Wayne Jones (dart player)

Wayne Jones

To person
Full name	Wayne Alan Jones
Nickname	The Wanderer
nation	England
Date of birth	April 24, 1965
place of birth	Wolverhampton , England
place of residence	Wolverhampton , England
Darts
Darts since	1988
Throwing hand	right
darts	20 g A180 darts
Enema music	Enter Sandman from Metallica
BDO	1988-2002
PDC	since 2002
Place in the world rankings	86.
Infobox last updated: January 2nd, 2019

Wayne Alan Jones (born April 24, 1965 in Wolverhampton ) is an English darts player . He is currently under contract with the PDC .

Career

Beginnings at BDO

In the late 1980s Jones began his career with the BDO and reached the finals of the British Open and the British Classic 2000 in 1990, but lost both finals. In 1999 he reached the final of the Winmau World Masters , but lost to Andy Fordham in the final .

Until 2001 Jones could not qualify for the BDO World Championship. In 2001 he lost to Andy Fordham in the first round. At the 2002 World Cup, he reached the quarterfinals after defeating Tony Eccles and Ted Hankey 3-2 each, but then lost 5-1 to Martin Adams .

Change to PDC

In 2006 he made it to the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship, but lost to Peter Manley 0: 6. He reached his first televised final in August 2010 at the European Darts Championship , in which Phil Taylor beat him 1:11 (his Masters final was not televised). This qualified him for the Grand Slam of Darts 2010 and 2011 , both of which were held in Wolverhampton. At the 2010 tournament he caused a sensation when he defeated Gary Anderson in the quarterfinals with 16:15 despite being behind several times. In the semifinals he was then defeated by James Wade 6:16. At the Grand Slam 2011 he was defeated by Terry Jenkins in the round of 16 with 8:10 after the group stage . Because he reached the semi-finals in 2010, he is also qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts 2012 .

At the PDC World Championship in 2012, after victories against Scott MacKenzie (3: 1) and Roland Scholten (4: 0) in the round of 16, he lost 4-0 to eventual world champion Adrian Lewis .

Appearances at the world championships

year	round	opponent	Result
BDO 2001	Round of 16	Andy Fordham	0: 3
BDO 2002	Quarter finals	Martin Adams	1: 5
PDC 2005	Second round	Kevin Painter	2: 4
PDC 2006	Semifinals	Peter Manley	0: 6
PDC 2007	Second round	Adrian Lewis	3: 4
PDC 2008	First round	Tony Eccles	0: 3
PDC 2009	First round	Robert Thornton	1: 3
PDC 2010	Second round	Simon Whitlock	0: 4
PDC 2011	Second round	Vincent van der Voort	2: 4
PDC 2012	Round of 16	Adrian Lewis	0: 4
PDC 2013	First round	Jerry Hendriks	0: 3
PDC 2014	First round	Kevin McDine	2: 3
PDC 2015	First round	Dean Winstanley	2: 3
PDC 2019	First round	Devon Petersen	2: 3

Private

Jones is a fan of the Wolverhampton Wanderers , which earned him his nickname The Wanderer . He is a widower and has three children (Emma, ​​Katie and Joanne)

Web links

• Wayne Jones (dart player) in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database
• Profile on pdc.tv
• Profile on dartn.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ PDC Order of Merit. Retrieved January 2, 2019 .