Dragutin Horvat

Dragutin Horvat
Personal information
NicknameHercules
Born (1976-01-08) 8 January 1976
Kassel, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
Darts21g Bull's
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Freed from Desire" by Gala
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2012–
Current world ranking(PDC) 140 (15 March 2026)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2023, 2025
PDC Europe Next Gen 2025

Dragutin Horvat (born 8 January 1976) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won two titles on the PDC's secondary tour, the Challenge Tour. He made his first PDC European Tour quarter-final at the 2016 International Darts Open.

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.[2]

Horvat qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stefan Stoyke 10–6 in the final of the Superleague Germany finals event.[3] 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.[4][5]

In March 2023, Horvat won Challenge Tour 9, whitewashing Christian Kist 5–0 in the final.[6] In November, he qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship after beating Pascal Rupprecht 8–3 in the Super League Darts 2023.[7] He lost 0–3 to Mike De Decker in the first round.[8]

In 2025, Horvat won a second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 6, defeating Ted Evetts 5–4 in the final.[9]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 14
2013 UKM
DNP
EDT
1R
DNP/DNQ GDM
1R
DDM
DNP
2016 Did not participate/qualify IDO
QF
EDT
DNQ
EDG
1R
GDC
DNP
2017 GDC
DNP
GDM
2R
Did not qualify EDO
1R
DNP IDO
1R
EDT
DNQ
2018 DNQ GDO
1R
DNQ DDM
2R
GDT
DNQ
DDO
1R
EDM
1R
Did not qualify
2019 DNQ GDG
1R
DNP/DNQ EDG
1R
Did not participate/qualify
2020 BDC
DNP
GDC
2R
DNP/DNQ
2022 IDO
1R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
DNP/DNQ EDG
1R
DDC
DNP
EDM
1R
DNP/DNQ
2023 Did not qualify GDG
2R
Did not qualify
2024 Did not qualify GDC
1R
Did not qualify
2025 Did not qualify EDO
1R
Did not qualify

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
2023[nb 1] Did not participate HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
DNP
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
Did not participate
2024[nb 1] Did not participate WIG
2R
WIG
1R
Did not participate LEI
1R
LEI
1R
2025[nb 1] Did not participate ROS
1R
ROS
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
Did not participate HIL
2R
HIL
3R
Did not participate
  1. ^ a b c Not a Tour card holder
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 NYF Not yet founded

References

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Super Suljovic Claims Maiden PDC Title". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Trio Secure World Championship Spots". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Six". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (18 March 2023). "Meulenkamp and Horvat secure Challenge Tour success". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (10 November 2023). "Horvat clinches second Super League crown to confirm Ally Pally return". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  8. ^ Phillips, Josh (19 December 2023). "Van Gerwen begins title bid, as Wade crashes out". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. ^ Gorton, Josh (14 March 2025). "Horvat & Labanauskas share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC. Retrieved 17 September 2025.