Franko Škugor

Franko Škugor

Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alan Marić
Prize money	US$1,467,764
Singles
Career record	8–23 (25.8% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 145 (25 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 398 (24 June 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	87–84 (50.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 17 (22 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 32 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	SF (2017, 2018)
US Open	3R (2018)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	QF (2019)
US Open	QF (2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (2016)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Franko Škugor (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋko ʃkûɡor]; 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.

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

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2019	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	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

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–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#

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.

Current through the 2019 US Open.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–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
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Career
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%

External links

• Franko Škugor at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Franko Škugor at the International Tennis Federation
• Franko Škugor at the Davis Cup