| Mensur Suljović | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Gentle |
| Born | March 12, 1972 Tutin, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Home town | Vienna Austria |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1989 |
| Darts | 16g Bull's Mensur Suljović |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Live is Life by Opus |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1999 - 2005 |
| PDC | 2007 - present |
| Current world ranking | 50 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16 2002 |
| World Masters | Quarter Finals 2001 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16 2011 |
| European Ch'ship | Second round 2008, 2009 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Czech Open Dortmund Open German Gold Cup Hungarian Open GDC Halle GDC Hurth bei Koln GDC Wiesbaden GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 4 GDC Ramada Hotel Koln 5 |
1999 2000 2003 2003 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 |
| Other achievements | |
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић) (born March 12, 1972 in Tutin) is a Serbian-born Austrian darts player. He plays for the Professional Darts Corporation and previously played for the British Darts Organisation. He was also one of the top players in the German Darts Corporation where he won three events in 2007. He is nicknamed The Gentle and is popular with fellow players for his friendly attitude. He is also noted for his highly unorthodox throwing action.
He first appeared at the Winmau World Masters in 1999, reaching the last 16. He defeated Ronnie Baxter before losing to eventual winner Andy Fordham. Two years later he went one step further, beating Colin Monk and Martin Adams en route to the quarter finals, losing to Raymond van Barneveld, who like Andy Fordham in 1999, went on to win the tournament. He made his only BDO World Darts Championship appearance in 2002, beating quickfire Dutchman Vincent van der Voort in round one, but lost in the last 16 to Mervyn King. He made one more appearance at the World Masters in 2003, but lost in the Last 64 stage to Welshman John Burton.
Suljović qualified for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship through the German Darts Corporation Order of Merit. He defeated Andy Smith in round one but lost in the second round to eventual winner John Part. He then qualified for the inaugural European Darts Championship where he beat Roland Scholten in the first round, but lost in the second round to Robert Thornton.
Suljović topped the GDC rankings for a second straight year and played in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship where he beat Peter Manley in the first round and lost 4-0 to Mark Dudbridge in the second round. With other results falling his way, Suljovic moved into the top 50 of the PDC Order of Merit.
In 2009 the GDC was replaced with the European Ordit of Merit, but Suljovic still continued to perform well, including another second round showing in the 2009 European Championship, again beating Scholten in the first round but losing to Colin Lloyd. His consistent performances on the European tour earned him qualification for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship but he lost in the first round to 2004 finalist Kevin Painter.
His performances in 2010 have not matched previous years. He attempted to qualify for the 2010 UK Open but was unsuccessful and also failed to qualify for the 2010 European Championship.
However, Suljović successfully qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship and defeated Michael van Gerwen by 3 sets to 1 in the first round. Following that, he upset world #2 James Wade 4-2 in the last 32.[1] In the round of 16, he was beaten 4–0 by Wes Newton and bowed out of the competition.
Suljović did not advance beyond the first round of the 2012 World Championship, as he was defeated 1-3 by Paul Nicholson.[2]