Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian tennis coach and a former professional player who mainly competed 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. Škugor was best known for his very powerful serve up to along with very strong groundstrokes. He won the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters with fellow Croatian Nikola Mektić.
With Mektić, Škugor also reached the doubles semifinals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and with Brit Dominic Inglot the semifinals of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
In November 2019, following the departure of Željko Krajan, Škugor captained the Croatia Davis Cup team at the 2019 Davis Cup.
Škugor is a member of Hrvatski Teniski Klub (HTK) Zagreb,Hrvatski Teniski Klub his staff included Alan Marić (coach), Jurica Stančić (fitness coach) and Velibor Viboh (physiotherapist).
Performance timeline
Singles
Tournament20082009201020112012 … 20152016201720182019W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralianOpenAAAQ2AAAQ1Q1AA0–0FrenchOpenAAAQ2Q2AAQ1AAA0–0WimbledonAAAQ1Q1AA1RAAA0–1US OpenQ2AQ2AQ1AAQ1AAA0–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–1National representationDavis CupAAAAAAPOF1RAA1–3Career statisticsTotal W–L0–10–03–30–30–00–00–11–52–52–40–18–23YE ranking41754618231080218221529435770626%
Doubles Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA2R2R3RA1RA0 / 44–4French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA1R1R2RQF1RA0 / 53–5WimbledonAAAAAAAAAQ1AQ1SFSF3RNHA1RA0 / 410–4US OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA1R3R2R1RA1RA0 / 53–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–04–27–44–43–32–10–40–00 / 1820–18ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RQFNHAAA0 / 22–2Miami OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA1R2RNH1RAA0 / 31–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWNHAAA1 / 15–0 Madrid OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA2R2RNHAAA0 / 22–2 Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA2R1R2R2RPeralta and Skugor withdrew before second round, so it doesn't count as a lossA0 / 43–3 Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RNHAAA0 / 10–1 Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1R1RAAA0 / 20–2 Shanghai MastersNot heldAAAAAAAAA2R1RNot heldA0 / 21–2 Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAA2R1R2RAAA0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–510–81–31–21–00–01 / 2016–18National representationDavis CupAAAAAAAAAAPOF1RAAFAA0 / 32–2Career statistics2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023CareerTitles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 13 / 32 / 31 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 06 / 9Overall win–loss0–10–00–00–21–10–20–01–21–34–32–25–311–931–2525–2616–136–127–140–0110–118Year-end ranking1081790522924438435524248111122144107422835305315117248%
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWin2019Monte-Carlo MastersClay Nikola Mektić Robin Haase Wesley Koolhof6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (4–2)Grass (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (5–3)Indoor (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Croatia Open,Croatia250 SeriesClay Dušan Lajović František Čermák Lukáš Rosol4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss0–2Swiss Open,Switzerland250 SeriesClay Jonathan Eysseric Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald3–6, 6–4, [8–10]Win1–2Hungarian Open,Hungary250 SeriesClay Dominic Inglot Matwé Middelkoop Andrés Molteni6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–8]Win2–2Rosmalen Championships,Netherlands250 SeriesGrass Dominic Inglot Raven Klaasen Michael Venus7–6(7–3), 7–5Win3–2Swiss Indoors,Switzerland500 SeriesHard (i) Dominic Inglot Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev6–2, 7–5Win4–2Grand Prix Hassan II,Morocco250 SeriesClay Jürgen Melzer Matwé Middelkoop Frederik Nielsen6–4, 7–6(8–6)Win5–2Monte-Carlo Masters,MonacoMasters 1000Clay Nikola Mektić Robin Haase Wesley Koolhof6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [11–9]Loss5–3Japan Open,Japan500 SeriesHard Nikola Mektić Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin6–7(7–9), 4–6Win6–3Austrian Open Kitzbühel,Austria250 SeriesClay Austin Krajicek Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos7–6(7–5), 7–5
Team competition finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnersOpponentsScoreRunner-up1.25–27 November 2016Davis Cup, Zagreb, CroatiaHard (i) Marin Čilić Ivo Karlović Ivan Dodig Juan Martín del Potro Federico Delbonis Leonardo Mayer Guido Pella2–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (7–0) LegendATP Challenger (2–0)ITF Futures (5–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–0)Clay (4–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Tunisia F6, Hammam SousseFuturesHard Michel Koning6–3, 6–1Win2–0Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Martin Kližan6–3, 6–2Win3–0Brazil F25, Porto AlegreFuturesClay Guilherme Clezar6–1, 7–6(7–5)Win4–0Bosnia & Herzegovina F6, PrijedorFuturesClay Miliaan Niesten6–3, 6–4Win5–0Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Laurent Recouderc3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win6–0Anning, ChinaChallengerClay Gavin Van Peperzeel7–5, 6–2Win7–0Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, PrijedorFuturesClay Tomislav Ternar6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 42 (17–25) LegendATP Challenger (13–18)ITF Futures (4–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–11)Clay (12–14)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Portugal F2, LagosFuturesHard Sebastian Fitz Rui Machado Marcel Granollers1–6, 1–6Loss0–2Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Sebastian Fitz Fred Gil Gonçalo Nicau2–6, 2–6Loss0–3Slovenia F2, MariborFuturesClay Vilim Visak Jordi Marse-Vidri P Santos González6–7(3–7),6–7(5–7) Loss0–4Mexico F19, MonterreyFuturesHard Alexander Sadecky Simon Childs Arnar Sigurdsson6–7(4–7), 3–6Win1–4Portugal F3, AlbufeiraFuturesHard Pierre-Ludovic Duclos S Pérez Pérez L-A Perez-Perez6–1, 6–0Loss1–5Portugal F5, EspinhoFuturesClay Guillermo Olaso Andrew Coelho Timo Nieminen3–6, 6–3, [3–10]Win2–5Brazil F25, Porto AlegreFuturesClay Diego Matos Juan-Pablo Amado R-A Grilli7–5, 3–6, [10–6]Win3–5Boania & Herzegovina F6, PrijedorFuturesClay Toni Androić Ivan Zovko Nikola Mektić4–6, 6–3, [10–2]Loss3–6Italy F12, MestreFuturesClay Nikola Ćirić Walter Trusendi Matteo Viola7–6(10–8), 1–6, [2–10]Loss3–7Arad, RomaniaChallengerClay Ivan Zovko D M dela Nava S Pérez Pérez4–6, 1–6Loss3–8Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Mate Pavić D M dela Nava R Ramírez Hidalgo2–6, 6–7(10–12)Loss3–9Trnava, SlovakiaChallengerClay Mate Pavić Nikola Ćirić Goran Tošić6–7(0–7), 5–7, Loss3–10Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Blaž Kavčič Nikola Mektić Antonio Veić3–6, 7–5, [7–10]Win4–10USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Pedro Sousa Joao Domingues H Ndayishimiye6–2, 6–3Win5–10Bucamaranga, ColombiaChallengerClay Marcelo Demoliner Sergio Galdós Marco Trungelliti7–6(10–8), 6–2Loss5–11Croatia F1, ZagrebFuturesHard Joško Topić Toni Androić Dino Marcan3–6, 3–6Win6–11Arad, RomaniaChallengerClay Antonio Veić Facundo Bagnis J C Campozano7–6(7–5), 4–6, [11–9]Win7–11Cardenons, ItalyChallengerClay Marin Draganja Norbert Gombos Roman Jebavý6–4, 6–4Loss7–12Orleans, FranceChallengerHard Ričardas Berankis Illya Marchenko Sergiy Stakhovsky5–7, 3–6Loss7–13Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Henri Kontinen Marin Draganja5–7, 7–5, [6–10]Win8–13Arad, RomaniaChallengerClay Antonio Veić Radu Albot Artem Sitak6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win9–13Marburg, GermanyChallengerClay Jaroslav Pospíšil Diego Schwartzman Horacio Zeballos6–4, 6–4Loss9–14San Marino Challenger, San MarinoChallengerClay Adrian Ungur Radu Albot E Lopez Perez4–6, 1–6Loss9–15Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Denys Molchanov Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin3–6, 5–7Loss9–16Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Damir Džumhur Sergey Betov Mikhail Elgin6–3, 1–6, [5–10]Loss9–17Ningbo, ChinaChallengerHard Nikola Mektić Dudi Sela Amir Weintraub3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss9–18Kobe, JapanChallengerHard Chen Ti Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana4–6, 6–2, [9–11]Loss9–19Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicChallengerClay Jonathan Eysseric Ariel Behar Giovanni Lapentti5–7, 4–6Loss9–20Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Jonathan Eysseric Grégoire Barrère Tristan Lamasine6–2, 3–6, [6–10]Win10–20Gatineau, CanadaChallengerHard Tristan Lamasine Jarryd Chaplin John-Patrick Smith6–3, 6–1Win11–20Orleans, FranceChallengerHard Nikola Mektić Ariel Behar Andrei Vasilevski6–2, 7–5Loss11–21Budapest, HungaryChallengerHard Blaž Kavčič Dino Marcan T-S Weissborn3–6, 6–3, [14–16]Win12–21Sophia Antipolis, FranceChallengerClay Tristan Lamasine Uladzimir Ignatik Jozef Kovalík6–2, 6–2Win13–21Taipei, TaiwanChallengerCarpet Marco Chiudinelli Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana4–6, 6–2, [10–5]Win14–21Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Rameez Junaid Lukáš Rosol6–3, 6–2Loss14–22Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Denys Molchanov Max Schnur James Cerretani3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Loss14–23Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Lukáš Rosol Hans Podlipnik Castillo Andrei Vasilevski3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss14–24Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Nikola Mektić Marcelo Arévalo M A Reyes-Varela3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Win15–24Rovereto, ItalyChallenger 75Hard (i) Victor Vlad Cornea Vladyslav Manafov Oleg Prihodko6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–4]Loss15–25Biel/Bienne, SwitzerlandChallenger 100Hard (i) Victor Vlad Cornea Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens2–6, 4–6Win16–25Sanremo, ItalyChallenger 125Clay Victor Vlad Cornea Nikola Ćaćić Marcelo Demoliner6–2, 6–3Win17–25Oeiras, PortugalChallenger 125Clay Victor Vlad Cornea Marcelo Demoliner Andrea Vavassori7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4) Notes
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