Colin Lloyd

Colin Lloyd
Personal information
Nickname	Jaws
Born	7 August 1973 (1973-08-07) Colchester, Essex, England
Home town	Chelmsford, Essex England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1999
Darts	18g Target Pure One
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	Monster (2006) by The Automatic
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	1999 – present
Current world ranking	15
World Darts Trophy	Quarter Finalist 2006
Int. Darts League	Runner Up 2006
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Finalist 2002
World Matchplay	Winner 2005
World Grand Prix	Winner 2004
Grand Slam	Last 16 (3) 2007, 2009, 2010
Premier League	Runner Up 2005
Ch'ship League	Initial groups, Runner-up 2008
Desert Classic	Semi Finalist 2003
European Ch'ship	Semi Finalist 2010
UK Open	Semi Finalist 2007
US Open/WSoD	Runner-up 2008
Players Ch'ship Finals	Quarter Finalist (3) 2009, 2010, 2011
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
UK Open Regional (NE) UK Open Regional (SW) UK Open Regional (S) UK Open Regional (IRL) Players Ch'ship (IRL) Players Ch'ship (Isle of Wight) Players Ch'ship (NED) Open Holland Irish Masters Eddie Cox Memorial (GIB) 2010 Primus Masters Antwerp Open Bob Anderson Classic JR & Vauxhall 128+ Classic West Tyrone Open Montreal Open Eastbourne Open PDPA Players Ch'ship (USA)	2009 2008 2008 2005 2004 2005, 2006 2006 2004 2006 2004 2002, 2003, 2004 2005 2002, 2005, 2006 2004, 2005 2004 1999 2009
Other achievements
PDC World Number 1 from April 2005 to January 2007 (except for March to May 2006) Nine dart finish – Irish Masters 2006 (non-televised) Completed the first ever Premier League whitewash against Terry Jenkins on 26 April 2007
Updated on 17 February 2008.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career best	Career win-loss
World Championship	R1	R2	R1	R1	R3	SF x1	8–10
World Matchplay	R1	R1	R1	R2	R1	W x1	15–9
World Grand Prix	R1	QF	QF	R2	R1	W x1	18–8
Las Vegas Desert Classic	R1	R1	R1	R2		SF x1	6–8
UK Open	R5	SF	R3	R5	R3	SF x1	13–7
Premier League	SF	5th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	RU x1	17–5–19
US Open		{{{US2007}}}	{{{US2008}}}	{{{US2009}}}	{{{US2010}}}	{{{USbest}}}	{{{UScareer}}}
Grand Slam		R2	GS	R2	DNQ	R2 x2	2–5
Championship League			GS	GS	GS	GS x2	6–3–7
European Championship			R1	QF	SF	SF x1	0–1
Players Championship Finals				QF	QF	QF x2	4–2

Colin Lloyd (born 7 August 1973 in Colchester, Essex), nicknamed Jaws, is an English professional darts player on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit. He is a former world number one ranked player and he has won two major television titles in the PDC – the 2004 World Grand Prix and 2005 World Matchplay. His entrance music is "Monster" by The Automatic.

Early career

A former builder, Lloyd broke onto the scene in 1999, making his TV debut the same year, thrashing Alan Warriner 13–2 in the second round of the World Matchplay. His World Championship debut came in 2000 – but he lost in the first round to Shayne Burgess. After another first round loss at the 2001 World Championships, his major breakthrough was in the 2002 PDC World Championship, where he reached the semi-finals losing to Peter Manley. He had beaten Alex Roy, Warriner-Little and Richie Burnett to reach the semi-finals that established him as one of the top players on the PDC circuit.

Major success

His long-awaited first major title came in the 2004 World Grand Prix, where he beat Warriner-Little in the final. His success in the non-televised PDC Pro Tour events saw his world ranking continue to rise. By April 2005 he had reached world number one – a position he held (with a brief interruption in June 2006) for almost two years.

Soon after becoming World Number One he added the 2005 World Matchplay title in Blackpool, beating John Part in the final, ending the match on a maximum 170 checkout. He also reached the final of the 2005 World Grand Prix before losing 7–1 to Phil Taylor.

This good form made him second favourite in the 2006 World Championship, only behind Taylor in terms of odds. Unfortunately for Lloyd, he was knocked out in the first round by qualifier Gary Welding, having led 2–0 in the best-of-five match. He reached the final of the International Darts League in the Netherlands in May 2006, losing to Raymond van Barneveld.

Loss of form

Lloyd suffered a surprise defeat in the first round of the 2006 World Championship then a heavy defeat 2–11 to Taylor at the 2006 UK Open saw his form in televised events dip dramatically.

He lost in the first round of the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic to Chris Mason, to Steve Maish (despite a ten-dart leg where he was two darts away from a nine dart finish) at the 2006 World Matchplay and to Bob Anderson in the first round of the World Grand Prix. He lost his world number one ranking after a second round loss to eventual world champion van Barneveld at the 2007 PDC World Championship. He had led 3–0 in sets but missed four darts for the match and lost the next four sets.

Lloyd lost in the first round of the 2007 US Open to Jim Widmayer before showing some improvement with a run to the semi-finals of the 2007 UK Open. But he continued to lose ranking places as his good results from the two-year ranking period were replaced with further first round losses to Wes Newton at the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic and to Mervyn King at the 2007 World Matchplay.

He went into the 2008 World Championship ranked 12th in the world, having been number one just twelve months previously. He missed a dart at bullseye to win his first round match with Jan van der Rassel and then lost 2–3 (6–4 in legs in the final set).

Lloyd's poor form at the 2009 World Championship continued as he lost in straight sets to Holland's Jelle Klaasen in the first round.

After winning his first round match at the 2009 World Matchplay against Wayne Jones, Lloyd announced that he had just recovered from swine flu and had been placed in isolation for five days. Lloyd kept the news a secret until his interview with Sky Sports after the match.

In the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship Colin, whilst playing the German darts player Andree Welge out of frustration from slipping from a 2–0 lead to be all square at 2–2, controversially punched the dart board. Despite winning the match 3–2 with a 116 out shot, after the match Colin said that he regretted what he did and said it was born out of pure frustration. He also added in the interview that he expected to be fined by the PDC.

He comfortably made it to the last 16 of the 2012 World Championship by beating Darin Young and Scott Rand, 3–1 and 4–1 respectively. However, he struggled against world number four Gary Anderson in the next round, losing 1–4 as his opponent averaged 100.

Premier League performances

Lloyd qualified for the first three Premier League tournaments between 2005 and 2007 – the tournament is restricted to the top ranked players in the PDC. In 2005, he finished second after the league stage but lost to Taylor in the final. In 2006 he went out to eventual winner Taylor in the semi finals, then finished 5th in the league stage in 2007. Due to his slip in rankings, he failed to qualify for either the 2008 Premier League or the 2009 Premier League.

World Championship performances

2012 (PDC) last 16 lost to Gary Anderson 1–4

2011 (PDC) last 32 lost to Mark Hylton 2–4

2010 (PDC) last 16 lost to Ronnie Baxter 4–1

2009 (PDC) last 64 lost to Jelle Klaasen 0–3

2008 (PDC) last 64 lost to Jan van der Rassel 2–3

2007 (PDC) last 32 lost to Raymond van Barneveld 3–4

2006 (PDC) last 64 lost to Gary Welding 2–3

2005 (PDC) Quarter Final lost to Wayne Mardle 4–5

2004 (PDC) last 16 lost to Wayne Mardle 3–4

2003 (PDC) last 16 lost to Chris Mason 1–5

2002 (PDC) Semi Final lost to Peter Manley 4–6

2001 (PDC) last 32 lost to John Part 0-3

2000 (PDC) last 32 lost to Shayne Burgess 0–3

External links

• Colin Lloyd's Official Website
• Profile on PDC official website
• Lloyd's darts database