1976) is a German former professional tennis player. Schüttler was the runner-up at the 2003 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships. He won an Olympic silver medal in doubles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 5 in April 2004.

## Early life

He began playing tennis at the age of nine. He resides in Switzerland.

## Career
### 2003–2009

In 2003, Schüttler became the first German since Boris Becker in 1989 to advance to the fourth round at all Grand Slam tournaments. 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. En route to the final, which he lost in straight sets to Andre Agassi, he defeated Andy Roddick who would end the season as world No 1.
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, Tim Henman in the quarterfinal and Carlos Moyá in the semifinal. In the final, he lost to Guillermo Coria. That week, he would reach a career-high ranking of No. 5. Schüttler won a silver medal for Germany in 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.
Schüttler reached his first career semifinal at Wimbledon by beating Santiago Ventura, James Blake, Guillermo García López, Janko Tipsarević, and Arnaud Clément 6–3, 5–7, 7–6, 6–7, 8–6. His match with Clément was over five hours, completed in two days to reach the semifinals, in which Schuettler saved a match point at 6–5 down in the fifth set. He was defeated by eventual champion 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.
His 2009 season Schüttler started off 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 quarterfinals Björn 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 Israeli Dudi Sela 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4. He also participated in the doubles with Lu Yen-hsun, but they were defeated by Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach. In the first round in Rotterdam, he lost to Mario Ančić. He played 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 Dudi Sela, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.

### 2010–2011

He reached the second round of the Australian Open defeating Sam Querrey in four sets. However he lost to Feliciano López in four sets, too. At the French Open, he again suffered a first-round exit, this time against Guillermo García López in straight sets. He reached the semifinal of the Aegon Championships at the Queens Club in London but lost to Sam Querrey in three sets 7–6, 5–7, 3–6. Despite his good form he was defeated by Denis Istomin in the second round of Wimbledon in five sets. At the quarterfinal of the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, Schüttler could not manage to close out the match against Querrey despite serving for it at 5–4 and 6–5 in the deciding set. He was knocked out in the first round of the US Open losing to Benoît Paire. At the Thailand Open in Bangkok, Schüttler beat Ricardo Mello in round one for a second round berth against Ernests Gulbis. He lost 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 in a close match.
In 2010, Schüttler and his former Davis Cup companion Alexander Waske founded the Schüttler Waske Tennis-University, a tennis academy for professional tennis players.
Schüttler started the tour at the Qatar Open where he confronted Teymuraz Gabashvili in the singles, but lost 3–5, 6–7. He also played doubles with Guillermo García López confronting Marco Chiudinelli and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, to whom they lost 1–6, 2–6. At the Australian Open, he played ninth seed Fernando Verdasco in the first round, but lost 1–6, 3–6, 2–6. He then played several Challenger series tournaments. At Wimbledon, he defeated Thomaz Bellucci in the first round, but lost to Feliciano López in the second 6–7, 7–6, 2–6, 2–6.
Schüttler officially retired in October 2012.

## Significant finals
### Olympic final
#### Doubles: 1 (silver medal)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Silver | 2004 | Athens Olympics | Hard | Nicolas Kiefer | Fernando González Nicolás Massú | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 4–6 |

### Grand Slam finals
#### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2003 | Australian Open | Hard | Andre Agassi | 2–6, 2–6, 1–6 |

### Masters Series finals
#### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2004 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Guillermo Coria | 2–6, 1–6, 3–6 |

## ATP Tour finals
### Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–1)
* ATP Championship Series (1–0)
* ATP International Series (3–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–6)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (3–7)
* Indoors (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1999 | Doha, Qatar | World Series | Hard | Tim Henman | 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 1999 | Chennai, India | World Series | Hard | Byron Black | 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2000 | Doha, Qatar | International Series | Hard | Fabrice Santoro | 6–3, 5–7, 0–3 ret. |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2001 | Shanghai, China | International Series | Hard | Michel Kratochvil | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2001 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong | International Series | Hard | Marcelo Ríos | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2001 | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Hard (i) | Marat Safin | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2002 | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Jan 2003 | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Andre Agassi | 2–6, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Sep 2003 | Costa do Sauipe, Brazil | International Series | Hard | Sjeng Schalken | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–7 | Sep 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | Championship Series | Hard | Sébastien Grosjean | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–7 | Oct 2003 | Lyon, France | International Series | Carpet (i) | Arnaud Clément | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Apr 2004 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Masters Series | Clay | Guillermo Coria | 2–6, 1–6, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (1–0)
* ATP International Series (3–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (3–1)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (4–3)
* Indoors (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2001 | Stuttgart, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | Guillermo Cañas | Michael Hill Jeff Tarango | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2003 | St. Petersburg, Russia | International Series | Hard (i) | Michael Kohlmann | Julian Knowle Nenad Zimonjić | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2005 | Chennai, India | International Series | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | Mahesh Bhupathi Jonas Björkman | 7–5, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2005 | Gstaad, Switzerland | International Series | Clay | Michael Kohlmann | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–7$^{(11–13)}$ |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2006 | Halle, Germany | International Series | Grass | Michael Kohlmann | Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić | 0–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2007 | San Jose, United States | International Series | Hard | Chris Haggard | Eric Butorac Jamie Murray | 5–7, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Win | 3–4 | Apr 2008 | Houston, United States | International Series | Clay | Ernests Gulbis | Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers Pujol | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2008 | Munich, Germany | International Series | Clay | Michael Berrer | Scott Lipsky David Martin | 7–5, 3–6, [10–8] |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles (6–8)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–8)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–6)
* Carpet (3–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0-1 | Feb 1997 | Lübeck, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Geoff Grant | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1-1 | Oct 1997 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Petr Luxa | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1-2 | Dec 1997 | Bad Lippspringe, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Michael Kohlmann | 6–4, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 2-2 | Nov 1998 | Portorož, Slovenia | Challenger | Hard | Peter Wessels | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2-3 | Oct 2000 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 3-3 | Nov 2000 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Johan Settergren | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3-4 | Aug 2006 | Graz, Austria | Challenger | Hard | Florian Mayer | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Win | 4-4 | Nov 2006 | Aachen, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Evgeny Korolev | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 5-4 | Nov 2007 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Challenger | Hard | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5-5 | Apr 2010 | Athens, Greece | Challenger | Hard | Lu Yen-hsun | 6–3, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5-6 | May 2010 | Rhodes, Greece | Challenger | Hard | Dudi Sela | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5-7 | Mar 2011 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bogomolov Jr. | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5-8 | May 2011 | Cremona, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Igor Kunitsyn | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 6-8 | Aug 2011 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 4–6, 6–4 |

### Doubles (2–0)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (2–0)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 1997 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Lars Rehmann | Georg Blumauer Max Mirnyi | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jan 2007 | Heilbronn, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Michael Kohlmann | Sander Groen Michaël Llodra | walkover |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 4R | 3R | F | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 13 | 15–13 | 54% |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 | 4–12 | 25% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 13 | 19–13 | 59% |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 12 | 7–12 | 37% |
| 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 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 50 | 45–50 | 47% |
| Year-end championships ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennis Masters Cup | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | SF | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 2–2 | 33% |
| Olympic Games ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | not held | not held | not held | 2R | not held | not held | not held | 1R | not held | not held | not held | 2R | not held | not held | not held | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | 11–11 | 50% |
| Miami | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | 31% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | 46% |
| Rome | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Hamburg | Q1 | A | Q1 | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | 41% |
| Madrid (Clay) | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | held on hard | held on hard | held on hard | held on hard | held on hard | held on hard | held on hard | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | SF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | QF | SF | 1R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 9–4 | 69% |
| Stuttgart | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Madrid (Hard) | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | held on clay | held on clay | held on clay | held on clay | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Shanghai | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–6 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 7–9 | 21–9 | 5–9 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 4–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 67 | 50–67 | 43% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 446 | 332 | 117 | 109 | 47 | 45 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 42 | 88 | 97 | 99 | 33 | 85 | 84 | 132 | 855 | | | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 10 | 4–10 | 29% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0 / 30 | 19–30 | 39% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | not held | not held | not held | A | not held | not held | not held | F-S | not held | not held | not held | 1R | not held | not held | not held | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | not held | not held | not held | 0 / 11 | 7–11 | 39% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Stuttgart | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Madrid (Hard) | not held | not held | not held | not held | not held | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | held on clay | held on clay | held on clay | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–7 | 5–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 31 | 16–31 | 34% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 428 | 276 | 424 | 199 | 135 | 144 | 73 | 72 | 53 | 74 | 69 | 99 | 151 | 243 | 323 | | | |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | SR |
| 1997 ||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Enqvist | 7 | Chennai, India | Hard | 1R | 6–6 ret. | 229 |
| 1999 ||||||||
| 2. | Tim Henman | 7 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | F | 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 | 124 |
| 3. | Carlos Moyá | 2 | Chennai, India | Hard | QF | 6–1, 3–0 ret. | 71 |
| 2001 ||||||||
| 4. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 5 | Hong Kong | Hard | QF | 6–3, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ | 44 |
| 5. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 5 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | 1R | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–4 | 46 |
| 2002 ||||||||
| 6. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Doha, Qatar | Hard | QF | 7–5, 6–4 | 43 |
| 7. | Thomas Johansson | 8 | Munich, Germany | Clay | 1R | 7–5, 6–3 | 29 |
| 8. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 1R | 6–3, 6–2 | 26 |
| 2003 ||||||||
| 9. | Andy Roddick | 10 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | SF | 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 | 36 |
| 10. | Andy Roddick | 6 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | QF | 6–3, 6–2 | 15 |
| 11. | Jiří Novák | 9 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ | 13 |
| 12. | Andre Agassi | 1 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | QF | 2–6, 6–2, 6–3 | 8 |
| 13. | Sébastien Grosjean | 10 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | F | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 | 8 |
| 14. | Guillermo Coria | 4 | Tennis Masters Cup, Houston | Hard | RR | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 | 6 |
| 15. | Andy Roddick | 1 | Tennis Masters Cup, Houston | Hard | RR | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | 6 |
| 2004 ||||||||
| 16. | Tim Henman | 7 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | QF | 6–3, 6–1 | 6 |
| 17. | Carlos Moyá | 8 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | SF | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 | 6 |
| 2008 ||||||||
| 18. | James Blake | 8 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | 2R | 6–3, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 94 |
| 2009 ||||||||
| 19. | Gilles Simon | 7 | World Team Cup, Düsseldorf | Clay | RR | 6–4, 6–4 | 29 |

## Coaching career

After retirement, he began his coaching career and has coached Janko Tipsarević, Sergiy Stakhovsky and Vasek Pospisil. Since November 2018, he coached former world No. 1, Angelique Kerber. In July 2019, Kerber announced they had split on social media.

## Personal life

In 2014 Rainer met Serbian Jovana Sesevic, whose sister Biljana is married to another former top 10 player, Janko Tipsarević. They married in 2015 and have two sons (Noah and Leon) and now mostly reside in Switzerland.