Eric Butorac

Eric Butorac
Eric Butorac 2014 in Madrid
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	May 22, 1981
Size:	191 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2016
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Ryan Dussault
Prize money:	$ 1,727,943
singles
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	935 (January 16, 2006)
Double
Career record:	269: 242
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	17 (August 29, 2011)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Eric Butorac (born May 22, 1981 in Rochester , Minnesota ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

The double specialist has won a total of 13 titles on the ATP World Tour since his professional debut in 2003 . He reached his highest world ranking position in doubles with rank 17 in August 2011, in singles with rank 935 in January 2006. With Raven Klaasen he reached the final of the Australian Open in 2014 , which she won 3: 6 and 3: 6 against Robert Lindstedt and Łukasz Kubot lost. Previously, they had prevailed against the world number leaders Bob and Mike Bryan and against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić .

Butorac announced his retirement from professional tennis on September 1, 2016 after his first round defeat at the US Open 2016 . In the game he lost with Scott Lipsky against Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in straight sets. He then took on the post of USTA Director of Professional Tennis Operations.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (2) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (16) ATP Challenger Tour (12)

Title after covering Hard Court (12) Sand (5) Grass (1)

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 18, 2007	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Chris Haggard Rainer Schüttler	7: 5, 7: 6 6
2.	February 25, 2007	Memphis (1)	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7: 5, 6: 3
3.	June 23, 2007	Nottingham	race	Jamie Murray	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
4th	August 10, 2008	los Angeles	Hard court	Rohan Bopanna	Travis Parrott Dušan Vemić	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 5
5.	January 11, 2009	Chennai	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stanislas Wawrinka	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	May 10, 2009	Estoril (1)	sand	Scott Lipsky	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	6: 3, 6: 2
7th	4th October 2009	Bangkok	Hard court	Rajeev Ram	Guillermo García López Mischa Zverev	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
8th.	4th October 2010	Tokyo	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Andreas Seppi Dmitri Tursunow	6: 3, 6: 2
9.	October 24, 2010	Stockholm (1)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	6: 3, 6: 4
10.	May 1, 2011	Estoril (2)	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Marc López David Marrero	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	May 21, 2011	Nice	sand	Jean-Julien Rojer	Santiago González David Marrero	6: 3, 6: 4
12.	October 2, 2011	Kuala Lumpur (1)	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	František Čermák Filip Polášek	6: 1, 6: 3
13.	19th February 2012	São Paulo	Sand (i)	Bruno Soares	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	3: 6, 6: 4, [10: 8]
14th	29th September 2013	Kuala Lumpur (2)	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos	6: 2, 6: 4
15th	February 16, 2014	Memphis (2)	Hard court (i)	Raven Klaasen	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	19th October 2014	Stockholm (2)	Hard court (i)	Raven Klaasen	Treat Huey Jack Sock	6: 4, 6: 3
17th	November 1, 2015	Valencia	Hard court (i)	Scott Lipsky	Feliciano López Max Mirny	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
18th	May 1, 2016	Estoril (3)	sand	Scott Lipsky	Łukasz Kubot Marcin Matkowski	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 8]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 26, 2005	Luxembourg	Hard court (i)	Chris Drake	Robert Lindstedt Rogier Wassen	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	April 1, 2006	Saint-Brieuc	Carpet (i)	Chris Drake	Michael Lammer Stéphane Robert	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	April 29, 2006	Bogotá	sand	Chris Drake	Ramón Delgado André Sá	without a fight
4th	August 4, 2006	Vancouver (1)	Hard court	Travis Parrott	Rik De Voest Glenn Weiner	4: 6, 6: 3, [11: 9]
5.	November 11, 2006	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Travis Parrott	Jordan Kerr Jamie Murray	7: 5, 6: 3
6th	February 9, 2007	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , [10: 7]
7th	August 3, 2008	Vancouver (2)	Hard court	Travis Parrott	Rik De Voest Ashley Fisher	6: 4, 7: 6 3
8th.	March 21, 2009	Sunrise	Hard court	Bobby Reynolds	Jeff Coetzee Jordan Kerr	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 4]
9.	March 28, 2009	jersey	Hard court (i)	Travis Rettenmaier	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6: 4, 6: 3
10.	April 24, 2009	Tallahassee	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6: 1, 6: 4
11.	June 6, 2009	Nottingham	race	Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	October 17, 2009	Rennes	Carpet (i)	Lovro Zovko	Kevin Anderson Dominik Hrbatý	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 6]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 30, 2006	Los Angeles (1)	Hard court	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2: 6, 4: 6
2.	May 9, 2010	Munich (1)	sand	Michael Kohlmann	Oliver Marach Santiago Ventura	7: 5, 3: 6, [14:16]
3.	August 1, 2010	Los Angeles (2)	Hard court	Jean-Julien Rojer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 6 , 2: 6, [7:10]
4th	February 20, 2011	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Daniel Nestor Max Mirny	2: 6, 7: 6 6 , [10: 3]
5.	November 6, 2011	Valencia	Hard court (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 7 9
6th	January 6, 2013	Brisbane	Hard court	Paul Hanley	Marcelo Melo Tommy Robredo	6: 4, 1: 6, [5:10]
7th	May 5, 2013	Munich (2)	sand	Marcos Baghdatis	Jarkko Nieminen Dmitri Tursunow	1: 6, 4: 6
8th.	January 25, 2014	Australian Open	Hard court	Raven Klaasen	Robert Lindstedt Łukasz Kubot	3: 6, 3: 6
9.	29th August 2015	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Dominic Inglot Robert Lindstedt	2: 6, 4: 6
10.	January 16, 2016	Auckland	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	5: 7, 4: 6

Web links

Commons : Eric Butorac  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Eric Butorac (English)
• ITF Profile of Eric Butorac (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Butorac Career Comes To Close With US Open Defeat | ATP World Tour | Tennis. September 1, 2016, accessed on September 21, 2016 .