Gary Anderson (dart player)

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To person
Nickname The Flying Scotsman
nation ScotlandScotland Scotland
Date of birth December 22, 1970
place of birth Musselburgh, East Lothian , Scotland
place of residence Burnham-on-Sea , Somerset , England
Darts
Darts since 2000
Throwing hand right
darts 23 g Unicorn Gary Anderson Noir Darts
Enema music Jump Around by House of Pain , introduced by Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
BDO 2000-2009
PDC since 2009
Place in the world rankings 9.
Most important successes
Infobox last updated: July 27, 2020

Gary Anderson (born December 22, 1970 in Musselburgh ) is a Scottish darts player . He won the PDC World Championship in 2015 and 2016 . His previous nickname in the BDO was Dream Boy , his current nickname in the PDC is The Flying Scotsman . This is the name of the fastest train connection between London and Edinburgh, which has existed since 1923 . Incorrectly it is used as a reference to the often Flying Dutchman ( Engl. The Flying Dutchman ) understood. Anderson's break-in music is Jump Around by House of Pain , which begins with the organ intro from Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who .

Career

Both in 2007 and 2008 Anderson was invited to the PDC Grand Slam of Darts because of his major tournament victories as a BDO player , where he reached the semifinals. Also in 2007 he won his first major TV tournament, the Topic International Darts League , with a final victory over Mark Webster . He was the first player to not lose a single game during the tournament; In addition, he threw the highest number of 180 points 59 times, setting the old record of Raymond van Barneveld . In the same year he won his second major TV tournament with the Bullit World Darts Trophy . In the final he defeated the multiple world champion Phil Taylor 7-3.

In February 2009 Anderson ended the years of speculation about a possible change from the BDO to the PDC when he signed his PDPA contract on the second day of the Premier League Darts in Edinburgh and thus officially switched to the PDC.

Anderson is considered to be one of the most gifted dart players with one of the most natural throwing styles, who, according to his own statement, achieved his world-class performances (at least until he switched to the PDC) with almost no training.

At the PDC World Darts Championship 2011 Anderson came second, his greatest success in the PDC up to that point. After victories over Morihiro Hashimoto (3: 0), Dennis Priestley (4: 2), Andy Smith (4: 0), Raymond van Barneveld (5: 1) and Terry Jenkins (6: 2), he reached the final, in which on January 3, 2011 he lost to Adrian Lewis 5-7. Anderson played the best average at this World Cup, as he had a 3-dart average of over 100 in every game until the final. Only in the final did he have an average of just under 100.

At the Players Championship Finals 2011 Anderson reached the final after victories over Justin Pipe (6: 4), Kevin Painter (8: 5), Andy Smith (9: 5) and Steve Farmer (10: 7), which he however against Phil Taylor lost at 12:13. On May 19th of the same year he won the Premier League Darts final against the reigning world champion Adrian Lewis 10: 4 and thus won his first title at a PDC major tournament. During the UK Open on June 8, 2012, he achieved his first nine dart finish in front of cameras.

At the PDC World Darts Championship 2015 in Alexandra Palace in London, Anderson won his first world title with a 7: 6 final victory against the favored 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.

At the Premier League Darts 2015 Anderson qualified as number 3 for the play-offs. This took place on May 21, 2015 in the O₂-Arena ( London ). In the semifinals, Anderson met Dave Chisnall . It took 10 legs to win the game. The game was very even and it came to 9: 9. Chisnall missed 3 match darts and Anderson ended the game with a 116 finish. This was the second time he made it to the finals after 2011 . His opponent there was Michael van Gerwen . Van Gerwen put a surprising number of darts past the doubles and Anderson won 11: 7.

On January 3, 2016, he was able to defend his world title in a new edition of the 2011 finals with a 7: 5 final win over Adrian Lewis. In addition, he managed the only nine dart finish of the tournament in the third leg of the first set against Jelle Klaasen in the semifinals .

Anderson has been playing with glasses since the Grand Slam of Darts in 2016 .

At the PDC World Championship 2017 he reached the final for the third time in a row. There he was defeated by Michael van Gerwen 3: 7.

After a disappointing World Cup in 2018 , in which he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Phil Taylor, he won his first major title at the UK Open 2018 since the world title in 2016. He finished third in the 2018 Premier League Darts and thus qualified for the playoffs. The World Matchplay 2018 Anderson was in extra time in the final against Mensur Suljović win with 21:19. In the quarterfinals against Joe Cullen he threw a nine dart finish. On September 23, he won the Champions League for the first time . At the Grand Slam he reached the final after beating Michael van Gerwen in the semifinals. However, he lost the final somewhat surprisingly to Gerwyn Price .

World Championship Results

BDO

  • 2002: 1st round (3-0 loss to Stefan Nagy)SwedenSweden
  • 2003: semi-finals (5-2 loss to Ritchie Davies)WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg
  • 2004: 1st round (3-0 loss to Tony O'Shea )EnglandEngland
  • 2005: 1st round (3-0 loss to Raymond van Barneveld )NetherlandsNetherlands
  • 2006: Round of 16 (1: 4 loss to Raymond van Barneveld )NetherlandsNetherlands
  • 2007: 1st round (1: 3 loss to Albertino Essers)NetherlandsNetherlands
  • 2008: 1st round (2: 3 defeat against Fabian Roosenbrand)NetherlandsNetherlands
  • 2009: quarter-finals (5-3 loss to Tony O'Shea )EnglandEngland

PDC

title

BDO

  • Majors
  • Further
    • 2001: Welsh Open
    • 2003: Scottish Masters, Northern Ireland Open
    • 2004: German Open
    • 2006: Scottish Masters
    • 2007: Scottish Open, International Darts League, World Darts Trophy, British Open, Northern Ireland Open
    • 2008: German Open, Welsh Open, BDO International Grand Prix

PDC

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ PDC Order of Merit. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Anderson ends his title curse. In: sport1.de. March 5, 2018, accessed March 25, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Flying Scotsman (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish darts player
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Musselburgh , Scotland