Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian inactive professional

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player who mainly competes on the

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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 along with very strong groundstrokes. Along with doubles partner and fellow Croatian

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, he reached the doubles semifinals at the

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and with Brit

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the semifinals of the

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. He also won the

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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

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, Škugor captained the

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at the 2019 Davis Cup.

Performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

''Current after the 2022 Australian Open.''

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Team competition finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (7–0)

Doubles: 42 (17–25)

References

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