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Željko Franulović
	Franulović at the 1975 Dutch Open in Hilversum in July 1975.
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia
Residence	Split, Croatia
Born	13 June 1947 (age 77); Korčula, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Turned pro	1969 (ILTF World Circuit from 1963)
Retired	1980
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	543–401
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1 March 1971)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	F (1970)
Wimbledon	3R (1970)
US Open	3R (1975, 1976, 1977)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (1970, 1971)
Doubles
Career record	190–203
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 312 (3 January 1983)

Željko Franulović (Croatian pronunciation: [ʒêːʎko franǔːloʋitɕ];^[2]^[3] born 13 June 1947) is a Croatian former tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia and has since had a long career in tennis management. He has been the Monte-Carlo Masters tournament director since 2005.^[4]

Whilst his career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 30, the ATP rankings were installed after his 1969–1971 heyday – Franulović was ranked inside the top 20 in both 1970 and 1971, reaching as high as world No. 8 in March 1971. Finalist of the 1970 French Open and winner in Monte Carlo the same year. His singles career lasted 20 years from 1963 to 1983 in which he won 23 career titles.^[1]

Biography

Franulović was born on the island of Korčula to father Ivo and mother Katica, but at the age of one month got brought to Split where he grew up.^[5] His playing career lasted for 20 years between 1963 and 1983, during which he won a total of twenty three singles titles, as well as seven doubles titles. He played his first singles tournament at the 1963 Yugoslavian International Championships.^[1] In 1967 he won his first title at the same event.^[1]

He is remembered for reaching the French Open final in 1970, which he lost to Czech Jan Kodeš in straight sets.^[6] He reached the semifinals the following year. He also won the Monte-Carlo Masters in 1970. He won his final singles title in 1982 at the San Benedetto Open in Italy.^[1] He played his final tournament at the ATP Essen Challenger event in 1983.^[1]

Since retiring from playing tennis, Franulović became involved in the ATP since the 1990s.^[7] He was the coach of the Croatian Davis Cup Team from 1994 to 1997.^[7] He was the Tournament Representative for Europe on the Association of Tennis Professionals' Board of Directors, between 2007 and 2009.^[8]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1970	French Open	Clay	Jan Kodeš	2–6, 4–6, 0–6

Grand Prix Super Series finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1970	Monte Carlo	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Win	1970	Buenos Aires	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–2, 6–0
Win	1971	Buenos Aires (2)	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 7–6, 6–1

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0
French Open	1R	1R	4R	QF	F	SF	1R	2R	3R	3R	A	1R		2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0 / 16
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	A	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	2R	A		A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	3R	3R	3R		A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 6
Strike rate	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2		0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 27