Ken Skupski
Ken Skupski playing at Wimbledon 2013
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 Great Britain England
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| Residence | Liverpool, England, U.K. | ||||||||||||
| Born |
9 April 1983 Liverpool, England, U.K. |
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (2-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | $ 537,447 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 1 Future |
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| Highest ranking | No. 527 (23 June 2008) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2008) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 71–92 (ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 24 Challengers, 15 Futures |
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| Highest ranking | No. 44 (12 July 2010) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 91 (10 April 2017) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (2010) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | 2R (2010) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 3R (2012) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 3–3 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (2012) | ||||||||||||
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| Davis Cup | Europe/Africa Zone Group II 1R (2010) |
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| Last updated on: 10 April 2017. | |||||||||||||
Ken Skupski (born 9 April 1983) is a British tennis player, best known as a doubles player, who most successfully partnered Colin Fleming.
His breakthrough year was 2009, when he won his first two ATP tournaments and broke into the world's top 50 doubles players.
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Skupski and Ross Hutchins won the Doubles Silver Medal. In the Mixed Doubles, Skupski and Sarah Borwell beat Ross Hutchins and Anna Smith to win the Bronze Medal.
In 2010, Skupski took part in Great Britain's crucial Davis Cup tie vs Turkey. Defeat would relegated Great Britain to Europe Zone Group III, the lowest tier of the competition. Skupski and Colin Fleming secured a straight sets win that gave Britain an unassailable 3-0 lead, ending a run of five straight defeats, going back three years.
Ken Skupski was born in Liverpool, father, Ken is a police officer, mother’s name is Mary. Skupski has a younger brother, Neal, who also plays tennis.
Skupski is a big fan of Liverpool Football Club and is a keen golfer who plays as often as he can and has a handicap of six.
Skupski used to attend Louisiana State University, graduating in May 2007. NCAA Doubles finalist 2005 and Two-time Southeastern Conference Coaches Indoor Champion (only player in the history of the Southeastern Conference to win back-to-back titles). Fourth biggest winning player in the school’s history with 107 wins. Six-time All-American (two Singles, one Doubles and three Academic).
Eight years after he was crowned Wimbledon champion, Richard Krajicek took on Skupski in an exhibition match in Liverpool which was ‘exhibition’ in name only. Skupski tied a closely contested clash one set all, then won a Super TieBreak 10-7.
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