Neal Skupski

Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989)[1] is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Neal Skupski
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceLiverpool, England
Born (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989
Liverpool
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed
CollegeLSU
Prize moneyUS$1,684,498
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record166–127 (56.7% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 14 (9 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 17 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2022)
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: 18 April 2022.

He achieved his highest ATP ranking of world No. 14 in doubles in August 2021, and is the current British No. 2.[2] Skupski has won 9 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at ATP 500 level. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships alongside Desirae Krawczyk in mixed doubles, and reached the men's doubles semifinals at the 2019 US Open. Skupski has also reached four Masters 1000 finals in doubles.

He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Ken Skupski, and the pair have regularly competed together on the ATP Tour, most notably winning the 2021 Mexican Open. Skupski has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup since 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games.

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 year out to finish his degree at Louisiana State University, where he studied sports administration as well as playing college tennis, before turning professional in 2013.[4][5]

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.[6] The pair reached the final of the Nottingham Trophy on the Challenger Tour, before winning five Challenger titles in 2013, as of 23 September.[7][8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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

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.[11] 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: Top 15 debut and Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion, Olympics debut

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.[12] 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.[13]

2022: New partnership, Three more titles, Fourth Masters final

Partnering with Wesley Koolhof he won two ATP 250 titles during the Australian Summer swing, before the 2022 Australian Open. The pair reached the quarterfinals at the first Grand Slam of the year. They won their third title at the 2022 Qatar ExxonMobil Open dropping only one set en route to the final where they defeated Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.[14] He reached the final of the 2022 Miami Open with Koolhof where they lost to Hubert Hurkacz and John Isner.

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.[15]

Significant finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2021 Wimbledon Grass Desirae Krawczyk Harriet Dart
Joe Salisbury
6–2, 7–6(7–1)

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
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]
Loss 2022 Miami Open Hard Wesley Koolhof Hubert Hurkacz
John Isner
6–7(5–7), 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 22 (9 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–4)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–8)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (5–10)
Indoor (4–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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, UK 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, US 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, US 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, US 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, US 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, US 500 Series Hard Michael Venus Raven Klaasen
Ben McLachlan
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 6–11 Oct 2021 San Diego Open, US 250 Series Hard Joe Salisbury John Peers
Filip Polášek
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
Win 7–11 Jan 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1, Australia 250 Series Hard Wesley Koolhof Aleksandr Nedovyesov
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 6–4
Win 8–11 Jan 2022 Adelaide International 2, Australia 250 Series Hard Wesley Koolhof Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 9–11 Feb 2022 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard Wesley Koolhof Rohan Bopanna
Denis Shapovalov
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss 9–12 Apr 2022 Miami Open, US Masters 1000 Hard Wesley Koolhof Hubert Hurkacz
John Isner
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 9–13 Apr 2022 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Wesley Koolhof Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [6–10]

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 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

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (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, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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 2022 Dubai.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R QF 0 / 6 6–6
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 3–1 0 / 23 25–22
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 3–1 0 / 22 30–22
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 6 127
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 8
Finals 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 5 3 19
Overall win–loss 3–1 5–12 2–4 4–9 5–8 28–16 43–30 22–16 29–24 167–3 160–123
Win % 75% 29% 33% 31% 38% 64% 59% 58% 55% 56.54%
Year-end ranking 87 90 103 81 67 33 31 27 20

References

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