Neal Skupski

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Neal Skupski
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Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLiverpool, England
Born (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 (age 32)
Liverpool
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeLSU
Prize moneyUS$ 1,301,715
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record132–112 (54.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 14 (9 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 14 (9 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2019, 2020, 2021)
French OpenQF (2020)
WimbledonQF (2017)
US OpenSF (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2019)
French OpenQF (2021)
WimbledonW (2021)
US OpenQF (2021)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (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
Win 2021 Wimbledon Grass United States Desirae Krawczyk United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–2, 7–6(7–1)

Masters 1000 finals[]

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)[]

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2020 Cincinnati Masters Hard United Kingdom Jamie Murray Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Australia Alex de Minaur
2–6, 5–7
Loss 2021 Miami Open Hard United Kingdom Dan Evans Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
4–6, 4–6
Loss 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay United Kingdom Dan Evans Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]

ATP career finals[]

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (3–8)
Indoor (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2013 Kremlin Cup,
Russia
250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Russia Mikhail Elgin
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
2–6, 6–1, [12–14]
Win 1–1 Feb 2018 Open Sud de France,
France
250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Japan Ben McLachlan
France Hugo Nys
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jun 2018 Eastbourne International,
United Kingdom
250 Series Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
5–7, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2018 Moselle Open,
France
250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski France Nicolas Mahut
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
1–6, 5–7
Win 2–3 Oct 2018 Vienna Open,
Austria
500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Joe Salisbury United States Mike Bryan
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2–4 Feb 2019 Delray Beach Open,
United States
250 Series Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 2–5 Apr 2019 U.S. Clay Court Championships,
United States
250 Series Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski Mexico Santiago González
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 3–5 Apr 2019 Hungarian Open,
Hungary
250 Series Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 May 2019 Lyon Open,
France
250 Series Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski Croatia Ivan Dodig
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2020 Cincinnati Masters,
United States
Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Jamie Murray Spain Pablo Carreño Busta
Australia Alex de Minaur
2–6, 5–7
Loss 3–8 Nov 2020 Vienna Open,
Austria (2)
500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Jamie Murray Poland Łukasz Kubot
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 4–8 Nov 2020 Sofia Open,
Bulgaria
250 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Jamie Murray Austria Jürgen Melzer
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Walkover
Win 5–8 Mar 2021 Mexican Open,
Mexico
500 Series Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 5–9 Apr 2021 Miami Open,
United States
Masters 1000 Hard United Kingdom Dan Evans Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
4–6, 4–6
Loss 5–10 Apr 2021 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters 1000 Clay United Kingdom Dan Evans Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Mate Pavić
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss 5–11 Jul 2021 Washington Open,
United States
500 Series Hard New Zealand Michael Venus South Africa Raven Klaasen
Japan Ben McLachlan
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 6–12 Oct 2021 San Diego Open,
United States
250 Series Hard United Kingdom Joe Salisbury Australia John Peers
Slovakia Filip Polášek
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Doubles: 44 (30 titles, 14 runner-ups)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (23–12)
ITF Futures (7–2)
FInals by surface
Hard (21–7)
Clay (5–0)
Grass (3���5)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 Great Britain F12, Roehampton Futures Hard United Kingdom Oliver Golding United States Ashwin Kumar
France Laurent Rochette
2–6, 7–6(10–8), [6–10]
Win 1–1 Jul 2011 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet France Albano Olivetti Republic of Ireland James Cluskey
Republic of Ireland James McGee
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 2–1 Jul 2011 USA F24, Costa Mesa Futures Hard United Kingdom Chris Eaton United Kingdom Daniel Cox
Australia Adam Hubble
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jan 2013 Great Britain F2, Portsmouth Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
Republic of Ireland Colin O'Brien
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 4–1 Feb 2013 Great Britain F4, Birkenhead Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Lewis Burton Republic of Ireland James Cluskey
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 4–2 Mar 2013 Great Britain F5, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) United Kingdom Edward Corrie United Kingdom David Rice
United Kingdom Sean Thornley
1–6, 5–7
Win 5–2 Apr 2013 Great Britain F9, Bournemouth Futures Clay United Kingdom Richard Gabb United Kingdom Jack Carpenter
United Kingdom Ashley Hewitt
6–3, 2–6, [10–3]
Win 6–2 May 2013 Italy F6, Pozzuoli Futures Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Oliver Golding
Ukraine Denys Mylokostov
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Jun 2013 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [6–10]
Win 7–3 Jul 2013 Great Britain F12, Manchester Futures Grass France Albano Olivetti Australia Zach Itzstein
United Kingdom Brydan Klein
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 8–3 Jul 2013 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Italy Gianluigi Quinzi
Italy Adelchi Virgili
6–4, 6–3
Win 9–3 Aug 2013 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Russia Mikhail Elgin
Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win 10–3 Sep 2013 Pétange, Luxembourg Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Germany Benjamin Becker
Germany Tobias Kamke
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 11–3 Sep 2013 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski Italy Andrea Arnaboldi
Italy Alessandro Giannessi
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Loss 11–4 Jan 2014 Talheim, Germany Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Finland Henri Kontinen
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]
Win 12–4 Sep 2014 İzmir, Turkey Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Turkey Malek Jaziri
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
6–1, 6–4
Win 13–4 Nov 2014 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Slovakia Norbert Gombos
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 14–4 Jun 2015 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 6–4
Loss 14–5 Jun 2015 Ilkley, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 15–5 Sep 2015 Saint-Rémy, France Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Slovakia Andrej Martin
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–1
Loss 15–6 Oct 2015 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski France Tristan Lamasine
France Fabrice Martin
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 15–7 Oct 2015 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss 15–8 Nov 2015 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Germany Philipp Petzschner
5–7, 2–6
Loss 15–9 Nov 2015 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Win 16–9 Feb 2016 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Antonio Šančić
6–3, 7–5
Win 17–9 Feb 2016 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Japan Yoshihito Nishioka
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aldin Šetkić
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 17–10 Jun 2016 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss 17–11 Jun 2016 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 18–11 Sep 2016 Saint-Rémy, France (2) Challenger Hard United Kingdom Ken Skupski Republic of Ireland David O'Hare
United Kingdom Joe Salisbury
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win 19–11 Nov 2016 Bratislava, Slovakia (2) Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski India Purav Raja
India Divij Sharan
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 19–12 Feb 2017 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Russia Mikhail Elgin
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–2, 5–7, [5–10]
Win 20–12 May 2017 Savannah, United States Challenger Clay Canada Peter Polansky United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United States Mitchell Krueger
4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Win 21–12 May 2017 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay United Kingdom Ken Skupski Austria Julian Knowle
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 22–12 Jun 2017 Nottingham, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski Australia Matt Reid
Australia John-Patrick Smith
7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]
Win 23–12 Aug 2017 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Jordan Thompson
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 24–12 Aug 2017 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard United States James Cerretani Philippines Treat Huey
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 24–13 Nov 2017 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Netherlands Sander Arends
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
2–6, 4–6
Win 25–13 Nov 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia (3) Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Netherlands Sander Arends
Croatia Antonio Šančić
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win 26–13 Feb 2018 Quimper, France Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 27–13 Apr 2018 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard Australia John-Patrick Smith Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
France Jonathan Eysseric
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 27–14 Jun 2018 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Ken Skupski United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
6–7(11–13), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 28–14 Aug 2018 Vancouver, Canada (2) Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Bambridge Australia Marc Polmans
Australia Max Purcell
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 29–14 Sep 2018 Chicago, United States Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Bambridge India Leander Paes
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–3, 6–4
Win 30–14 Mar 2019 Phoenix, United States Challenger Hard United Kingdom Jamie Murray United States Austin Krajicek
New Zealand Artem Sitak
6–7(2–7), 7–5, [10–6]

Doubles performance timeline[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
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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