Darren Webster
| Darren Webster | |||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Demolition Man | ||||||||||
| Born |
10 June 1968 Norwich, England | ||||||||||
| Home town |
Norwich England | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 16 Gram Cosmo's | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Shoot the Runner by Kasabian | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| PDC | 2002– | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 38 | ||||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2007 | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32, 2005, 2014 | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2014 | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2014, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Desert Classic | Last 32, 2004, 2005 | ||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16, 2007, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Semi Final: 2016 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Darren Webster (born 10 June 1966 in Norwich) is an English darts player nicknamed Demolition Man. He is not a full-time professional and works in property maintenance.
Career
Webster won the 2005 Open Oust Nederland, beating Co Stompé in the final.[1]
Webster reached the quarter-finals of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, where he beat former champion Bob Anderson, Adrian Gray and South African Wynand Havenga. He was beaten 5–1 by Phil Taylor.[2]
Webster reached the last 16 at the 2007 UK Open. He beat Andy Hamilton and James Wade, before losing to Alan Green.[3]
In December 2013, Webster lost to James Wade in the first round of the 2014 World Championship, despite leading 2 sets to 1 (first to 3). He missed six darts to win the match, to which Wade responded in three straight legs, thus winning the match.[4] He played in the World Matchplay for the first time since 2005 and was beaten 10–4 by Taylor in the first round.[5] Webster's resurgence of form also saw him play in his first World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts, but he lost in the opening round of the former and was defeated in all three of his group games in the latter.[6][7] A final appearance in a major event of the year came at the Players Championship Finals where he missed two match darts in the deciding leg of the first round against Robert Thornton to lose 6–5.[8]
Webster atoned for his misses against Wade a year earlier when he faced Simon Whitlock in the 2015 edition of the World Championship. From 1–1 in sets he only allowed the world number seven one more leg as he beat him 3–1.[9] He won a trio of sets in deciding legs to lead Dean Winstanley 3–2 in the second round. However, Webster lost two sets in a row to be beaten 4–3.[10] Webster twice reached the quarter-final stage of Players Championship events in 2015.[11]
Webster saw off John Henderson 3–1 in the opening round of the 2016 World Championship, but Michael van Gerwen averaged 109.23 in their second round clash as Webster could only win one leg in a 4–0 defeat.[12][13]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2006: First round (lost to Erwin Extercatte 2–3)
- 2007: Quarter-finals (lost to Phil Taylor 1–5)
- 2013: First round (lost to Mark Walsh 1–3)
- 2014: First round (lost to James Wade 2–3)
- 2015: Second round (lost to Dean Winstanley 3–4)
- 2016: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | Did not play | 1R | QF | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | ||||||
| World Matchplay | Did not play | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not play | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
| UK Open | 2R | 3R | 5R | 2R | 6R | 2R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 4R | DNQ | 3R | 2R | 5R |
| Las Vegas Desert Classic | DNP | 1R | 1R | DNQ | Not held | |||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | Not held | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | |||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Not held | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | SF | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "2005 Open Oust Nederland Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ↑ "2007 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ↑ "2007 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Seven". PDC. 19 December 2013.
- ↑ "2014 World Matchplay Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "2014 World Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Grand Slam Of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Eight". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Darren Webster 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Nine". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.