After his playing career ended, he became a journalist, and was then involved in sports administration.

He founded the magazine Tennis de France in 1953, and also sports and news editor for the Paris daily newspaper Paris-Presse.

Chatrier later married a second time to French golfer Claudine Cros.

[2] Chatrier took part in the merger of professional and amateur tennis organisations in 1968.

The main tennis court at the Stade de Roland Garros, the home of the French Open in Paris, was renamed the Court Philippe Chatrier in his honour in 2001.