Mensur Suljović (
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: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is a Serbian-Austrian professional
darts
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player who competes in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number five in 2017. He previously participated in
British Darts Organisation
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(BDO) tournaments.
Suljović reached his first PDC major televised final in 2016, finishing as the runner-up at the
European Championship
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. He won his first TV title at the
2017 Champions League of Darts, defeating
Gary Anderson in the final. He finished as the runner-up at the
2018 World Matchplay.
Nicknamed the Gentle, Suljović is noted for his unorthodox throwing action and favouring
double
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14 as his finishing double where possible.
Suljović has represented
Austria
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in the
PDC World Cup of Darts For the current edition see 2025 PDC World Cup of Darts
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and has been ranked as the number one Austrian player in the PDC, but he does not actually hold Austrian citizenship.
Personal life
Suljović has been living in Vienna since 1993. He escaped from war-torn Serbia to live in Austria together with his older brothers. They owned a coffee shop where he started playing darts. He is married to Enisa with two children and owns his own pub called The Gentle in Vienna. Despite the fact that he represents Austria, he does not have Austrian citizenship. He applied two times without success in 2014 and 2020. The reason for the first rejection was that his pub employed a waitress who had no work permit, the reason for the second was that his tax consultant missed the tax filing deadline.
Career
BDO
Suljović first appeared at the
Winmau World Masters
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in 1999, reaching the last 16. He defeated
Ronnie Baxter
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before losing to eventual winner
Andy Fordham. Two years later he went one step further, beating
Colin Monk and
Martin Adams
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en route to the quarter finals, losing to
Raymond van Barneveld
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, who like Andy Fordham in 1999, went on to win the tournament. He made his only
BDO World Darts Championship
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The championship was first held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the Englis ...
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.
PDC
Suljović qualified for the
2008 PDC World Darts Championship
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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
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. He then qualified for the inaugural
European Championship
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where he beat
Roland Scholten
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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, Suljović moved into the top 50 of the
PDC Order of Merit
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.
In 2009 the GDC was replaced with the European Order of Merit, but Suljović still continued to perform well, including another second round showing in the
European Championship
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, 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 did not match 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 qualified for the
2011 PDC World Darts Championship
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and defeated
Michael van Gerwen
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by 3 sets to 1 in the first round. Following that, he upset world #2
James Wade
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4–2 in the last 32. 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. He represented Austria with
Dietmar Burger in the
2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 1–3 by the Netherlands in the second round, having defeated New Zealand in round 1. Suljović centred the rest of his 2012 season around the five new European Tour events, qualifying for four of them.
Out of those he lost in the first round in three and in the other, the
German Darts Championship, he beat
James Wade
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6–5, before losing to
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...
3–6. He also qualified for the
European Championship
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via the European Order of Merit, but was defeated by
Jerry Hendriks 2–6 in the first round. Suljović was knocked out in the semi-finals of the Central European Qualifier for the
2013 World Championship and began 2013 ranked world number 59.
Suljović played in his third
World Cup of Darts and second with
Maik Langendorf in February 2013, but they finished bottom of Group A, losing to Japan 4–5 and England 2–5. He lost in the last 16 of the
first European Tour event of 2013 to
John Part
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5–6.
At the next event, the
European Darts Trophy, Suljović had his best ever result on the PDC circuit by reaching the semi-finals. He saw off
Scott Rand (6–5),
Michael Smith (6–4),
Andy Smith (6–0) and
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...
(6–4), before losing to Wes Newton 6–4.
Suljović was beaten 5–4 by Mark Lawrence in the first round of the
UK Open
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, and 6–4 by
Adrian Lewis
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in the first round of the
European Championship
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. Suljović qualified for the
World Matchplay for the first time in his career, but lost 10–4 to
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...
in the first round. In November, he won through to the semi-finals of the 13th
Players Championship where he lost 6–1 against
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a pla ...
.
2014
In the
2014 World Championship, Suljović missed four darts to take a 2–0 set lead against
Mark Webster in the first round with the match going into a deciding set. With the set on throw with Webster three legs to two ahead, Suljović attempted to finish 57 but hit consecutive single twos to fail to set up a double, and watched Webster step in to take the match. He increased his ranking by 14 places over the year to be world number 45. The first PDC major quarter-final of his career came at the
UK Open
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by seeing off
Keegan Brown
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, Tony Randall,
Robert Thornton and
Jamie Lewis. Suljović played
Adrian Lewis
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and, although both players averaged 98, Lewis was much more clinical on his doubles to win 10–3. Suljović partnered
Rowby-John Rodriguez for the first time in the
2014 World Cup of Darts and they lost both of their singles matches in the second round against the Belgium brothers
Kim and
Ronny Huybrechts to exit the event. At his home event the
Austrian Darts Open, Suljović produced four fine displays to reach the semi-finals where he was defeated 6–3 by
Vincent van der Voort. At the
European Championship
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he lost 6–2 to
Jamie Caven in the first round.
2015
Despite having a higher average (98.91) and higher checkout percentage (60%) than his opponent
Michael Smith in the first round of the
2015 World Championship, Suljović lost 3–1 with each set going to a deciding leg. His average was the highest of all 32 first round losers and the fifth highest of all 72 players. Suljović and Rodriguez were eliminated in the last 16 of the
World Cup
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for the second year in a row, this time to Germany. Suljović came from 5–2 down against
Terry Jenkins
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in the opening round of the
World Matchplay to win 11–9 and then enjoyed a big win by taking out reigning world champion
Gary Anderson 13–9. In his third major PDC quarter-final, Suljović was 12–5 down to
James Wade
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, but responded to trail just 13–11. He missed one dart at double 14 in the next leg to reduce the gap to a single leg and instead went on to be defeated 16–11. He exacted revenge over Wade in the next major by beating him 2–1 in sets in the opening round of the
World Grand Prix. Suljović was a set down but won six unanswered legs aided with checkouts of 148 and 129 to eliminate the two-time winner of the event. His form in the major events this year continued as he progressed to his third successive quarter-final with a 3–0 whitewash over
Simon Whitlock
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Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
.
Vincent van der Voort missed 11 darts to take a 2–0 lead and Suljović responded by taking nine consecutive legs and wrapped up the match with a 170 finish in a win which he described as the best moment of his career. Suljović fought for a narrow 2–1 lead in his first major semi-final, but
Robert Thornton won three sets in a row to end his tournament with a 4–2 defeat.
On the
2015 Pro Tour, Suljović had previously reached the last four at the first
European Tour
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event of the year, the
German Darts Championship and at the seventeenth Players Championship, losing to
Michael van Gerwen
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and
Ian White, respectively. At the final
European Tour
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event, the
European Darts Grand Prix, Suljović caused another upset with a 6–4 second round win against world number one
Michael van Gerwen
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, with an average of 109.7. He then saw off
Mervyn King 6–5 and
Joe Cullen 6–4 to reach another semi-final, where he missed one dart at the bullseye in the deciding leg to complete a 132 finish against Wright in a 6–5 loss. Suljović concluded his year by beating
Jamie Caven 6–3,
Michael Smith 10–3 and White 10–6 at the
Players Championship Finals to reach his second major semi-final of the year, where he was thrashed 11–1 by
Adrian Lewis
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.
2016
Suljović and his second round
World Championship
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opponent
David Pallett
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Career
In January 2013, Pallett entered PDC Q School and stood just ...
both missed darts at doubles to complete nine-dart finishes in a close match in which there was never more than a set between the players. Suljović took the final set by three legs to one, but was thrashed 4–0 by
Adrian Lewis
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in the third round. He lost in the semi-finals of the
Dutch Darts Masters and a
UK Open Qualifier, and at the
UK Open
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itself was knocked out in the fifth round 9–5 by
Mark Webster. Suljović and Rodriguez got to the quarter-finals of the
World Cup
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, but only won one leg between them as they lost both of their singles matches to the top seeds of England.
He lost 11–5 to
Phil Taylor in the second round of the
World Matchplay, but had still done enough to enter the top 16 on the Order of Merit for the first time.
In September, Suljović won his first ranking title by claiming the
International Darts Open as he survived seven missed championship darts from
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...
to win 6–5 in the final.
He progressed through to the final of the next European Tour event, the
European Darts Trophy and, though he led
Michael van Gerwen
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4–2, he lost 6–5. Another final followed at the 14th
Players Championship, but he was whitewashed 6–0 by Van Gerwen.
In the second round of the
European Championship
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, Suljović was 8–3 ahead of
Ian White and hung on to squeeze through 10–9. He then produced the performance of his career to beat his idol
Phil Taylor for the first time. Suljović averaged 105.50 as he eased past the 16-time world champion 10–3 and then saw off
Peter Wright 11–8 to play in his first major final. Van Gerwen averaged 111.62, the highest ever in a televised final and over 25 points higher than Suljović, as he won 11–1. He qualified for his first
Grand Slam of Darts
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and had a chance of getting out his group going in to the final round of fixtures, but was defeated 5–3 by
Raymond van Barneveld
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. Suljović was now ranked the eighth best PDC player.
2017
His second round tie with
Mark Webster at the
2017 World Championship went to a deciding set in which Webster won all three legs to eliminate Suljović 4–3. Suljović got through to the final of the
Gibraltar Darts Trophy after
Daryl Gurney
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missed four darts to beat him in the semi-finals. In the final
Michael Smith was 3–0 up, before Suljović took four legs in a row. He was waiting on 56 at 4–4, but Smith completed a 132 finish and won the next leg to defeat Suljović 6–4. Austria played England in the quarter-finals of the
2017 World Cup for the second successive year. Suljović thrashed
Adrian Lewis
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4–0 and
Rowby-John Rodriguez lost 4–1 to
Dave Chisnall
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, before Austria were defeated 4–2 in the decisive doubles match.
Suljović won through to another European Tour Final at the
2017 European Darts Matchplay, including wins over in-form
Gurney
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,
Chisnall and
Reyes, before falling to
van Gerwen 6–3.
At the 13th and 14th Players Championships Suljović reached the quarter-finals and the last 16 stage, losing both times in tight games 6–5.
In the
next European Tour Event, in his home town
Vienna
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, Suljović beat
Ronny Huybrechts in the second round, before losing to
Mervyn King.
In the
last European Tour Event before the summer break Suljović reached the semi-finals. Wins over
Kist,
Henderson and a walk-over (as his opponent
Cullen withdrew in the third round) put him into the semis, where The Gentle lost to eventual champion
Wright
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6–3.
At the
World Matchplay major event, seventh-seed Suljović comfortably defeated
Henderson and
Pipe to reach his
ninth major quarter-final. Having been 12–10 up against
Gurney
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, Suljović went on to lose 13–16 in a high-quality game, with both averaging just under 100.
Suljović did not participate in the Players Championships events ahead and following the World Matchplay.
In early September, Suljović lost to
Beaton in the second round in the
following European Tour Event. A loss to
Cross
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in the third round ended Suljović's campaign in the
2017 German Darts Grand Prix, with Cross averaging nearly 110.
Suljović achieved his best run in a major TV event by winning the
2017 Champions League as a debutant. Three consecutive wins over
Gary Anderson,
Peter Wright and
Dave Chisnall
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in the group phase made Suljović top the group, with the best three-dart average of all participants. In the semi-finals, the Austrian defeated
Raymond van Barneveld
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11–9, including a sensational 160 checkout to close out the game, with van Barneveld waiting on 32 after nine darts, after Suljović already missed tops for a 157 checkout to win at 10–8. In the final, Suljović faced Gary Anderson for the second time in the tournament. After crushing him in the round robin stage 10–3, the final proved to be a tougher affair. Another close scoreline of 11–9 in favour of Suljović led him to be crowned champion of a major TV event for the first time. His winning dart also happened to be on his beloved double 14.
Suljović reached the semi-finals of the
World Grand Prix for the second time in his career, losing 4–3 in sets to Simon Whitlock. He reached the quarter-finals of both the European Championship and the Grand Slam in 2017.
At the "not liked World Championship" (as he says) in
2018
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, Suljović beat
Kevin Painter 3–0 and
Robert Thornton 4–2 to progress to the Last 16 stage, where he won only a few legs against
Dimitri Van den Bergh.
2019–present
Suljović suffered a 3–1 defeat to female darts player
Fallon Sherrock in the
2020 PDC World Championship, making him only the second male to be defeated by a female in a main PDC World Championship tournament.
In 2021, Suljović and
Rowby-John Rodriguez reached their first
World Cup of Darts final, but the Austrian pair lost 3–1 to Scotland.
In 2022, Suljović faced
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
in the third round of the
2023 PDC World Darts Championship
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. With the score 3–1 in sets and 2–2 in legs, van Gerwen rejected a dart at the bullseye from 121 to set up double 16. Suljović then took out a 161 finish to make it 3–2. He lost the game with an average that was above 100 for most of the game, but he ended with 98.90. Van Gerwen averaged 107.66.
In the
2024 World Cup of Darts, Suljović and his Austria teammate
Rowby-John Rodriguez were the runners-up once again, reaching the final where they lost to England.
The result qualified Suljović for the
2024 Grand Slam of Darts. However, Suljović was eliminated in the group stage, because he lost his three matches to
Michael Smith,
Mike De Decker and
Jermaine Wattimena.
World Championship results
BDO
* 2002: Second round (lost to
Mervyn King 1–3)
PDC
* 2008: Second round (lost to
John Part
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1–4)
* 2009: Second round (lost to
Mark Dudbridge 0–4)
* 2010: First round (lost to
Kevin Painter 1–3)
* 2011: Third round (lost to
Wes Newton 0–4)
* 2012: First round (lost to
Paul Nicholson 1–3)
* 2014: First round (lost to
Mark Webster 2–3)
* 2015: First round (lost to
Michael Smith 1–3)
* 2016: Third round (lost to
Adrian Lewis
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0–4)
* 2017: Second round (lost to Mark Webster 3–4)
* 2018: Third round (lost to
Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–4)
* 2019: Second round (lost to
Ryan Searle 1–3)
* 2020: Second round (lost to
Fallon Sherrock 1–3)
* 2021: Third round (lost to
Gary Anderson 3–4)
* 2022: Second round (lost to
Alan Soutar 2–3)
* 2023: Third round (lost to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
2–4)
* 2025: First round (lost to
Matt Campbell 2–3)
Career finals
PDC major finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)
PDC world series finals: 1 (1 title)
PDC team finals: 2 (2 runner-up)
Performance timeline
BDO
PDC
PDC European Tour
PDC Players Championships
References
External links
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Mensur's Profile on Sponsor's Website (Bull's Darts)
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1972 births
Austrian darts players
Living people
Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
Bosniaks of Serbia
Austrian people of Bosniak descent
People from Tutin, Serbia
Sportspeople from Raška District
World Series of Darts winners
Champions League of Darts champions
PDC ranking title winners
PDC World Cup of Darts Austrian team