- Matt Clark (darts player)
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Matt Clark Personal information Nickname Superman Born April 4, 1968
Dartford, EnglandHome town Walkden, Greater Manchester
EnglandDarts information Playing darts since 1987 Darts 22g Elvan own design Laterality Right-handed Organisation (see split in darts) BDO 1996 - 2004 PDC 2004 - present Current world ranking 57 BDO majors - best performances World Ch'ship Quarter-finals, 1996 World Masters Last 32, 1996, 1998 World Darts Trophy Last 32, 2002 Int. Darts League Last 16 group, 2003 PDC premier events - best performances World Ch'ship Last 32, 2006 World Matchplay Quarter-finals, 2008 Desert Classic Last 16, 2006 UK Open Last 32, 2006 US Open/WSoD Last 32, 2007 Other tournament wins Tournament Years Canadian Open
Open Holland1999
2008Other achievements Matt Clark (born April 4, 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.
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Darting history
Matt Clark first started playing darts at the age of 19 at his local village pub,[1] and after a few years was playing for the Kent county team. At the age of 24 he began moving towards pro darts attending the Dutch Open where he made the quarter finals of the pairs and singles competitions.Clark appeared in the BDO World Darts Championship eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996.
He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2007 as the number 31 seed, but lost in the first round to Mick McGowan. In 2008, Clark lost in the first round to Roland Scholten. Despite losing, Clark won more legs than Scholten, Clark winning 12 to Scholten's 10. However, he gained revenge on Scholten having qualified for the 2008 World Matchplay through the Players Championship Order of Merit and defeating him 10-4 in the first round. He continued to defeat veteran Peter Manley 13-6 in an upset and reached the quarter-finals, his best performance in the competition, before being defeated by defending champion James Wade, despite checking out at 161 which was the highest checkout of that years tournament. Prior to the Matchplay Event Matt lost 3 stone in weight which forced him to change his throwing stance.
Clark suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Kevin Painter in a sudden leg death which Clark missed one dart at double 12 to win.
World Championship results
BDO
- 1996: Quarter Final (lost to Les Wallace 1-4)
- 1997: 1st round (lost to Andy Fordham 2-3)
- 1998: 1st round (lost to Mervyn King 0-3)
- 1999: 1st round (lost to Paul Williams 2-3)
- 2000: 2nd round (lost to Chris Mason 2-3)
- 2001: 2nd round (lost to Kevin Painter 1-3)
- 2002: 1st round (lost to Marko Pusa 1-3)
- 2003: 1st round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-3)
PDC
- 2006: 2nd round (lost to Phil Taylor 1-4)
- 2007: 1st round (lost to Mick McGowan 1-3)
- 2008: 1st round (lost to Roland Scholten 2-3)
- 2009: 1st round (lost to Kevin Painter 2-3 (sudden death))
- 2010: 1st round (lost to Mervyn King 0-3)
References
- ^ Matt Clark's December 2006 report from Matt Clark's official website, obtained 23-07-2008
External links
Categories:- 1968 births
- English darts players
- Living people
- British Darts Organisation players
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