Franko Škugor
Franko Škugor is a Croatian professional tennis player who mainly has played on the ATP Challenger Tour, and also specialized in doubles. He is best known for very powerful serve up to 230 km/h along with very strong groundstrokes. Along with doubles partner Croatian professional tennis player Nikola Mektić he reached the doubles semi-finals at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.
In November 2019, following the departure of Željko Krajan, he captained the Croatia Davis Cup team at the 2019 Davis Cup.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2014 ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag – Doubles| | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Dušan Lajović | František Čermák Lukáš Rosol | 4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2017 Swiss Open Gstaad – Doubles| | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Jonathan Eysseric | Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald | 3–6, 6–4, |
Win | 1–2 | 2018 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Doubles| | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | Dominic Inglot | Matwé Middelkoop Andrés Molteni | 6–7, 6–1, |
Win | 2–2 | 2018 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships – Men's Doubles| | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Dominic Inglot | Raven Klaasen Michael Venus | 7–6, 7–5 |
Win | 3–2 | 2018 Swiss Indoors – Doubles| | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard | Dominic Inglot | Alexander Zverev Mischa Zverev | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 4–2 | 2019 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Matwé Middelkoop Frederik Nielsen | 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 5–2 | 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters – Doubles| | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Nikola Mektić | Robin Haase Wesley Koolhof | 6–7, 7–6, |
Loss | 5–3 | 2019 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles| | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | Nikola Mektić | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 6–7, 4–6 |
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 | Marin Čilić Ivo Karlović Ivan Dodig | Juan Martín del Potro Federico Delbonis Leonardo Mayer Guido Pella | 2–3 |
ATP Challenger Tour titles
Singles: 2
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
1. | 8 August 2010 | Beijing, China | Hard | Laurent Recouderc | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
2. | 3 May 2015 | Anning, China | Clay | Gavin van Peperzeel | 7–5, 6–2 |
Doubles: 10
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
1. | 27 January 2013 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Clay | Marcelo Demoliner | Sergio Galdós Marco Trungelliti | 7–6, 6–2 |
2. | 9 June 2013 | Arad, Romania | Clay | Antonio Veić | Facundo Bagnis Julio César Campozano | 7–6, 4–6, |
3. | 18 August 2013 | Cordenons, Italy | Clay | Marin Draganja | Norbert Gombos Roman Jebavý | 6–4, 6–4 |
4. | 8 June 2014 | Arad, Romania | Clay | Antonio Veić | Radu Albot Artem Sitak | 6–4, 7–6 |
5. | 29 June 2014 | Marburg, Germany | Clay | Jaroslav Pospíšil | Diego Schwartzman Horacio Zeballos | 6–4, 6–4 |
6. | 14 August 2016 | Gatineau, Canada | Hard | Tristan Lamasine | Jarryd Chaplin John-Patrick Smith | 6–3, 6–1 |
7. | 2 October 2016 | Orleans, France | Hard | Nikola Mektić | Ariel Behar Andrei Vasilevski | 6–2, 7–5 |
8. | 9 April 2017 | Sophia Antipolis, France | Clay | Tristan Lamasine | Uladzimir Ignatik Jozef Kovalík | 6–2, 6–2 |
9. | 23 April 2017 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet | Marco Chiudinelli | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 4–6, 6–2, |
10. | 7 May 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Clay | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Rameez Junaid Lukáš Rosol | 6–3, 6–2 |