Dragutin Horvat

Dragutin Horvat
Dragutin Horvat
Personal information
Nickname	Hercules
Born	8 January 1976 (age 49); Kassel, Germany
Home town	Kassel, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since	2007
Darts	22 Gram
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Freed from Desire" by Gala
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2012–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
PDC World Germany Qualifying Event	2016
PDC Challenge Tour	2023

Last updated January 13, 2025

Dragutin Horvat (born 8 January 1976) is a German professional darts player of Croatian origin. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Horvat reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 International Darts Open, defeating Ricky Evans, Gerwyn Price and Ian White before being eliminated by Kim Huybrechts.^[1]

Horvat qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stefan Stoyke 10–6 in the final of the Superleague Germany finals event.^[2] He beat Russia's Boris Koltsov in a sudden-death leg in the preliminary round, but was then beaten 3–0 by Simon Whitlock in the first round.^[3]^[4]

World Championship results

PDC

2017: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3)
2024: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	1R	DNQ						1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	140	133	191	168	-	159	-	175

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2013	UKM DNP	EDT 1R	EDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	GDT DNP	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	DDM DNP
2014	GDC DNQ	DDM DNP	GDM DNQ	ADO DNP	GDT DNP	EDO DNP	EDG DNP	EDT DNP
2015	GDC DNP	GDT DNP	GDM DNP	DDM DNP	IDO DNQ	EDO DNP	EDT DNP	EDM DNP	EDG DNP
2016	DDM DNP	GDM DNP	GDT DNP	EDM DNQ	ADO DNP	EDO DNP	IDO QF	EDT DNQ	EDG 1R	GDC DNP
2017	GDC DNP	GDM 2R	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO 1R	DDM DNP	GDG DNP	IDO 1R	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 1R	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM 2R	GDT DNQ	DDO 1R	EDM 1R	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNP	EDG 1R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNP	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNP
2020	BDC DNP	GDC 2R	EDG DNQ	IDO DNP
2021	HDT DNP	GDT DNP
2022	IDO 1R	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNP	EDO DNQ	CDO DNP	EDG 1R	DDC DNP	EDM 1R	HDT DNP	GDO DNQ	BDO DNP	GDT DNP
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO	DDC	BDO	CDO	EDG	EDM	GDO	HDT	GDC

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

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References

↑ "Super Suljovic Claims Maiden PDC Title". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 September 2016.
↑ "Trio Secure World Championship Spots". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Six". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
↑ "2017 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

External links

Player profile for Dragutin Horvat from Dartsdatabase

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[1] "Super Suljovic Claims Maiden PDC Title". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[2] "Trio Secure World Championship Spots". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

[3] "William Hill World Championship Day Six". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.

[4] "2017 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

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