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Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић) (born March 12, 1972 in Tutin) is a Serbian-born Austrian darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation events having previously played in 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 also noted for his unorthodox throwing action. Suljović is the number one Austrian player in the PDC and reached his first major semi-final in 2015 at the World Grand Prix. ==Career== 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 Order 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 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=World Championship - Day Three )〕 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 6–5, before losing to Kim Huybrechts 3–6.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC German Darts Championship Results )〕 He also qualified for the European Championship via the European Order of Merit, but was defeated by Jerry Hendriks 2–6 in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 European Championship Results )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon )〕 He lost in the last 16 of the first European Tour event of 2013 to John Part 5–6.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC UK Masters Results )〕 At the next event, the European Darts Trophy, Suljović had his best ever result on the PDC circuit by reaching the semi-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Super Newton Wins European Darts Trophy )〕 He saw off Scott Rand (6–5), Michael Smith (6–4), Andy Smith (6–0) and Kim Huybrechts (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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday )〕 and 6–4 by Adrian Lewis in the first round of the European Championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=partypoker.net Euro Champs - Day Two )〕 Suljović qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time in his career, but lost 10–4 to Raymond van Barneveld in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=BetVictor World Matchplay Night One )〕 In November, he won through to the semi-finals of the 13th Players Championship where he lost 6–1 against Brendan Dolan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Maiden Triumph For Dolan )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mensur Suljović」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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