Krešimir Friedrich
Krešimir Friedrich (30 July 1898 – 3 March 1985) was a Croatian tennis player, footballer and lawyer from Koprivnica. He grew up in a large family with 11 brothers and, with his brother Dragutin, started playing tennis at a local club.
He and Dragutin later joined the HAŠK club in 1923, though Krešimir was mostly a reserve. In the 1920s he had some local results, including a third place in a HAŠK doubles event with Dragutin. In 1930 he won the Ljubljana tournament in doubles and in mixed doubles, and he also finished third in the Serbian International Championship in singles and was runner-up in doubles with Emil Gabrowitz.
Krešimir and Dragutin were national doubles champions in 1928 and 1931. He played for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 1929 Davis Cup in Athens, where Yugoslavia lost to Greece 4–1; Friedrich won the only rubber, defeating Costas Efstratiadis. He was called up for Davis Cup two more times, but lost both ties. In 1935, at the Ilirija tournament in Ljubljana, the Friedrich brothers lost in doubles to Franjo Šefer and Franjo Kukuljević. He was coached by František Koželuh.
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