Franko Škugor

Franko Škugor (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋko ʃkûɡor];[2] born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian professional tennis player who mainly has played on the ATP Challenger Tour, and also specialized in doubles. He is best known for very powerful serve up to 230 km/h (143 mph) along with very strong groundstrokes. Along with doubles partner Croatian professional tennis player Nikola Mektić he reached the doubles semi-finals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.

Franko Škugor
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (1987-09-20) 20 September 1987[1]
Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlan Marić
Prize moneyUS$1,467,764
Singles
Career record8–23 (25.8% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 145 (25 April 2016)
Current rankingNo. 398 (24 June 2019)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2011)
French OpenQ2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon1R (2016)
US OpenQ2 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record87–84 (50.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 17 (22 April 2019)
Current rankingNo. 32 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2020)
French Open1R (2018, 2019)
WimbledonSF (2017, 2018)
US Open3R (2018)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2018)
French Open2R (2018)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US OpenQF (2018)
Team competitions
Davis CupF (2016)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

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

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2019Monte-Carlo MastersClay Nikola Mektić Robin Haase
Wesley Koolhof		6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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 (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (4–3)
Indoor (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 Croatia Open,
Croatia		 250 Series Clay Dušan Lajović František Čermák
Lukáš Rosol		 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 Jul 2017 Swiss Open,
Switzerland		 250 Series Clay Jonathan Eysseric Oliver Marach
Philipp Oswald		 3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 1–2 Apr 2018 Hungarian Open,
Hungary		 250 Series Clay Dominic Inglot Matwé Middelkoop
Andrés Molteni		 6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2–2 Jun 2018 Rosmalen Championships,
Netherlands		 250 Series Grass Dominic Inglot Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 3–2 Oct 2018 Swiss Indoors,
Switzerland		 500 Series Hard (i) Dominic Inglot Alexander Zverev
Mischa Zverev		 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–2 Apr 2019 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco		 250 Series Clay Jürgen Melzer Matwé Middelkoop
Frederik Nielsen		 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–2 Apr 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters,
Monaco		 Masters 1000 Clay Nikola Mektić Robin Haase
Wesley Koolhof		 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
Loss 5–3 Oct 2019 Japan Open,
Japan		 500 Series Hard Nikola Mektić Nicolas Mahut
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		 6–7(7–9), 4–6

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

ATP Challenger Tour titles

Singles: 2
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 8 August 2010 Beijing, China Hard Laurent Recouderc 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2. 3 May 2015 Anning, China Clay Gavin van Peperzeel 7–5, 6–2

Doubles: 10
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
1. 27 January 2013 Bucaramanga, Colombia Clay Marcelo Demoliner Sergio Galdós
Marco Trungelliti		 7–6(10–8), 6–2
2. 9 June 2013 Arad, Romania (1) Clay Antonio Veić Facundo Bagnis
Julio César Campozano		 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
3. 18 August 2013 Cordenons, Italy Clay Marin Draganja Norbert Gombos
Roman Jebavý		 6–4, 6–4
4. 8 June 2014 Arad, Romania (2) Clay Antonio Veić Radu Albot
Artem Sitak		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
5. 29 June 2014 Marburg, Germany Clay Jaroslav Pospíšil Diego Schwartzman
Horacio Zeballos		 6–4, 6–4
6. 14 August 2016 Gatineau, Canada Hard Tristan Lamasine Jarryd Chaplin
John-Patrick Smith		 6–3, 6–1
7. 2 October 2016 Orleans, France Hard (i) Nikola Mektić Ariel Behar
Andrei Vasilevski		 6–2, 7–5
8. 9 April 2017 Sophia Antipolis, France Clay Tristan Lamasine Uladzimir Ignatik
Jozef Kovalík		 6–2, 6–2
9. 23 April 2017 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Marco Chiudinelli Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
10. 7 May 2017 Ostrava, Czech Republic Clay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Rameez Junaid
Lukáš Rosol		 6–3, 6–2

Performance timelines

Singles
Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q2 A A A A Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A A Q2 Q2 A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A Q1 Q1 A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A A Q2 A Q2 A Q1 A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A A A PO F 1R A 0 / 2 1–3
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–5 2–5 2–4 0–1 8–23
Year-end ranking 913 585 449 417 546 182 310 802 543 616 182 215 294 357 26%

Doubles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (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 2019 US Open.

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A Q1 A Q1 SF SF 3R 0 / 3 10–3
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 2R 0 / 3 3–3
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 7–4 4–4 0 / 10 15–10
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF 0 / 2 2–2
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A W 1 / 1 5–0
Madrid Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–5 10–6 1 / 12 13–11
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A A A A A A PO F 1R A 0 / 2 2–1
Career statistics
200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Career
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 3 2 / 2 5 / 7
Overall Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 4–3 2–2 5–3 11–9 31–25 15–12 71–65
Year-end ranking 1081 790 522 924 438 435 524 248 111 122 144 107 42 28 52%

References
  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. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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