Franjo Kukuljević (pronounced [frǎːɲo kukǔːʎeʋitɕ];[1] 7 October 1909 – 11 August 2002)[2] was a Yugoslav tennis player.

This led to him receiving an invitation to join the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team the following year in Zagreb.

In 1930 he was selected to represent Yugoslavia in the inaugural Balkan Games in Athens, joined by Franjo Šefer and Vlasta Gostiša.

[3] In 1931 Zagreb welcomed the Japan Davis Cup team consisting of the Sato brothers and Minoru Kawashima who were scheduled to face Yugoslavia in the first round of the Davis Cup in front of 1,500 spectators, which at the time was a record at the tennis courts in Yugoslavia.

[3] Kukuljević then returned to Semmering where he booked his first world top ten trophy over a Wimbledon champion, the Australian Jack Crawford.

Kukuljević went on to claim the singles title in the Dutch Championships after eliminating Giorgio de Stefani in the final.

[3] In 1938 Kukuljević reached the Davis Cup Europe final with Punčec and Palada, and only lost to Germany in Berlin.

[3] In the 1939 Wimbledon Championships he beat reigning French champion Don McNeill in the second round, a huge feat that received a massive media coverage in England.