Franko Škugor (; born 20 September 1987) is a Croatian 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 230 km/h (143 mph) 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

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Performance timeline

Doubles

''Current after the

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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: 38 (14–24)

Singles

References

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