Neal Skupski

Neal Skupski
Country  Great Britain
Residence Liverpool, England
Born 1 December 1989
Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro 2013
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $89,466
Singles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record 8–13 (ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 69 (31 March 2014)
Current ranking No. 90 (1 December 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (2014)
Wimbledon 1R (2014)
Mixed Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon QF (2014)
Last updated on: 1 December 2014.

Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989[1]) is a British professional tennis player. He is best known as a doubles player. 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, who has been ranked in the top 50 of the ATP's doubles rankings.[3]

Career

Early career

Skupski was born in Liverpool. 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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 19 October 2013 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Hard (i) United Kingdom Ken Skupski Russia Mikhail Elgin
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin		 2–6, 6–1, [12–14]

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament2014W–L
Australian Open A 0–0
French Open 1R 0–1
Wimbledon 1R 0–1
US Open 0–0
Win–Loss 0–2 0–2

References

  1. ↑ "ATP World". http://www.atpworldtour.com/''. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Skupski (junior) prepping for the pros". Ken Skupski Tennis. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Skupskis edged out in final fling". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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