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Eric Butorac
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| Country |
 United States |
| Residence |
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Date of birth |
May 22, 1981 |
| Place of birth |
Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight |
180 lb (82 kg) |
| Turned pro |
2003 |
| Plays |
Left |
| Career prize money |
US$213,883 |
| Singles |
| Career record: |
0 - 0 |
| Career titles: |
0 |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 935 (January 16, 2006) |
| Grand Slam results |
| Australian Open |
-3R (2008) |
| French Open |
-1R (2007) |
| Wimbledon |
-3R (2007) |
| US Open |
-2R (2007) |
| Doubles |
| Career record: |
39 - 42 |
| Career titles: |
3 ATP, 1 Challenger |
| Highest ranking: |
No. 30 (February 04, 2008) |
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Infobox last updated on: March 21, 2007.
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Eric 'Booty' Butorac (born 22 May 1981 in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American tennis player. He is a doubles specialist, and has achieved some success in partnership with Scotland's Jamie Murray. He was nicknamed 'Booty' by partner Murray.
[edit] Family
Eric has a cousin named Dan who plays basketball for the MN Suns. He plays with star players Siyani Chambers, Darien Pittman, Logan Kennedy and Chad Potas. Dan is well through puberty but has a strangely high pitched voice.
[edit] Recent Activity
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.
In early February 2007 the US-Scots pair claimed their first doubles title in a Challenger event in Dallas,[1] and a week later they won their first ATP title at the SAP Open.[2] They continued their winning run the following week when, on February 25, 2007, the unseeded pair defeated No. 2 seeds Julian Knowle and Jurgen Melzer 7–5, 6–3, to capture the doubles title of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at the Racquet Club of Memphis.
Butorac is currently partnering Ashley Fisher. They have yet to play a tournament together as Fisher was injured for the first part of the season and their combined ranking was not high enough to enter the Masters Series Events. Butorac played Indian Wells with Scotland's Andy Murray and they upset Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner in the first round in straight sets.
[edit] Doubles Record
[edit] Titles Won (4)
| Tennis Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
| Challengers (1) |
[edit] Doubles runners-up (1)
| Tennis Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (2) |
| Challengers (0) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Jamie Murray
Chris Haggard &
Rainer Schuettler
Julian Knowle &
