- Tony Eccles
Darts player infobox
playername = Tony Eccles
nickname = The Viper website = www.theviper.co.uk
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|1|8
cityofbirth =Middlesbrough
countryofbirth =England
hometown =Hartlepool
homecountry = England
since=2002
darts = [http://www.reddragondarts.com/pages/tony-eccles-2114.htm Viper Darts]
music =
BDO = 2002 - 2007
PDC = 2007 - Present
currentrank = 40
BDO World = Quarter-Finals 2007
World Masters = Last 32 2006
World Darts Trophy = Quarter-Finals 2004
Int. Darts League = Last 16 Group 2007
PDC World = Third round 2008
Matchplay = Second round 2008
Grand Prix = Second round 2008
UK Open = Last 64 2007
Vegas = First round 2007
Premier League =
Grand Slam =
tournament = British Open
Dutch Open
Swedish Open
Norway Open
German Gold Cup
resultyears = 2002
2005
2005, 2006
2006, 2007
2007Tony Eccles (born
January 8 ,1970 ) is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing inHartlepool . He uses the nickname The Viper.BDO career
He made his debut in the World Championship in 2002 but only won one match in his first five visits to Lakeside. Having lost to
Wayne Jones (2002),Eric Clarys (2003) and John Walton (2004) he notched his first ever win at the World Championship againstTony David in 2005, before falling toVincent van der Voort in the second round.A first round loss again followed to
Per Laursen in 2006, but his best run at the event came in 2007 when he progressed to the quarter finals before losing 4-5 to Mervyn King. Tony led King 3-0 but found himself 4-3 down before taking the match into the deciding set, which he lost.He has had some success in some
British Darts Organisation Open events away from the television cameras.In 2005 he won the Dutch Open, England Open and Sweden Open and in 2006 took the Norway Open and successfully defended his Sweden Open title. He has maintained a high world ranking as a result of these performances, which helped him to be seeded five for the World Championship in 2006 and four in 2007.
In April 2007 he won the Norway Open for the second successive year.
PDC career
On the eve of the UK Open in June 2007, Eccles announced that he would be switching to compete on the PDC circuit. [ [http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/LatestDetail/0,,10180~1033124,00.html Eccles joins PDC] Planetdarts] At the time of his switch he was ranked number 2 in the WDF and number 4 in the BDO world rankings and began his PDC career placed 151st in their Order of Merit. He made his debut to the World Championship in 2008, losing to
Adrian Lewis in the third round. His world rankings (as of April 2008) has shot up to 38He has reached 2 major floor event semi finals namely Hayling island and Germany.He has qualified again to play at the Reebok in the UK open and looks a sure bet for World Matchplay qualification also.He won an huge upset match againstJames Wade 2-1 to advance to the PDC 2008 Grand Prix.His Manager/agent is Paul Wilson of www.wilsondartspromotions.comExternal links
* [http://www.dartswdf.com/aa_darts/features/lakeside2006brochure/ProgFile/LS2006P20.html Lakeside 2006 brochure profile]
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