Graham Filby

Graham Filby
Personal information
Nickname The Detornator
Born (1970-05-29) 29 May 1970
Beaufort West, South Africa
Home town Bellville
South Africa
Darts information
Darts C3 Target Carrera
Laterality Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2014-
Other tournament wins
SAPDO Gauteng Classic 2013

Graham Filby (born 29 May 1970) is a South African darts player.

Career

Filby won three matches in reaching the final of the South African qualifier for the 2014 PDC World Championship, where he lost 9–3 against Devon Petersen.[1] In June 2014, Filby and Petersen teamed up to represent South Africa at the World Cup of Darts. They averaged 97.40 in a doubles match 5–3 win over Germany in the first round and then beat Singapore to face the number one seeds of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the quarter-finals.[2] Petersen lost 4–3 to Taylor, meaning Filby had to win his match against Lewis to send the tie into a deciding doubles contest, but he was beaten 4–2.[3]

Filby entered PDC Qualifying School in 2015 and, despite reaching the last 32 on the first day, he could not advance past the last 128 in the last three days to fall short of earning a tour card.[4] At the World Cup, Filby and Petersen survived a match dart from Finland to win 5–4 before losing their singles matches against Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld of the Netherlands in the second round.[5]

References

  1. "2013 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. "bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. "bwin World Cup of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

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