Franko Škugor

Franko Škugor
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 37)[1]
Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlan Marić
Prize moneyUS $1,698,783
Singles
Career record8–23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 145 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2011)
French OpenQ2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon1R (2016)
US OpenQ2 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record110–118
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 17 (22 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 170 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French OpenQF (2021)
WimbledonSF (2017, 2018)
US Open3R (2018)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2018)
French Open2R (2018)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018, 2022)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2018)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Franko Škugor (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋko ʃkûɡor];[2] born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian inactive professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2019. He is best known for his very powerful serve up to 230 km/h (140 mph) along with very strong groundstrokes. Along with doubles partner and fellow Croatian Nikola Mektić, he reached the doubles semifinals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and with Brit Dominic Inglot the semifinals of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. He also won the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters with Mektic.

Škugor is a member of HTK Zagreb, his staff is Alan Marić (coach), Jurica Stančić (fitness coach) and Velibor Viboh (physioterapist).

In November 2019, following the departure of Željko Krajan, Škugor captained the Croatia Davis Cup team at the 2019 Davis Cup.[3]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI 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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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.

Singles

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Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q2 A A A A Q1 Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A Q2 Q2 A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A Q1 Q1 A A A 1R A A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open Q2 A Q2 A Q1 A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A PO F 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–3
Career statistics
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–5 2–5 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 8–23
Year-end ranking 417 546 182 310 802 543 616 182 215 294 357 706 26%

Doubles

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Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A 2R 2R 3R A 1R 0 / 4 4–4
French Open A A A A A 1R 1R 2R QF 1R 0 / 5 3–5
Wimbledon A Q1 A Q1 SF SF 3R NH A 1R 0 / 4 10–4
US Open A A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 5 3–5
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 7–4 4–4 3–3 2–1 0–4 0 / 18 20–18
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R QF NH A 0 / 2 2–2
Miami Open A A A A A 1R 2R NH 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A W NH A 1 / 1 5–0
Madrid Open A A A A A 2R 2R NH A 0 / 2 2–2
Italian Open A A A A A A 2R 1R 2R 2R[4] 0 / 4 3–3
Canadian Open A A A A A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2
Shanghai Masters A A A A A 2R 1R NH 0 / 2 1–2
Paris Masters A A A A A 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 3 2–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5 10–8 1–3 1–2 1–0 1 / 20 16–18
National representation
Davis Cup A A PO F 1R A A F 0 / 3 2–2
Career statistics
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 6 / 9
Overall win–loss 1–3 4–3 2–2 5–3 11–9 31–25 25–26 16–13 7–12 0–2 103–106
Year-end ranking 111 122 144 107 42 28 35 30 53 152 52%

Significant finals

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Masters 1000 finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters Clay Croatia Nikola Mektić Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (5–3)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 Croatia Open,
Croatia
250 Series Clay Serbia Dušan Lajović Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 Jul 2017 Swiss Open,
Switzerland
250 Series Clay France Jonathan Eysseric Austria Oliver Marach
Austria Philipp Oswald
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Apr 2018 Hungarian Open,
Hungary
250 Series Clay United Kingdom Dominic Inglot Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
Argentina Andrés Molteni
6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–2 Jun 2018 Rosmalen Championships,
Netherlands
250 Series Grass United Kingdom Dominic Inglot South Africa Raven Klaasen
New Zealand Michael Venus
7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 3–2 Oct 2018 Swiss Indoors,
Switzerland
500 Series Hard (i) United Kingdom Dominic Inglot Germany Alexander Zverev
Germany Mischa Zverev
6–2, 7–5
Win 4–2 Apr 2019 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
250 Series Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–2 Apr 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco
Masters 1000 Clay Croatia Nikola Mektić Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Loss 5–3 Oct 2019 Japan Open,
Japan
500 Series Hard Croatia Nikola Mektić France Nicolas Mahut
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–7(7–9), 4–6
Win 6–3 Sep 2020 Austrian Open Kitzbühel,
Austria
250 Series Clay United States Austin Krajicek Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
7–6(7–5), 7–5

Team competition finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 25–27 November 2016 Davis Cup,
Zagreb, Croatia
Hard (i) Croatia Marin Čilić
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Argentina Federico Delbonis
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Argentina Guido Pella
2–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (7–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (5–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2006 Tunisia F6, Hammam Sousse Futures Hard Netherlands Michel Koning 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Feb 2008 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard Slovakia Martin Kližan 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–0 Nov 2009 Brazil F25, Porto Alegre Futures Clay Brazil Guilherme Clezar 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win 4–0 May 2010 Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Prijedor Futures Clay Netherlands Miliaan Niesten 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–0 Aug 2010 Beijing, China Challenger Hard France Laurent Recouderc 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 6–0 May 2015 Anning, China Challenger Clay Australia Gavin Van Peperzeel 7–5, 6–2
Win 7–0 May 2015 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Prijedor Futures Clay Slovenia Tomislav Ternar 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 42 (17–25)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (13–18)
ITF Futures (4–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–11)
Clay (12–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2006 Portugal F2, Lagos Futures Hard Germany Sebastian Fitz Portugal Rui Machado
Spain Marcel Granollers
1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2006 Portugal F3, Albufeira Futures Hard Germany Sebastian Fitz Portugal Fred Gil
Portugal Gonçalo Nicau
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 2006 Slovenia F2, Maribor Futures Clay Croatia Vilim Visak Spain Jordi Marse-Vidri
Spain P Santos González
6–7(3–7),6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–4 Oct 2006 Mexico F19, Monterrey Futures Hard Switzerland Alexander Sadecky United Kingdom Simon Childs
Iceland Arnar Sigurdsson
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 1–4 Mar 2007 Portugal F3, Albufeira Futures Hard Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Spain S Pérez Pérez
Spain L-A Perez-Perez
6–1, 6–0
Loss 1–5 Oct 2007 Portugal F5, Espinho Futures Clay Spain Guillermo Olaso Australia Andrew Coelho
Finland Timo Nieminen
3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Win 2–5 Nov 2009 Brazil F25, Porto Alegre Futures Clay Brazil Diego Matos Argentina Juan-Pablo Amado
Brazil R-A Grilli
7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 3–5 May 2010 Boania & Herzegovina F6, Prijedor Futures Clay Croatia Toni Androić Croatia Ivan Zovko
Croatia Nikola Mektić
4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss 3–6 Jun 2010 Italy F12, Mestre Futures Clay Serbia Nikola Ćirić Italy Walter Trusendi
Italy Matteo Viola
7–6(10–8), 1–6, [2–10]
Loss 3–7 Jul 2010 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Croatia Ivan Zovko Spain D M dela Nava
Spain S Pérez Pérez
4–6, 1–6
Loss 3–8 May 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Croatia Mate Pavić Spain D M dela Nava
Spain R Ramírez Hidalgo
2–6, 6–7(10–12)
Loss 3–9 Sep 2012 Trnava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Croatia Mate Pavić Serbia Nikola Ćirić
Montenegro Goran Tošić
6–7(0–7), 5–7,
Loss 3–10 Nov 2012 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Slovenia Blaž Kavčič Croatia Nikola Mektić
Croatia Antonio Veić
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 4–10 Jan 2013 USA F1, Plantation Futures Clay Portugal Pedro Sousa Portugal Joao Domingues
Burundi H Ndayishimiye
6–2, 6–3
Win 5–10 Jan 2013 Bucamaranga, Colombia Challenger Clay Brazil Marcelo Demoliner Peru Sergio Galdós
Brazil Marco Trungelliti
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Loss 5–11 Feb 2013 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard Croatia Joško Topić Croatia Toni Androić
Croatia Dino Marcan
3–6, 3–6
Win 6–11 Jun 2013 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Veić Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Ecuador J C Campozano
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
Win 7–11 Aug 2013 Cardenons, Italy Challenger Clay Croatia Marin Draganja Slovakia Norbert Gombos
Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–12 Sep 2013 Orleans, France Challenger Hard Lithuania Ričardas Berankis Ukraine Illya Marchenko
Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky
5–7, 3–6
Loss 7–13 Apr 2014 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Finland Henri Kontinen
Croatia Marin Draganja
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Win 8–13 Jun 2014 Arad, Romania Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Veić Moldova Radu Albot
New Zealand Artem Sitak
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 9–13 Jun 2014 Marburg, Germany Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil Argentina Diego Schwartzman
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–14 Aug 2014 San Marino Challenger, San Marino Challenger Clay Romania Adrian Ungur Moldova Radu Albot
Spain E Lopez Perez
4–6, 1–6
Loss 9–15 Jun 2015 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Ukraine Denys Molchanov Belarus Sergey Betov
Russia Mikhail Elgin
3–6, 5–7
Loss 9–16 Jul 2015 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džumhur Belarus Sergey Betov
Russia Mikhail Elgin
6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 9–17 Oct 2015 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Croatia Nikola Mektić Israel Dudi Sela
Israel Amir Weintraub
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 9–18 Nov 2015 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss 9–19 Feb 2016 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay France Jonathan Eysseric Uruguay Ariel Behar
Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti
5–7, 4–6
Loss 9–20 Jun 2016 Lyon, France Challenger Clay France Jonathan Eysseric France Grégoire Barrère
France Tristan Lamasine
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 10–20 Aug 2016 Gatineau, Canada Challenger Hard France Tristan Lamasine Australia Jarryd Chaplin
Australia John-Patrick Smith
6–3, 6–1
Win 11–20 Oct 2016 Orleans, France Challenger Hard Croatia Nikola Mektić Uruguay Ariel Behar
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–2, 7–5
Loss 11–21 Feb 2017 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Hard Slovenia Blaž Kavčič Croatia Dino Marcan
Austria T-S Weissborn
3–6, 6–3, [14–16]
Win 12–21 Apr 2017 Sophia Antipolis, France Challenger Clay France Tristan Lamasine Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
Slovakia Jozef Kovalík
6–2, 6–2
Win 13–21 Apr 2017 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Carpet Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana
Thailand Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 14–21 May 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay India Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Australia Rameez Junaid
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
6–3, 6–2
Loss 14–22 Jun 2017 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Ukraine Denys Molchanov United States Max Schnur
United States James Cerretani
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 14–23 Aug 2017 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 14–24 Sep 2017 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Croatia Nikola Mektić El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
Mexico M A Reyes-Varela
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 15–24 Feb 2023 Rovereto, Italy Challenger 75 Hard (i) Romania Victor Vlad Cornea Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
Ukraine Oleg Prihodko
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–4]
Loss 15–25 Mar 2023 Biel/Bienne, Switzerland Challenger 100 Hard (i) Romania Victor Vlad Cornea Germany Constantin Frantzen
Germany Hendrik Jebens
2–6, 4–6
Win 16–25 Mar 2023 Sanremo, Italy Challenger 125 Clay Romania Victor Vlad Cornea Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–2, 6–3
Win 17–25 Apr 2023 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger 125 Clay Romania Victor Vlad Cornea Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Italy Andrea Vavassori
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)

References

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  1. ^ "Franko Skugor". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Fránjo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Frȁnko
  3. ^ "Franko Škugor novi izbornik reprezentacije, Ćorić progovorio o odnosima". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 11 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ Peralta and Skugor withdrew before second round, so it doesn't count as a loss
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