Press release (from ATP World Tour site) – Former British doubles player Ross Hutchins has been appointed Vice President, ATP Player Relations, the ATP announced on Tuesday. Hutchins, who recently retired from the professional game, starts his new role from 1st October.
Hutchins joins the ATP’s senior management staff and will lead the ATP Player Relations department, reporting to ATP Executive Chairman & President Chris Kermode. Hutchins served as Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club earlier this year, a position that will now be filled by Stephen Farrow, the event’s former Managing Director.
“It’s a great honour to join the ATP as Vice President, Player Relations. With my playing career only recently behind me, I’ve always known that I wanted to remain in professional tennis after retiring as a player. Over the course of the past decade, I established a strong rapport with many players as contemporaries and I’m now looking forward to working with them in this new capacity. I couldn’t be more excited to get started in my new role,” said Hutchins. “It was a privilege to be the Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships, but this is an opportunity I could not turn down. I loved working alongside Stephen Farrow and the Aegon Championships team that make the tournament such a success, and I know that under Stephen the event will go from strength to strength.”
Kermode said: “I have had the pleasure of working with Ross in a number of different roles in recent years, and I have no doubt his appointment as Vice President, ATP Player Relations, represents a fantastic addition to our team at the ATP. He is well respected in the locker room; fully aware of the challenges and opportunities we face, and ready to hit the ground running in his new position. We are delighted to welcome him on board.”
The former British doubles player, who turned pro in 2002, captured five ATP World Tour doubles titles during his career and reached a career-high doubles ranking of 26 in May 2012. He also represented Great Britain regularly in the Davis Cup. Diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2012, Hutchins made a full recovery before resuming his career in professional tennis in January 2014.
