Andrew Gilding

Andrew Gilding
Personal information
Nickname Goldfinger
Born (1970-12-07) 7 December 1970
Home town Bungay, Suffolk
England
Darts information
Darts 25g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Gold by Spandau Ballet
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010–2011
PDC 2012–
Current world ranking 32
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 16: 2011
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2016
World Matchplay Last 16: 2015
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2014
UK Open Semi-finals: 2015
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 32: 2014
Other tournament wins
Gibraltar Open 2011

Andrew Gilding (born 7 December 1970) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Gilding made his television debut at the 2011 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton as a pub qualifier. He defeated Brendan Dolan, Matt Clark, Andy Hamilton before losing 9–2 to Mark Hylton in the last 32 earning himself £2,000 in the process.

Gilding's best result of 2012 was getting to the quarter-finals at the UK Open Qualifier 7 at the NIA Community Hall, Birmingham defeating Joe Cullen, Scott Rand, Mark Hylton and Simon Whitlock before losing 6–3 to Kevin Painter.[1][2] He headed into 2013 ranked world number 73.[3] Gilding failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 142nd on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places.[4] In October, he reached his first semi-final in a PDC ranking event at the tenth Players Championship of the year. Gilding saw off the likes of Dave Chisnall and 2008 BDO World Championship winner Mark Webster before losing 6–2 to five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld.[5] However, at the end of the year his tour card status expired and Gilding was ranked 78th in the world, outside the top 64 who remain on the tour.[6] He entered Q School in an attempt to regain his place and was successful on the first day by beating Jamie Bain 5–0 in his last match.[7]

2014

Gilding reached his first career PDC final at the second UK Open Qualifier, beating the likes of Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Phil Taylor to face reigning BDO World Champion Stephen Bunting. He lost 6–5 in a thrilling final but earned £5,000 which saw him qualify for the UK Open.[8] He entered the tournament in the third round and received a bye as Wes Newton withdrew, before being defeated 9–4 by Kevin Painter.[9] He reached his second PDC final just a month later at the first Players Championship in Barnsley. He defeated Jamie Caven, Jelle Klaasen, Michael Smith, Darren Webster and James Wade before he lost 6–5 to Gary Anderson despite averaging a superb 107.70.[10]

Gilding's performances on the Pro Tour during 2014 saw him make his debut at the World Matchplay, where he was whitewashed 10–0 by Adrian Lewis.[11] He also played in the World Grand Prix for the first time and beat Darren Webster 2–0 (sets) in the first round.[12] Gilding faced 11-time winner of the event Phil Taylor in the next round and won the first set, but went on to be defeated 3–1.[13] At the Players Championship Finals he was beaten 6–3 by Mervyn King in the first round.[14]

2015

Gilding earned £25,000 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit during 2014 to be the highest non-qualified player for the 2015 World Championship.[15] He made his debut in the event against Robert Thornton and could only win two legs during the match in a 3–0 loss.[16] His good year saw him start 2015 ranked world number 38, an increase of 40 places from 12 month ago.[17] A semi-final defeat in the fourth qualifier saw Gilding enter the UK Open at the third round stage and he whitewashed Kevin Painter 9–0.[18] Further victories over Jelle Klaasen (9–5) and James Wade (9–6) followed as he reached the quarter-finals of a major event for the first time in his career.[19] Gilding faced Austria's Mensur Suljović and beat him 10–8 to set up a semi-final with world number one Michael van Gerwen.[20] Gilding played the match of his career to date as he averaged 108.37, hit 10 180s and a 10 darter, but it wasn't quite enough to progress to the final as his tournament ended with a 10–8 loss. The £17,000 in prize money he earned saw him achieve his year's goal of breaking into the top 32 on the Order of Merit.[21]

Gilding won his first match at the World Matchplay by holding on from 7–2 ahead of Mervyn King to triumph 10–8.[22] He lost 13–7 to Peter Wright in the second round.[23] Gilding could only win one leg in the first round of the World Grand Prix during a 2–0 set defeat against Simon Whitlock.[24]

2016

After whitewashing Gerwyn Price 3–0 in the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Gilding lost 4–0 to Adrian Lewis picking up just two legs in the process.[25]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Andrew Gilding 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "2012 UK Open Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Barney Claims Dublin ProTour Title". PDC. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bunting Wins First Pro Tour Title". PDC. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Anderson Wins Third Title Of The Year". PDC. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "BetVictor World Matchplay Night Three". PDC. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "partypoker.com WGP Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "partypoker.com WGP Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "Order of Merit on 5 January 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Coral UK Open Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Coral UK Open Fifth Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Coral UK Open Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Mighty Mike's Minehead Glory". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "2015 World Matchplay Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "2015 World Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  25. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Ten". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

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