Tonči Restović

Tonči Restović
Personal information
Home town Šibenik[1]
Croatia
Darts information
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2010-
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Poljcane PDC Tournament 2010

Tonči Restović (born c. 1977[2]) is a Croatian darts player.

Career

At a Players Championship event in Halle in January 2011, Restović defeated Co Stompé in the first round, and eventually reached the third round before losing to Andy Smith.[3]

He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered Boris Krčmar in the Croatian team. After Croatia defeated Finland 5–4 in the first round, they faced Wales in the second round. Restović lost his singles match against Mark Webster and Croatia would lose the match 0–4.[4][5] In June, Restović qualified for the European Tour Event 3 with a win over Wilfried Hoberg in the European qualifier,[6] and then beat Denis Ovens 6–3 in the first round in Düsseldorf.[7] He played Mark Walsh in round two and lost 1–6.[8] Restović also qualified for the fourth European Tour Event, but was whitewashed 0–6 by Simon Whitlock in the first round.[9]

In February 2013 he played in his second World Cup of Darts and first with Robert Marijanović and they advanced from Group G courtesy of a 5–3 victory over New Zealand.[10] They survived two match darts from Northern Ireland in the last 16 to win 5–4 and face the Belgium brothers Ronny and Kim Huybrechts in the quarter-finals.[11] Restović lost to Kim 4–2 and Marijanović lost to Ronny to expel Croatia from the tournament.[12] In October, he qualified for the Dutch Darts Masters by beating Lorenzo Rasman 6–1.[13] In the first round he faced Michael Mansell and lost 6–3.[14]

Outside of darts

Restović is a lawyer by profession.[1] He is the 2009 Monopoly national champion and a regular competitor in Texas hold 'em poker tournaments.[1][2][15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ivanka Rade; Marko Biočina (23 June 2009). "Umijeće ratovanja hrvatskih pokeraša" [Croatian poker players' art of war]. Nacional (in Croatian) (710). Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Tonči Restović: Bit ću prvi na Svjetskom prvenstvu u monopolyju!". Večernji list (in Croatian). 16 October 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. King Crowned In Halle Professional Darts Corporation
  4. "Preview, Draw & Results from the World Cup of Darts". Sports News Ireland. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  5. "Cash Converters World Cup RD2". Professional Darts Corporation. 2012-02-03. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  6. "European Tour 3 Qualifiers". PDC. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  7. "European Darts Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  8. "European Darts Open Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  9. "German Darts Masters - Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  10. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  11. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Last 16". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  12. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  13. "2013 PDC Dutch Darts Masters European Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  14. "Dutch Masters Day One Round-Up". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  15. "Preko Like do Las Vegasa: Šibenčanin rasturio u popularnoj društvenoj igri". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 23 March 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

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