Neal Skupski

Neal Skupski

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Liverpool, England
Born	(1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 Liverpool, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$ 220,845
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record	19–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (31 March 2014)
Current ranking	No. 80 (17 July 2017)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2017)
French Open	1R (2014)
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	QF (2014)
Last updated on: 17 July 2017.

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 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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 October 2013	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Mikhail Elgin Denis Istomin	2–6, 6–1, [12–14]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 25 (15 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	9 June 2013	Nottingham Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Jamie Murray John Peers	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [6–10]
Winner	1.	20 July 2013	Recanati Challenger, Italy	Hard	Ken Skupski	Gianluigi Quinzi Adelchi Virgili	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 August 2013	Segovia Challenger, Spain	Hard	Ken Skupski	Mikhail Elgin Uladzimir Ignatik	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Winner	3.	15 September 2013	Pétange Challenger, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Benjamin Becker Tobias Kamke	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Winner	4.	21 September 2013	Szczecin Challenger, Poland	Clay	Ken Skupski	Andrea Arnaboldi Alessandro Giannessi	6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	26 January 2014	Talheim Challenger, Germany	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Tomasz Bednarek Henri Kontinen	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]
Winner	5.	20 September 2014	İzmir Challenger, Turkey	Hard	Ken Skupski	Malek Jaziri Alexander Kudryavtsev	6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	8 November 2014	Bratislava Challenger, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Norbert Gombos Adam Pavlásek	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	7.	12 June 2015	Surbiton Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	20 June 2015	Ilkley Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Winner	8.	11 September 2015	St. Rémy Challenger, France	Hard	Ken Skupski	Andrej Martin Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	4 October 2015	Orléans Challenger, France	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	5.	25 October 2015	Brest Challenger, France	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Wesley Koolhof Matwé Middelkoop	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	6.	8 November 2015	Eckental Challenger, Germany	Carpet (i)	Ken Skupski	Ruben Bemelmans Philipp Petzschner	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	15 November 2015	Bratislava Challenger, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Ilija Bozoljac Igor Zelenay	6–7(3–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	9.	13 February 2016	Bergamo Challenger, Italy	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Nikola Mektić Antonio Šančić	6–3, 7–5
Winner	10.	28 February 2016	Cherbourg Challenger, France	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Yoshihito Nishioka Aldin Šetkić	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up	8.	5 June 2016	Manchester Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	3–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Runner-up	9.	12 June 2016	Surbiton Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Winner	11.	11 September 2016	St. Rémy Challenger, France (2)	Hard	Ken Skupski	David O'Hare Joe Salisbury	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Winner	12.	12 November 2016	Bratislava Challenger, Slovakia (2)	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	5 February 2017	Quimper Challenger, France	Hard (i)	Ken Skupski	Mikhail Elgin Igor Zelenay	6–2, 5–7, [5–10]
Winner	13.	7 May 2017	Savannah Challenger, United States	Clay	Peter Polansky	Luke Bambridge Mitchell Krueger	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Winner	14.	27 May 2017	Mestre Challenger, Italy	Clay	Ken Skupski	Julian Knowle Igor Zelenay	5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Winner	15.	17 June 2017	Nottingham Challenger, United Kingdom	Grass	Ken Skupski	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]

Doubles performance timeline

Current till 2017 Wimbledon Championships

References

External links

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