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2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster

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Luka Butera

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Ho Ho Kus, N.J.
  • Highschool Laurel Springs School

Biography

2025-26: Went 9-12 in singles in the spring, with two Ivy League wins at No. 2 in the lineup … Earned a victory over a ranked opponent by defeating No. 82 Elijah Cham of USF (2/28) … Reached the round of 16 doubles of the ITA Northeast Regional with teammate Justin Chung … Began the season winning four of his first five singles matches in the fall … Defeated Herrick Legaspi of Navy at the No. 1 spot of the singles lineup in the season opener … Took down Petar Teodorovic of Cornell (4/12) and Lukas Phimvongsa of Brown (4/18) for his two Ivy League wins … Played mostly at No. 2 in the singles lineup throughout the season. 

2024-25: Went 5-3 in singles and 3-1 in doubles (with two different playing partners) in the fall … ITA Northeast Regional singles qualifier … Finished 3-1 in singles play during the dual season … Won his first match of the spring season against Tennessee Tech’s Elia Lauper (2/9) … Took down Rider’s Matthew Griscti in straight sets (3/2) … Defeated Joshua Zhao of Wagner (3/21) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete Award.

2023-24: 1-3 in doubles and 4-7 in singles throughout the fall … Added three singles wins and two doubles victories (with two different playing partners) in the spring … Began duals with a straight-set win over Maciej Ziomber of Northern Arizona (1/28) … Downed Navy’s Zachery Quatro in straight-sets (2/9) … Swept Jack Campell of Saint Joseph’s (2/11) … Added wins over Navy with playing partner Manfredi Graziani (2/9) and Saint Joseph’s, partnering with Tal Goodman (2/11).

High School: Has played several national and international tournament sponsored by the USTA and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ... Ranked first in his sectional and 32nd nationally ... Also played basketball and soccer at Laurel Springs ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Why Penn? "I chose Penn because I really enjoyed the atmosphere of campus, and it is a great balance between academics and tennis."

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'11"