Neal Skupski

Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989)[1] is a British professional tennis player. He is best known as a doubles player having been ranked inside the top 50 of the ATP's doubles rankings. Having played college tennis at the Louisiana State University, where he studied for a degree in sports administration, he turned professional in 2013.[2] Neal is the younger brother of Ken Skupski, with whom he has regularly partnered since 2013.

Neal Skupski

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Liverpool, England
Born	1 December 1989 Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed
College	LSU
Prize money	$1,127,663
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record	112–96
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 26 (31 August 2020)
Current ranking	No. 26 (16 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2019, 2020)
French Open	QF (2020)
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
US Open	SF (2019)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2019)
French Open	2R (2019)
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
US Open	1R (2019)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2019)
Last updated on: 16 November 2020.

Career

Early career

Skupski was born in Liverpool and went to King David High School. His father is of Polish descent. 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]

2019

Skupski and Spanish partner María José Martínez Sánchez were beaten in their mixed doubles semi-final at the 2019 Australian Open.

Following the French Open, Skupski formed a new partnership with fellow Briton Jamie Murray.[8]

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.[9]

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur	2–6, 5–7

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–5) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–1)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–5) Indoor (3–3)

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, 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
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, United States	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, United States	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, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–8	Nov 2020	Vienna Open, Austria	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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 44 (30 titles, 14 runners-up)

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

Current through the 2021 Murray River Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R		0 / 4	2–4
French Open	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF		0 / 4	5–4
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	2R	QF	3R	1R	NH		0 / 6	6–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	SF	QF		0 / 4	6–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–3	3–4	6–4	6–3	0–0	0 / 18	19–18
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	NH		0 / 1	1–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F		0 / 2	7–2
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	NH		0 / 1	3–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R		0 / 3	5–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	10–9	5–3	0–0	0 / 13	17–13
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	P		0 / 1	2–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	12	4	9	8	18	29	17	1	99
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	4
Finals	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	12
Overall Win–Loss	3–1	5–12	2–4	4–9	5–8	28–16	43–30	22–16	0–1	112–97
Win %	75%	29%	33%	31%	38%	64%	59%	58%	0%	54%
Year-end ranking	87	90	103	81	67	33	31	27

References

1. "Neal Skupski Profile". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
2. "Skupski (junior) prepping for the pros". Ken Skupski Tennis. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
3. Prentice, David. "Skupski brothers hope to gatecrash tennis Grand Slams". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
4. "Tennis: Skupski brothers win title". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
5. "British Tennis - weekend results round-up, 8th August 2013". LTA. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
6. "Skupskis edged out in final fling". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
7. "British brothers Ken and Neal Skupski win first ATP World Tour title together". BBC. 12 February 2018.
8. "French Open: Jamie Murray ends doubles partnership with Bruno Soares". BBC Sport. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
9. "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.

External links

• Neal Skupski at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Neal Skupski at the International Tennis Federation