Eric Butorac

Eric Butorac

Country	United States
Residence	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Born	(1981-05-22) May 22, 1981 Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
College	Ball State Cardinals/Gustavus Adolphus College
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 982,000
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 935 (January 16, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	151–132 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	13 (ATP (World) Tour)
Highest ranking	No. 17 (August 29, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2011)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	2R (2007), (2011), (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.

Eric "Booty" Butorac (born 22 May 1981 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved success being the no. 3 ranked American doubles player for the bulk of the past six years. He attended Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he played on the men's tennis team for one year before transferring to Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, where he graduated in 2003.

Family

Eric's parents, Jan and Tim Butorac, are directors of the Rochester Tennis Connection (Indoor & Outdoor site) in Rochester, Minnesota. Eric's brother, Jeff Butorac, is a basketball coach at Burnsville High School. Tim is a USPTA Professional, teaching tennis at the Rochester Indoor Tennis Club during the winter and at the Kutzky/Rochester Outdoor Tennis Center during the summer months.

Recent Activity

In 2012, Butorac made the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and won the doubles title in São Paulo (with Bruno Soares).

In 2011, Butorac had his best season reaching a career-high ranking of no. 17, and finishing as the no. 9 team in the world with partner Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands. They won three titles and made the semifinals of the Australian Open.

In 2010, Butorac paired with Rajeev Ram to make the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. He also won titles in Chennai (with Ram), Tokyo and Stockholm (with Rojer). He was on the 2010 roster of the Boston Lobsters in the World Team Tennis pro league.

In April, May, and June 2009, Butorac and American Scott Lipsky won the Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, the Estoril Open in Portugal, and a tournament in Nottingham, England.

In early February 2007, the US-Scots pair claimed their first doubles title in a Challenger event in Dallas, and a week later they won their first ATP title at the SAP Open. They continued their winning run the following week when the unseeded pair defeated second seeds Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 6–3, to capture the doubles title of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis.

In July 2006, Butorac and Murray reached their first ATP Tour doubles final, in Los Angeles, losing in straight sets to the Bryan brothers, who were the world's top-ranked doubles team.

Off Court

Butorac has served on the ATP Player's Council for the past three terms. He is currently the Vice President of the Council (Roger Federer remains as president).

Starting in 2010, Butorac has been the volunteer assistant coach at Harvard University.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 21 (13–8)

Legend ( Doubles) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (11–6)

Titles by Surface Hard (8–6) Clay (4–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	30 July 2006	LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Jamie Murray	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	18 February 2007	SAP Open, San Jose, United States	Hard	Jamie Murray	Chris Haggard Rainer Schüttler	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	2.	25 February 2007	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup, Memphis, United States	Hard	Jamie Murray	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 6–3
Winner	3.	23 June 2007	Nottingham Open, Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Jamie Murray	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	4.	10 August 2008	LA Tennis Open, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Travis Parrott Dušan Vemić	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	5.	11 January 2009	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Jean-Claude Scherrer Stanislas Wawrinka	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	10 May 2009	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	4 October 2009	PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Guillermo García-López Mischa Zverev	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	9 May 2010	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Oliver Marach Santiago Ventura	7–5, 3–6, [14–16]
Runner-up	3.	1 August 2010	Los Angeles Open, Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Jean-Julien Rojer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [7–10]
Winner	8.	10 October 2010	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jean-Julien Rojer	Andreas Seppi Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 6–2
Winner	9.	24 October 2010	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Johan Brunström Jarkko Nieminen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	20 February 2011	Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	2–6, 7–6(8–6), [3–10]
Winner	10.	1 May 2011	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jean-Julien Rojer	Marc López David Marrero	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	21 May 2011	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Jean-Julien Rojer	Santiago González David Marrero	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	2 October 2011	Proton Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	František Čermák Filip Polášek	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	6 November 2011	Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Jean-Julien Rojer	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 7–6(11–9)
Winner	13.	19 February 2012	Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (i)	Bruno Soares	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	6.	30 September 2012	PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Lu Yen-hsun Danai Udomchoke	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	5 January 2013	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Marcelo Melo Tommy Robredo	6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	8.	5 May 2013	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Marcos Baghdatis	Jarkko Nieminen Dmitry Tursunov	1-6, 4-6

Doubles Performance Timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage or lost in Qualification Round 3, 2, Round 1; absent from a tournament or participated in a team event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics, the former of which has, from 1908–1924 and 1996–present, been awarded to the winner of a play-off match between losing semifinalists. The last two are for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series) or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of (not during) a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2013 Australian Open.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	3R	1R	QF	SF	QF	3R	0 / 7	15–7
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R		0 / 6	2–6
Wimbledon	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R		0 / 6	6–6
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R		0 / 6	3–6
Win–Loss	4–4	3–4	1–4	3–4	6–4	7–4	2–1	0 / 25	26–25

External links

• Eric Butorac at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Eric Butorac's Minnesota Tennis Challenge