# Franko Škugor

Franko Škugor (Croatian pronunciation:; 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.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### 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 | 8–23 |
| Year-end ranking | 417 | 546 | 182 | 310 | 802 | 543 | 616 | 182 | 215 | 294 | 357 | 706 | – | – | 26% | 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 | 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 | 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 | F | | 0 / 3 | 2–2 |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Career | 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 | 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 | 103–106 |
| Year-end ranking | 111 | 122 | 144 | 107 | 42 | 28 | 35 | 30 | 53 | 152 | 52% | 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$^{(7–4)}$ |