The 21st century
Great Britain · born Liverpool, 1989 · right-handed · three Wimbledon titles and a former doubles world No. 1
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Wimbledon titles: mixed doubles 2021 and 2022, men's doubles 2023
1926
Last time before him that a British man won both the men's and mixed doubles at Wimbledon (Leslie Godfree)
No. 1
Doubles world ranking, first reached in November 2022 jointly with Wesley Koolhof
7
Titles with Koolhof in 2022, the most by any team that year
4
Grass titles on the ATP Tour in three seasons, 2022 to 2024
Neal Skupski was born in Liverpool on 1 December 1989 and started playing at three with his father, Ken Sr., and his older brother Ken. Like his brother he went to Louisiana State University; he took a year out of the tour to finish his degree and turned professional in 2013. He spent his early years on the circuit with Ken, and the brothers reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals as wild cards in 2018. He later partnered Jamie Murray and won his first ATP title with him in Sofia in 2020.
His first major came at Wimbledon in 2021, when he and the American Desirae Krawczyk won the mixed doubles. They defended it in 2022, the first pair to keep the mixed title since 1997. In 2022 he also joined the Dutchman Wesley Koolhof; they won seven titles, including the Masters events in Madrid, Canada and Paris, finished runners-up at the US Open, and became joint world No. 1 in November.
In 2023 Skupski and Koolhof won the Wimbledon men's doubles as top seeds, beating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4 in the final. After the partnership ended he won Queen's and Eastbourne in 2024 with Michael Venus, and reached the 2025 Roland Garros and US Open finals with Joe Salisbury. In 2026, with the American Christian Harrison, he won the Australian Open and the US Open, which made him, according to the LTA, the first British player to win men's doubles titles at three different majors.
| Wimbledon finals | 2021 mixed with Desirae Krawczyk: beat Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), the last match of the Championships, on Centre Court. 2022 mixed: beat Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3. 2023 men's with Wesley Koolhof: beat Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4, 6-4 in 77 minutes |
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| Best of three | The 2023 Wimbledon men's doubles was the first played over the best of three sets, which brought the event into line with the other majors |
| Grass tour finals | 's-Hertogenbosch 2022 with Koolhof: beat Ebden and Max Purcell 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 (match tie-break). 's-Hertogenbosch 2023: beat Gonzalo Escobar and Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, a run that returned the pair to world No. 1. Queen's 2024 with Michael Venus: beat Taylor Fritz and Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-8. Eastbourne 2024: beat Ebden and John Peers 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 11-9 |
| Other Wimbledon runs | Quarter-finals as a wild card with his brother Ken in 2018, lost to Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo. Semi-finals in 2024 with Venus. Semi-finals at both Queen's and Eastbourne in 2026 with Christian Harrison |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mixed doubles | with Desirae Krawczyk |
| 2022 | Mixed doubles | with Desirae Krawczyk |
| 2023 | Men's doubles | with Wesley Koolhof |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2022 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Wesley Koolhof |
| 2023 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Wesley Koolhof |
| Eastbourne | ||
| 2024 | Men's doubles | with Michael Venus |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 2024 | Men's doubles | with Michael Venus |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"Sometimes you doubt yourself whether you're good enough to be at this level. But you've just got to keep believing, keep trying, keep going for your shots."
The person behind the player.
Liverpool
He began playing aged three with his father Ken Sr., who is of Polish descent, and his brother Ken. He still lives and trains in Liverpool, supports Liverpool Football Club, and names Wimbledon as his favourite tournament and the forehand volley as his favourite shot. His brother Ken, a former doubles professional, became his coach.
Source: LTA player profileBaton Rouge
Both brothers went to Louisiana State University, but six years apart, so they never played together for the Tigers. Ken was a six-time All-American with 107 wins for LSU. When Neal graduated the two finally formed a team, won five tournaments in their first year and reached the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Ken, the elder, said his brother might be more talented than he was.
Source: 225 Baton RougeWimbledon, 2021
The 2021 mixed final was played on Centre Court straight after the men's singles final. Skupski and Krawczyk never faced a break point and won 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), Skupski closing it with a return winner. "I still can't really believe we won Wimbledon. It's crazy," he said.
Source: WTA; Sky SportsWimbledon, 2022
When Skupski and Krawczyk beat Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur in the 2022 final, the LTA noted that he was the first British player to defend a Wimbledon title since John Lloyd in 1984, and that they were the first mixed pair to defend the title since 1997.
Source: LTA player profileWimbledon, 2023
His brother and coach Ken had muddled his dates and booked a family holiday in Ibiza for the second weekend. After less than 24 hours on the island he flew back in the early hours of the Saturday in time for the final. "He always said, 'if you make the final, I'm coming back'. I don't know if he ever believed that I'd make the final," Neal said, and joked that Ken would now ask for a pay rise. He also thought losing in the first round of the mixed had helped him stay fresh.
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