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The USTA has turned to a former participant as new US Open Match Director.
Eric Butorac, USTA Senior Director, Participant Relations and Enterprise Improvement, and former Prime-20 doubles professional and ATP Participant Council President, has been named the subsequent Match Director of the US Open.
Butorac will start his tenure as US Open Match Director in 2026. Butorac succeeds Stacey Allaster, who will proceed serving as USTA Chief Government, Skilled Tennis, earlier than transitioning to a strategic advisor position in Could of 2026.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Eric as the brand new Match Director of the US Open. He is among the most revered and trusted figures in tennis, and his affect on the USTA and the US Open has been extraordinary,” stated Brian Vahaly, Chairman of the Board, President and Interim Co-CEO, USTA. “Eric has been instrumental in strengthening the US Open expertise for each gamers and followers, and his management, perception and fervour for the sport make him the perfect individual to information the subsequent chapter of the event’s success.”
Butorac, 44, received 18 ATP doubles titles over a 14-year skilled profession and reached the doubles last on the 2014 Australian Open. A local of Rochester, Minn., he served eight years on the ATP Participant Council and succeeded Roger Federer as its President in 2014.
“I’m past excited and grateful to function US Open Match Director. That is in some ways a dream come true and the fruits of my life and profession in tennis,” Butorac stated. “I’m humbled not solely by the chance however to comply with within the footsteps of considered one of my biggest mentors, Stacey Allaster. I owe an incredible gratitude to Stacey, from whom I realized greater than I ever may have imagined after transitioning from a profession taking part in on tour. Now, I can’t wait to assist drive the continued progress and success of the US Open effectively into the longer term.”
Butorac was a three-time ITA All-American whereas taking part in faculty tennis for Gustavus Adolphus School in Minnesota and received the NCAA Division III singles and doubles titles in 2003. He was inducted into the Gustavus Adolphus Athletics Corridor of Fame in 2018 and the ITA Corridor of Fame in 2025.
