Tonči Restović (born 13 December 1976
) is a Croatian lawyer, politician and former professional
darts
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player. He is currently the president of
Social Democratic Party's Šibenik branch since 2017.
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.
He qualified for the
2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered
Boris Krčmar in the Croatian team. After Croatia defeated
Finland
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5–4 in the first round, they faced
Wales
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in the second round. Restović lost his singles match against
Mark Webster and Croatia would lose the match 0–4. In June, Restović qualified for the
European Tour Event 3 with a win over Wilfried Hoberg in the European qualifier, and then beat
Denis Ovens 6–3 in the first round in
Düsseldorf
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. He played
Mark Walsh in round two and lost 1–6. Restović also qualified for the fourth
European Tour Event, but was whitewashed 0–6 by
Simon Whitlock
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Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
in the first round.
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. They survived two match darts from Northern Ireland in the last 16 to win 5–4 and face the Belgium brothers
Ronny
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and
Kim Huybrechts in the quarter-finals. Restović lost to Kim 4–2 and Marijanović lost to Ronny to expel Croatia from the tournament. In October, he qualified for the
Dutch Darts Masters by beating Lorenzo Rasman 6–1. In the first round he faced
Michael Mansell and lost 6–3.
Outside of darts
Restović is a lawyer by profession.
He is the 2009 ''
Monopoly
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'' national champion and a regular competitor in
Texas hold 'em
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poker tournaments.
On 25 November 2017, Restović was elected president of the
Social Democratic Party's Šibenik branch, replacing Franko Vidović who served 11 years at that role.
References
External links
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Professional Darts Corporation associate players
Croatian darts players
1976 births
Sportspeople from Šibenik
Living people
PDC World Cup of Darts Croatian team