Neal Skupski

Early career

Skupski was born in Liverpool and went to King David High School. He competed in handful of matches in 2010 and 2011, before taking a full year out to finish his degree. 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.^[3] The pair reached the final of the Aegon Trophy on the Challenger Tour, before winning five Challenger titles in 2013, as of 23 September.^[4][5] 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.^[6] 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.

2018

Skupski won his first ATP World Tour title at the Open Sud de France, partnering again with his brother Ken.^[7]

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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, 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

Doubles: 43 (29–14)

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, UK	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, UK	Challenger	Grass	Ken Skupski	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–3, 6–4
Loss	14–5	Jun 2015	Ilkley, UK	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, UK	Challenger	Grass	Ken Skupski	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Loss	17–11	Jun 2016	Surbiton, UK	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, US	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, UK	Challenger	Grass	Ken Skupski	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]
Win	23–12	Aug 2017	Aptos, US	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, UK	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, US	Challenger	Hard	Luke Bambridge	Leander Paes Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	6–3, 6–4