Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor (Croatian pronunciation: [frâŋko ʃkûɡor]; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian 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.
| Country (sports) | Croatia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Born | 20 September 1987 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 (25.8% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| 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 (48.2% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| 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. | |
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.