Neal Skupski
Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Residence | Liverpool, England |
Born | Liverpool | 1 December 1989
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
Turned pro | 2013 |
Plays | Right-handed |
College | LSU |
Prize money | US$ 1,301,715 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 932 (8 November 2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 132–112 (54.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 6 |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (9 August 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 14 (9 August 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2019, 2020, 2021) |
French Open | QF (2020) |
Wimbledon | QF (2017) |
US Open | SF (2019) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 2R (2021) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2019) |
French Open | QF (2021) |
Wimbledon | W (2021) |
US Open | QF (2021) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2019) |
Last updated on: 9 August 2021. |
Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989)[1] is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of world No. 14 in doubles, achieved on 9 August 2021, and is currently the British No. 3 in doubles. He is best known for having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, where he studied for a degree in sports administration. He turned professional in 2013.[2]
Early life and professional career[]
Skupski was born in Liverpool and went to King David High School. His father, Ken Sr. of Polish descent, is a retired police officer, his mother Mary is a golfer. Neal is the younger brother of Ken Skupski Jr., with whom he has regularly partnered since 2013.[3] He competed in handful of matches in 2010 and 2011, before taking a full year out to finish his degree at Louisiana State University.[4]
2013: ATP debut, first ATP final, top 100 debut[]
He began competing as a professional in 2013, initially playing on the Futures and Challenger Tours. After playing with a number of partners, he started competing more frequently with his brother Ken from March 2013 onwards.[5] The pair reached the final of the Nottingham Trophy on the Challenger Tour, before winning five Challenger titles in 2013, as of 23 September.[6][7] These wins saw Neal move into the world top 200 in July 2013.
At the 2013 Kremlin Cup the Skupski brothers entered their first ATP World Tour tournament, progressing to the final, where they lost on a tie-break.[8] Following the final, Neal moved into the top 100 for the first time, having been unranked at the start of the season. He ended 2013 ranked 86th in the world.
2017–2018: First Grand Slam quarterfinal, first two ATP titles[]
At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals as a wildcard for the first time in his career partnering with his brother Ken where they were defeated by 4th seeded pair Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.
Skupski won his first ATP Tour title at the Open Sud de France, partnering again with his brother Ken, their first ATP title together.[9] He won his second and biggest title of his career thus far at the ATP 500 2018 Vienna Open partnering with fellow Brit Joe Salisbury.
2019–2020: First Grand Slam mixed-doubles and doubles semifinals, first Masters-1000 final, two ATP titles[]
Skupski and Spanish partner María José Martínez Sánchez were defeated in their mixed doubles semifinal at the 2019 Australian Open by third seeded pair and eventual champions Barbora Krejčíková and Rajeev Ram.
Following the 2019 French Open, Skupski formed a partnership with fellow Briton Jamie Murray.[10] With Murray he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2019 US Open (tennis) where they lost to the top-seeded Colombian pair and eventual champions Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah.
He made his first Masters 1000 final at the 2020 Western & Southern Open defeating top seeded pair Cabal/Farah in the first round en-route before losing to Pablo Carreno Busta and Alex de Minaur in the final, and won his fourth ATP doubles title at the 2020 Sofia Open by a walkover.
The pair Skupski/Murray also reached the quarterfinals at the French Open, which was Neal’s first showing at this level at this Major and third overall and again the quarterfinals at the US Open.
2021: 5th and 6th ATP titles, two Masters-1000 finals, top 15 debut and Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion[]
In March, Skupski won his fifth ATP title with his brother Ken at the Mexican Open. Two weeks later, he reached his second Masters-1000 final with compatriot Dan Evans at the Miami Open and entered the top 20 in the doubles rankings for the first time. Again two weeks later and partnering with Dan Evans, he reached his third Masters 1000 final at the Monte-Carlo Masters and climbed to a career-high ranking in doubles of world No. 16 on 19 April 2021. On 11 July 2021, partnering with Desirae Krawczyk, he won the Wimbledon mixed-doubles final.[11] He reached the top 15 in doubles on 12 July 2021.
At the 2021 San Diego Open Skupski won his sixth title and second of the season partnering Joe Salisbury.[12]
World TeamTennis[]
Skupski has played five seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2015 when he made his league debut with the California Dream. He has since played four seasons (2016-2019) for the New York Empire. Skupski was a part of the New York Empire, who claimed the King Trophy during 2020 WTT season at The Greenbrier.[13]
Significant finals[]
Grand Slam tournament finals[]
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2021 | Wimbledon | Grass | Desirae Krawczyk | Harriet Dart Joe Salisbury |
6–2, 7–6(7–1) |
Masters 1000 finals[]
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)[]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2020 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Jamie Murray | Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 2021 | Miami Open | Hard | Dan Evans | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2021 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Dan Evans | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
3–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2013 | Kremlin Cup, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Mikhail Elgin Denis Istomin |
2–6, 6–1, [12–14] |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2018 | Open Sud de France, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Ben McLachlan Hugo Nys |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2018 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom |
250 Series | Grass | Ken Skupski | Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara |
5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2018 | Moselle Open, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2018 | Vienna Open, Austria |
500 Series | Hard (i) | Joe Salisbury | Mike Bryan Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2019 | Delray Beach Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | Ken Skupski | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2019 | U.S. Clay Court Championships, United States |
250 Series | Clay | Ken Skupski | Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–3, 4–6, [6–10] |
Win | 3–5 | Apr 2019 | Hungarian Open, Hungary |
250 Series | Clay | Ken Skupski | Marcus Daniell Wesley Koolhof |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–6 | May 2019 | Lyon Open, France |
250 Series | Clay | Ken Skupski | Ivan Dodig Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2020 | Cincinnati Masters, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Jamie Murray | Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 3–8 | Nov 2020 | Vienna Open, Austria (2) |
500 Series | Hard (i) | Jamie Murray | Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo |
6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Win | 4–8 | Nov 2020 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria |
250 Series | Hard (i) | Jamie Murray | Jürgen Melzer Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
Walkover |
Win | 5–8 | Mar 2021 | Mexican Open, Mexico |
500 Series | Hard | Ken Skupski | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Loss | 5–9 | Apr 2021 | Miami Open, United States |
Masters 1000 | Hard | Dan Evans | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–10 | Apr 2021 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco |
Masters 1000 | Clay | Dan Evans | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić |
3–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
Loss | 5–11 | Jul 2021 | Washington Open, United States |
500 Series | Hard | Michael Venus | Raven Klaasen Ben McLachlan |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Win | 6–12 | Oct 2021 | San Diego Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard | Joe Salisbury | John Peers Filip Polášek |
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]
Doubles: 44 (30 titles, 14 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2010 | Great Britain F12, Roehampton | Futures | Hard | Oliver Golding | Ashwin Kumar Laurent Rochette |
2–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2011 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Albano Olivetti | James Cluskey James McGee |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2011 | USA F24, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Chris Eaton | Daniel Cox Adam Hubble |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 3–1 | Jan 2013 | Great Britain F2, Portsmouth | Futures | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Sam Barry Colin O'Brien |
3–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Win | 4–1 | Feb 2013 | Great Britain F4, Birkenhead | Futures | Hard (i) | Lewis Burton | James Cluskey Sean Thornley |
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 4–2 | Mar 2013 | Great Britain F5, Cardiff | Futures | Hard (i) | Edward Corrie | David Rice Sean Thornley |
1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 5–2 | Apr 2013 | Great Britain F9, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Richard Gabb | Jack Carpenter Ashley Hewitt |
6–3, 2–6, [10–3] |
Win | 6–2 | May 2013 | Italy F6, Pozzuoli | Futures | Clay | Ken Skupski | Oliver Golding Denys Mylokostov |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 6–3 | Jun 2013 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Jamie Murray John Peers |
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [6–10] |
Win | 7–3 | Jul 2013 | Great Britain F12, Manchester | Futures | Grass | Albano Olivetti | Zach Itzstein Brydan Klein |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 8–3 | Jul 2013 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | Gianluigi Quinzi Adelchi Virgili |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 9–3 | Aug 2013 | Segovia, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | Mikhail Elgin Uladzimir Ignatik |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6] |
Win | 10–3 | Sep 2013 | Pétange, Luxembourg | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Benjamin Becker Tobias Kamke |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7] |
Win | 11–3 | Sep 2013 | Szczecin, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Ken Skupski | Andrea Arnaboldi Alessandro Giannessi |
6–4, 1–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 11–4 | Jan 2014 | Talheim, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen |
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–12] |
Win | 12–4 | Sep 2014 | İzmir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | Malek Jaziri Alexander Kudryavtsev |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 13–4 | Nov 2014 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Norbert Gombos Adam Pavlásek |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 14–4 | Jun 2015 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 14–5 | Jun 2015 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner |
6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
Win | 15–5 | Sep 2015 | Saint-Rémy, France | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | Andrej Martin Igor Zelenay |
6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 15–6 | Oct 2015 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin |
4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Loss | 15–7 | Oct 2015 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop |
6–3, 4–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 15–8 | Nov 2015 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Ken Skupski | Ruben Bemelmans Philipp Petzschner |
5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 15–9 | Nov 2015 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Ilija Bozoljac Igor Zelenay |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [5–10] |
Win | 16–9 | Feb 2016 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Nikola Mektić Antonio Šančić |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 17–9 | Feb 2016 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Yoshihito Nishioka Aldin Šetkić |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Loss | 17–10 | Jun 2016 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Purav Raja Divij Sharan |
3–6, 6–3, [9–11] |
Loss | 17–11 | Jun 2016 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Purav Raja Divij Sharan |
4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 18–11 | Sep 2016 | Saint-Rémy, France (2) | Challenger | Hard | Ken Skupski | David O'Hare Joe Salisbury |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5] |
Win | 19–11 | Nov 2016 | Bratislava, Slovakia (2) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Purav Raja Divij Sharan |
4–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
Loss | 19–12 | Feb 2017 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Mikhail Elgin Igor Zelenay |
6–2, 5–7, [5–10] |
Win | 20–12 | May 2017 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | Peter Polansky | Luke Bambridge Mitchell Krueger |
4–6, 6–3, [10–1] |
Win | 21–12 | May 2017 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Ken Skupski | Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay |
5–7, 6–4, [10–5] |
Win | 22–12 | Jun 2017 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith |
7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–7] |
Win | 23–12 | Aug 2017 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Alex Bolt Jordan Thompson |
6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
Win | 24–12 | Aug 2017 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | James Cerretani | Treat Huey Robert Lindstedt |
7–6(8–6), 6–2 |
Loss | 24–13 | Nov 2017 | Eckental, Germany | Challenger | Carpet (i) | Ken Skupski | Sander Arends Roman Jebavý |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 25–13 | Nov 2017 | Bratislava, Slovakia (3) | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Sander Arends Antonio Šančić |
5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
Win | 26–13 | Feb 2018 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ken Skupski | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen |
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 27–13 | Apr 2018 | Le Gosier, Guadeloupe | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Ruben Bemelmans Jonathan Eysseric |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Loss | 27–14 | Jun 2018 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Ken Skupski | Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara |
6–7(11–13), 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 28–14 | Aug 2018 | Vancouver, Canada (2) | Challenger | Hard | Luke Bambridge | Marc Polmans Max Purcell |
4–6, 6–3, [10–6] |
Win | 29–14 | Sep 2018 | Chicago, United States | Challenger | Hard | Luke Bambridge | Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 30–14 | Mar 2019 | Phoenix, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jamie Murray | Austin Krajicek Artem Sitak |
6–7(2–7), 7–5, [10–6] |
Doubles performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
French Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 |
Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 3R | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 7 | 7–7 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | 2R | 0 / 5 | 7–5 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 0 / 22 | 22–21 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | F | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | F | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | F | 1R | 0 / 3 | 7–3 |
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | NH | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 10–9 | 5–3 | 10–8 | 0 / 21 | 27–21 |
National representation | |||||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | QF | 0 / 2 | 3–3 | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||
Tournaments | 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 121 | |
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 3–1 | 5–12 | 2–4 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 28–16 | 43–30 | 22–16 | 29–24 | 143–120 | |
Win % | 75% | 29% | 33% | 31% | 38% | 64% | 59% | 58% | 55% | 54.37% | |
Year-end ranking | 87 | 90 | 103 | 81 | 67 | 33 | 31 | 27 |
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- ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
External links[]
- Neal Skupski at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Neal Skupski at the International Tennis Federation
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People educated at King David High School, Liverpool
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- English people of Polish descent
- English male tennis players
- LSU Tigers tennis players
- British male tennis players
- Tennis people from Merseyside
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
- Wimbledon champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Great Britain