Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in November 2022, and is the current British No. 1.

Neal Skupski

Skupski at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Liverpool, England
Born	(1989-12-01) 1 December 1989 (age 32)[1] Liverpool
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	LSU
Coach	Ken Skupski Louis Cayer Anthony Hardman
Prize money	US $2,441,542
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 932 (8 November 2010)
Doubles
Career record	196–137 (58.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 2 (7 November 2022)
Current ranking	No. 2 (7 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2022)
French Open	QF (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	QF (2017)
US Open	F (2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Mixed doubles
Career record	29–15 (65.9% in Grand Slam main draw matches)
Career titles	2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2019)
French Open	QF (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	W (2021, 2022)
US Open	QF (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2019)
Last updated on: 7 November 2022.

He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, having won the 2021 and 2022 Wimbledon Championships alongside Desirae Krawczyk. Skupski has won 13 titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2022 Madrid Open, 2022 Canadian Open and the 2022 Paris Masters with partner Wesley Koolhof, and has finished runner-up at the US Open and four further Masters 1000 events. He also reached the men's doubles semifinals at the 2019 US Open with Jamie Murray, and has reached the quarterfinals or better at all four major tournaments.

He is the younger brother of former tennis player Ken Skupski, and the pair regularly competed together until 2021, most notably winning the 2021 Mexican Open. Skupski has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup since 2019, and competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life and professional career

Skupski was born in Liverpool and went to King David High School. His father, Ken Sr. of Polish descent, is a retired police officer, his mother Mary is a golfer. Neal is the younger brother of Ken Skupski Jr., with whom he has regularly partnered since 2013.[2] He competed in a handful of matches in 2010 and 2011, before taking a year out to finish his degree at Louisiana State University, where he studied sports administration as well as playing college tennis, before turning professional in 2013.[3][4]

2013: ATP debut, first ATP final, top 100 debut

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.[5] The pair reached the final of the Nottingham Trophy on the Challenger Tour, before winning five Challenger titles in 2013, as of 23 September.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.

2017–2018: First Grand Slam quarterfinal, first two ATP titles

At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships he reached the quarterfinals as a wildcard for the first time in his career partnering with his brother Ken where they were defeated by 4th seeded pair Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.

Skupski won his first ATP Tour title at the Open Sud de France, partnering again with his brother Ken, their first ATP title together.[9] He won his second and biggest title of his career thus far at the ATP 500 2018 Vienna Open partnering with fellow Brit Joe Salisbury.

2019–2020: First Major mixed-doubles & doubles semifinals and Masters final

Skupski and Spanish partner María José Martínez Sánchez were defeated in their mixed doubles semifinal at the 2019 Australian Open by third seeded pair and eventual champions Barbora Krejčíková and Rajeev Ram.

Following the 2019 French Open, Skupski formed a partnership with fellow Briton Jamie Murray.[10] With Murray he reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at the 2019 US Open (tennis) where they lost to the top-seeded Colombian pair and eventual champions Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah.

He made his first Masters 1000 final at the 2020 Western & Southern Open defeating top seeded pair Cabal/Farah in the first round en-route before losing to Pablo Carreno Busta and Alex de Minaur in the final, and won his fourth ATP doubles title at the 2020 Sofia Open by a walkover from Jürgen Melzer and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

The pair Skupski/Murray also reached the quarterfinals at the French Open, which was Neal’s first showing at this level at this Major and third overall and again the quarterfinals at the US Open.

2021: Top 15 debut and Wimbledon mixed-doubles champion, Olympics debut

In March, Skupski won his fifth ATP title with his brother Ken at the Mexican Open. Two weeks later, he reached his second Masters-1000 final with compatriot Dan Evans at the Miami Open and entered the top 20 in the doubles rankings for the first time. Again two weeks later and partnering with Dan Evans, he reached his third Masters 1000 final at the Monte-Carlo Masters and climbed to a career-high ranking in doubles of world No. 16 on 19 April 2021. On 11 July 2021, partnering with Desirae Krawczyk, he won the Wimbledon mixed-doubles final.[11] He reached the top 15 in doubles on 12 July 2021.

At the 2021 San Diego Open Skupski won his sixth title and second of the season partnering Joe Salisbury.[12]

2022: Partnership with Koolhof, Four ATP, Three Masters & mixed doubles titles, World No. 2

Partnering with Wesley Koolhof he won two ATP 250 titles during the Australian Summer swing, before the 2022 Australian Open. The pair reached the quarterfinals at the first Grand Slam of the year for the first time at this Major. They won their third title at the 2022 Qatar ExxonMobil Open dropping only one set en route to the final where they defeated Rohan Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.[13] He reached the final of the 2022 Miami Open with Koolhof where they lost to John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.

Seeded seventh, they reached their second Masters 1000 final at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open after defeating John Isner and Hubert Hurkacz.[14] In the final they defeated fifth seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal to win their first Masters 1000 title in their career and as a pair.[15]

At the 2022 French Open he reached the quarterfinals with Koolhof for the second time at this Major, defeating unseeded pair of Americans Tommy Paul and Mackenzie McDonald.[16] As a result Skupski entered the top 10 of the ATP rankings in doubles for the first time on 6 June 2022.

At the 2022 Wimbledon Championships he successfully defended and won his second Major title in mixed doubles again partnering Desirae Krawczyk. They defeated Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur in straight sets.[17] He reached the top 5 in the doubles rankings on 18 July 2022.

At the 2022 National Bank Open he reached with Koolhof the semifinals of a Masters 1000 for the third time in the season defeating Lloyd Glasspool/Harri Heliövaara.[18] Next the pair advanced to the eight final of the season defeating Krawietz/Mies.[19] They won their sixth title defeating Dan Evans and John Peers.[20] As a result he moved to world No. 4 in the doubles rankings on 15 August 2022 and to No. 3 on 22 August 2022.

Seeded 2nd at the US Open the pair reached the quarterfinals defeating Wimbledon champions Australian pair of Ebden/Purcell in three sets.[21] Next they defeated Marcelo Demoliner and Joao Sousa to reach the semifinals.[22] In the semifinals, they defeated Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer. In the finals, they lost in straight sets to Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.[23] At the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters the pair Koolhof/Skupski reached the semifinals defeating ninth seeds Rohan Bopanna/Matwe Middelkoop climbing to World No. 1 and World No. 2 and solidifying the No. 1 position as a pair in the doubles race.[24] They reached their 10th final and fourth at a Masters level for the season defeating seventh seeds Lloyd Glasspool /Harri Heliövaara.[25] They won their third Masters title and seventh title for the season defeating eight seeds Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek in the final.[26] They also clinched the No. 1 year-end ranking as a team.[27]

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.[28]

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2022	US Open	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6–7(4–7), 5–7

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2021	Wimbledon	Grass	Desirae Krawczyk	Harriet Dart Joe Salisbury	6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win	2022	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Desirae Krawczyk	Samantha Stosur Matthew Ebden	6–4, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	2021	Miami Open	Hard	Dan Evans	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2021	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Dan Evans	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	2022	Miami Open	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Hubert Hurkacz John Isner	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	2022	Madrid Open	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win	2022	Canadian Open	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Dan Evans John Peers	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	2022	Paris Masters	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	7–6(7–5), 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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, UK	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, US	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, US	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, US	Masters 1000	Hard	Jamie Murray	Pablo Carreño Busta Alex de Minaur	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–8	Nov 2020	Vienna Open, Austria (2)	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
Win	5–8	Mar 2021	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Ken Skupski	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss	5–9	Apr 2021	Miami Open, US	Masters 1000	Hard	Dan Evans	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–10	Apr 2021	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Dan Evans	Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	5–11	Jul 2021	Washington Open, US	500 Series	Hard	Michael Venus	Raven Klaasen Ben McLachlan	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	6–11	Oct 2021	San Diego Open, US	250 Series	Hard	Joe Salisbury	John Peers Filip Polášek	7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
Win	7–11	Jan 2022	Melbourne Summer Set 1, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–11	Jan 2022	Adelaide International 2, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	9–11	Feb 2022	Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Rohan Bopanna Denis Shapovalov	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	9–12	Apr 2022	Miami Open, US	Masters 1000	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Hubert Hurkacz John Isner	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	9–13	Apr 2022	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Win	10–13	May 2022	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Wesley Koolhof	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–5]
Win	11–13	Jun 2022	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Wesley Koolhof	Matthew Ebden Max Purcell	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Win	12–13	Aug 2022	Canadian Open, Canada	Masters 1000	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Dan Evans John Peers	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	12–14	Sep 2022	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Wesley Koolhof	Rajeev Ram Joe Salisbury	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win	13–14	Nov 2022	Paris Masters, France	Masters 1000	Hard (i)	Wesley Koolhof	Ivan Dodig Austin Krajicek	7–6(7–5), 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 44 (30 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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 2022 Paris Masters.

References

External links

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

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