Simon Whitlock

Darts player infobox


playername = Simon Whitlock
fullname =
nickname = The Wizard
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|3|3
cityofbirth = Brisbane
countryofbirth = Australia
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
hometown = Brisbane
homecountry = Australia
since = -
darts = -
music = New Sensation by INXS
BDO = 2004 to present
PDC = 2003
currentrank = 3 (WDF)
22 (BDO)
BDO World = Runner-Up 2008
World Masters = Quarter-Finals 2007
World Darts Trophy = Last 16 2005, 2006, 2007
Int. Darts League = Semi-Finals 2005, 2006
PDC World = Last 16 2003
Matchplay =
Grand Prix =
UK Open =
Vegas =
Premier League =
US Open =
tournament = Oceanic Masters
Australian Masters
Australian Grand Masters
Coota
Pacific Masters
Wattle Time Memorial Tournament
Castle Hill
New Zealand Masters
Japan Open
Goulburn Open
Mittagong RSL Open
Oak Flats Soundwaves Open
Pine Rivers Open
Russell Stewart Classic
Southern Illawarra
Wagga Classic
resultyears = 2002
2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
2004
2004, 2006, 2008
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007

Simon Whitlock (born March 3, 1969 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname The Wizard of Oz for his matches. His walk-on music is New Sensation by INXS.

He reached the last 16 of the 2003 PDC World Darts Championship and also the semi-finals of the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship but lost heavily 0-5 to Martin Adams. In other events, he has also reached the semi-finals of the International Darts League in 2005 (losing to Mervyn King) and 2006 (losing to Raymond van Barneveld).

In 2007, the PDC set up an Australian Grand Prix - a series of tournaments in Whitlock's native country and the Wizard won the first two events. The eventual winner of the AGP would have received automatic qualification for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship; however, Whitlock remained a WDF/BDO player and chose to compete in the BDO World Championship instead.

Whitlock showed great form throughout the tournament beat Edwin Max and Fabian Roosenbrand before beating former world champion Ted Hankey 5-0 in the quarter-finals. He then beat Cumbria's Brian Woods to reach the final of the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship where he was beaten by number one seed Mark Webster 7-5. He was the first Australian to the reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002.

External links

* [http://www.teessidesoftware.no-ip.com/DartsDatabase/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1500 Stats on Darts Database]