Date of Birth: 25.04.76 Became pro: 1995 World ranking: 23

Verdict: This improving German earned himself a Grand Slam seeding for the first time at Roland Garros due to a consistent string of results this season.

Schuettler has been a regular in the quarter-finals on the ATP Tour this year - getting that far on no less than seven occasions.

The best of those runs came on clay in Munich where he was the eventual runner-up to Younes El Aynaoui.

Decent form gives him a chance of improving on his previous best here - the third round - but don't expect miracles.

GRAND SLAM HISTORY
	02	01	00	99	98
Australian Open	3R	4R	2R	1R	-
French Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	-
Wimbledon	-	3R	2R	3R	1R
US Open	-	2R	3R	1R	-

Key: 1R (first round); 2R (second round); 3R (third round); 4R (fourth round); QF (quarter-finals); SF (losing semi-finalists); RU (Runner up); W (winner).