Robert Marijanovic (born 6 May 1980) is a German darts player of Croatian heritage.
| Robert Marijanović | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Nickname | "Robstar" | ||||
| Born | 6 May 1980 Freudenstadt, Germany | ||||
| Home town | Freudenstadt, Germany | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 1992 | ||||
| Darts | 22g Evolution Darts | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Looking for Freedom" by David Hasselhoff | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2007–2022 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2015 | ||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2019 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Career
editMarijanović qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship after coming through the Eastern European qualifier.[1] He was beaten 3–4 by Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney in the preliminary round.[2]
In February 2013 he played in his first World Cup of Darts, representing Croatia alongside Tonči Restović and they advanced from Group G courtesy of a 5–3 victory over New Zealand.[3] 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.[4] Restović lost to Kim and Marijanović lost to Ronny 1–4 to expel Croatia from the tournament.[5] In September 2014, Marijanović qualified for the European Darts Grand Prix and was beaten 6–2 by Ryan de Vreede in the first round.[6] He won the Bulls Superleague Eastern Europe Play-offs to earn a place in the preliminary round of the 2015 World Championship with a 10–7 victory over Boris Krčmar.[7] He survived three match darts from Jermaine Wattimena to beat him 4–3, but lost the first six legs of his first round game against Stephen Bunting to be 2–0 down. Marijanović took the next set before Bunting took the fourth without reply to win 3–1.[8]
Marijanović reached the main draw of three European Tour events in 2015. At the International Darts Open he whitewashed Christian Kist 6–0, before losing 6–5 to Brendan Dolan after being 4–2 up.[9] He survived three match darts from Dirk van Duijvenbode at the European Darts Matchplay to edge through 6–5 to the second round, where he missed a total of 15 darts at doubles against Benito van de Pas, despite hitting a 170 finish and lost 6–4.[10][11] Marijanović was knocked out of the European Darts Grand Prix first round after wasting a 5–2 lead over Wattimena to lose 6–5.[12]
The only European Tour event Marijanović could reach in 2016 was the European Darts Grand Prix and he lost 6–3 to Cristo Reyes in the opening round.[13]
On 5 January 2022 he relinquished his tour card.
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2013: Preliminary round (lost to Daryl Gurney 3–4) (legs)
- 2015: First round (lost to Stephen Bunting 1–3)
- 2019: First round (lost to Richard North 2–3)
References
edit- ^ "2012 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Last 16". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "Final International Qualifiers Win Spots". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Six". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "International Darts Open Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day One". PDC. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Matchplay Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ "HappyBet European Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.