Rainer Schüttler
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ATP World Tour and Davis Cup main draw matches) | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 4 | |||||||||||
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Highest ranking | No. 40 (11 July 2005) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2007, 2010, 2011) | |||||||||||
French Open | QF (2007) | |||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2005) | |||||||||||
US Open | 2R (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008) | |||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | Silver Medal (2004) | |||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (2004) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 5 February 2022. |
Rainer Schüttler (German pronunciation: [ˈraɪnɐ ˈʃʏtlɐ]; 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 Slams. 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
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
He competed at the
In the second round at Wimbledon, though seeded 18th, he was upset by Dudi Sela, 7–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1][permanent dead link]
2010–2011
He reached the second round of the
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
Schüttler officially retired in October 2012.
Significant finals
Olympic final
Doubles: 1 silver medal
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
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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 |
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Loss | 2004 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Guillermo Coria | 2–6, 1–6, 3–6 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 | Marcel Granollers Pujol
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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: 14 (6–8)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 (2–0)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
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Performance timelines
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% | |||
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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
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did not qualify | SF | did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 2–2 | 33% | ||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | |||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
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Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R
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QF | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | 11–11 | 50% | |||
Miami
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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
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A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |||
Hamburg
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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 | Held on Hard | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||||||
Canada
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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 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |||||||||||||
Madrid (Hard) | Not Held | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | Held on Clay | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | ||||||||||||
Shanghai | 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% | |||
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% | ||||||
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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 | A | Not Held | F | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% | ||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
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Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | ||||||
Miami
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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
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A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Hamburg
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Q2 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Not Held | 0 / 11 | 7–11 | 39% | ||||||||
Canada
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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 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||||||||||||||
Madrid (Hard) | Not Held | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 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% | ||||||
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.[1]
Personal life
In 2014 Rainer met Serbian Jovana Sesevic, whose sister Biljana is married to another former top 10 player, Janko Tipsarević.[2] They married in 2015 and have two sons (Noah and Leon) and now mostly reside in Switzerland.
References
- ^ Nguyen, Courtney (13 November 2018). "Coaching Carousel: Wimbledon champ Kerber hires former ATP pro Rainer Schüttler". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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