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Franko Škugor
Country (sports)	Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Born	20 September 1987 (age 37); 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 $1,698,783
Singles
Career record	8–23
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 145 (25 April 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
US Open	Q2 (2008, 2010)
Doubles
Career record	110–118
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 17 (22 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 170 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2020)
French Open	QF (2021)
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, 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2018)
	Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Franko Škugor (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋko ʃkûɡor];^[2] born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian inactive professional tennis player who mainly competes on the ATP Challenger Tour and specialized in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 17 achieved on 22 April 2019. He is best known for his very powerful serve up to 230 km/h (140 mph) along with very strong groundstrokes. Along with doubles partner and fellow Croatian Nikola Mektić, he reached the doubles semifinals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and with Brit Dominic Inglot the semifinals of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. He also won the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters with Mektic.

Škugor is a member of HTK Zagreb, his staff is Alan Marić (coach), Jurica Stančić (fitness coach) and Velibor Viboh (physioterapist).

In November 2019, following the departure of Željko Krajan, Škugor captained the Croatia Davis Cup team at the 2019 Davis Cup.^[3]

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.

Singles

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	NH	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	Q2	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	F	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–3
Career statistics
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–5	2–5	2–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	8–23
Year-end ranking	417	546	182	310	802	543	616	182	215	294	357	706	–	–	26%

Doubles

Current after the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	3R	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	QF	1R	0 / 5	3–5
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	Q1	SF	SF	3R	NH	A	1R	0 / 4	10–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	A	1R	0 / 5	3–5
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–2	7–4	4–4	3–3	2–1	0–4	0 / 18	20–18
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	NH	A		0 / 2	2–2
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	NH	1R		0 / 3	1–3
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	NH	A		1 / 1	5–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	NH	A		0 / 2	2–2
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R^[4]	0 / 4	3–3
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	A		0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A		0 / 2	0–2
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	NH			0 / 2	1–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	A		0 / 3	2–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–5	10–8	1–3	1–2	1–0	1 / 20	16–18
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	PO	F	1R	A	A	F			0 / 3	2–2
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Career
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	3 / 3	2 / 3	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	6 / 9
Overall win–loss	1–3	4–3	2–2	5–3	11–9	31–25	25–26	16–13	7–12	0–2	103–106
Year-end ranking	111	122	144	107	42	28	35	30	53	152	52%

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: 9 (6 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 (4–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (1–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (5–3)
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
Win	6–3	Sep 2020	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Austin Krajicek	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	7–6^(7–5), 7–5

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 and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (7–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (5–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2006	Tunisia F6, Hammam Sousse	Futures	Hard	Michel Koning	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–0	Feb 2008	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Martin Kližan	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Nov 2009	Brazil F25, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Guilherme Clezar	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	4–0	May 2010	Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, Prijedor	Futures	Clay	Miliaan Niesten	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–0	Aug 2010	Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Laurent Recouderc	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6–0	May 2015	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Gavin Van Peperzeel	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–0	May 2015	Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Prijedor	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Ternar	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles: 42 (17–25)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–18)
ITF Futures (4–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–11)
Clay (12–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2006	Portugal F2, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Fitz	Rui Machado Marcel Granollers	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2006	Portugal F3, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Fitz	Fred Gil Gonçalo Nicau	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2006	Slovenia F2, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Vilim Visak	Jordi Marse-Vidri P Santos González	6–7^(3–7),6–7^(5–7)
Loss	0–4	Oct 2006	Mexico F19, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Alexander Sadecky	Simon Childs Arnar Sigurdsson	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	1–4	Mar 2007	Portugal F3, Albufeira	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	S Pérez Pérez L-A Perez-Perez	6–1, 6–0
Loss	1–5	Oct 2007	Portugal F5, Espinho	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Olaso	Andrew Coelho Timo Nieminen	3–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Win	2–5	Nov 2009	Brazil F25, Porto Alegre	Futures	Clay	Diego Matos	Juan-Pablo Amado R-A Grilli	7–5, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	3–5	May 2010	Boania & Herzegovina F6, Prijedor	Futures	Clay	Toni Androić	Ivan Zovko Nikola Mektić	4–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Loss	3–6	Jun 2010	Italy F12, Mestre	Futures	Clay	Nikola Ćirić	Walter Trusendi Matteo Viola	7–6^(10–8), 1–6, [2–10]
Loss	3–7	Jul 2010	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Ivan Zovko	D M dela Nava S Pérez Pérez	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3–8	May 2011	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Mate Pavić	D M dela Nava R Ramírez Hidalgo	2–6, 6–7^(10–12)
Loss	3–9	Sep 2012	Trnava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Mate Pavić	Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić	6–7^(0–7), 5–7,
Loss	3–10	Nov 2012	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Blaž Kavčič	Nikola Mektić Antonio Veić	3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win	4–10	Jan 2013	USA F1, Plantation	Futures	Clay	Pedro Sousa	Joao Domingues H Ndayishimiye	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–10	Jan 2013	Bucamaranga, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Sergio Galdós Marco Trungelliti	7–6^(10–8), 6–2
Loss	5–11	Feb 2013	Croatia F1, Zagreb	Futures	Hard	Joško Topić	Toni Androić Dino Marcan	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–11	Jun 2013	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Antonio Veić	Facundo Bagnis J C Campozano	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]
Win	7–11	Aug 2013	Cardenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marin Draganja	Norbert Gombos Roman Jebavý	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–12	Sep 2013	Orleans, France	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	Illya Marchenko Sergiy Stakhovsky	5–7, 3–6
Loss	7–13	Apr 2014	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	Henri Kontinen Marin Draganja	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Win	8–13	Jun 2014	Arad, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Antonio Veić	Radu Albot Artem Sitak	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	9–13	Jun 2014	Marburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	Diego Schwartzman Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–14	Aug 2014	San Marino Challenger, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Ungur	Radu Albot E Lopez Perez	4–6, 1–6
Loss	9–15	Jun 2015	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	3–6, 5–7
Loss	9–16	Jul 2015	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Damir Džumhur	Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin	6–3, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss	9–17	Oct 2015	Ningbo, China	Challenger	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Dudi Sela Amir Weintraub	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	9–18	Nov 2015	Kobe, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Chen Ti	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Loss	9–19	Feb 2016	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Ariel Behar Giovanni Lapentti	5–7, 4–6
Loss	9–20	Jun 2016	Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Grégoire Barrère Tristan Lamasine	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	10–20	Aug 2016	Gatineau, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tristan Lamasine	Jarryd Chaplin John-Patrick Smith	6–3, 6–1
Win	11–20	Oct 2016	Orleans, France	Challenger	Hard	Nikola Mektić	Ariel Behar Andrei Vasilevski	6–2, 7–5
Loss	11–21	Feb 2017	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	Dino Marcan T-S Weissborn	3–6, 6–3, [14–16]
Win	12–21	Apr 2017	Sophia Antipolis, France	Challenger	Clay	Tristan Lamasine	Uladzimir Ignatik Jozef Kovalík	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–21	Apr 2017	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Carpet	Marco Chiudinelli	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	14–21	May 2017	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	Rameez Junaid Lukáš Rosol	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–22	Jun 2017	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Denys Molchanov	Max Schnur James Cerretani	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	14–23	Aug 2017	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Rosol	Hans Podlipnik Castillo Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	14–24	Sep 2017	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Nikola Mektić	Marcelo Arévalo M A Reyes-Varela	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	15–24	Feb 2023	Rovereto, Italy	Challenger 75	Hard (i)	Victor Vlad Cornea	Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko	6–7^(3–7), 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	15–25	Mar 2023	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland	Challenger 100	Hard (i)	Victor Vlad Cornea	Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens	2–6, 4–6
Win	16–25	Mar 2023	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger 125	Clay	Victor Vlad Cornea	Nikola Ćaćić Marcelo Demoliner	6–2, 6–3
Win	17–25	Apr 2023	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger 125	Clay	Victor Vlad Cornea	Marcelo Demoliner Andrea Vavassori	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)

References

^ "Franko Skugor". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Fránjo". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-17. Frȁnko
^ "Franko Škugor novi izbornik reprezentacije, Ćorić progovorio o odnosima". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 11 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ Peralta and Skugor withdrew before second round, so it doesn't count as a loss