Neal Skupski

About

Professional tennis player far-famed for being ranked as World #1 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals in November 2022. He is a 2-time Grand-Slam Champion and the winner of at least 14 career titles. Additionally, along with partner Desirae Krawczyk, he won consecutive Wimbledon Championships in both 2021 and 2022. 

Before Fame

He earned a degree in sports administration from Louisiana State University, where he also played college tennis. He officially began his professional career in 2013, with the Futures and Challenger Tours. He entered his 1st ATP World Tour tournament later that same year at the Kremlin Cup. It was after this that he made his way into the list of Top 100 players in the world for the 1st time. 

Trivia

Of his 14 career ATP Tour doubles titles, 3 are ATP Masters 1000 titles - each of which he won while partnered with Wesley Koolhof. After they finished as runners-up in the 2022 US Open, they reached the joint-world #1 spot, making him only the 3rd British tennis player to ever achieve the top doubles ranking, after Joe Salisbury and Jamie Murray. 

Family Life

His older brother is former tennis player Ken Skupski, with whom he partnered regularly until 2021. Together, they represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup since 2019, competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and won the 2021 Mexican Open. Their father is a Polish retired police officer named Ken Sr. and their mother, Mary, is a golfer.

Associated With

He defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the opening round of the 2020 Western & Southern Open, which was his 1st Masters 1000 final. He has also defeated countless additional strong players throughout his career, including Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.