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Anderson survived a huge scare in the first round of the [[2012 PDC World Darts Championship|2012 World Championship]] as his opponent [[Jyhan Artut]] had four darts to win the match. He missed and Anderson won the match 3-2 on a sudden-death leg.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.skysports.com/darts/pdc/story/0,25061,15623_7389344,00.html | title=Anderson back from the brink | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> He used his lucky escape to his advantage by defeating [[Devon Petersen]] and [[Colin Lloyd]], 4-2 and 4-1 respectively, to set up a quarter-final clash with [[Simon Whitlock]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=3069 | title=2012 PDC World Championship Results | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> He won the first set of the match, but missed a total of 29 darts at a double and lost 1-5.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html | title=World Championship Quarter-Finals | publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> |
Anderson survived a huge scare in the first round of the [[2012 PDC World Darts Championship|2012 World Championship]] as his opponent [[Jyhan Artut]] had four darts to win the match. He missed and Anderson won the match 3-2 on a sudden-death leg.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.skysports.com/darts/pdc/story/0,25061,15623_7389344,00.html | title=Anderson back from the brink | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> He used his lucky escape to his advantage by defeating [[Devon Petersen]] and [[Colin Lloyd]], 4-2 and 4-1 respectively, to set up a quarter-final clash with [[Simon Whitlock]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/FixtureList.aspx?EventKey=3069 | title=2012 PDC World Championship Results | publisher=Darts Database | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> He won the first set of the match, but missed a total of 29 darts at a double and lost 1-5.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2561291,00.html | title=World Championship Quarter-Finals | publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] | accessdate=December 30, 2011}}</ref> |
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He played in his second [[2012 PDC World Cup of Darts|World Cup]] for Scotland in February, this time with [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter Wright]] and together they were beaten by South Africa in the second round, losing the sudden-death leg.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~2600417,00.html | title=Cash Converters World Cup Round Two Doubles Round-Up | publisher=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] | date=4 February 2012 | accessdate=4 February 2012}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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Revision as of 22:53, 4 February 2012
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| Gary Anderson | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Flying Scotsman |
| Born | 22 December 1970 Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2000 |
| Darts | 24g Unicorn premier maestro tungsten Gary Anderson |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Jump Around by House of Pain |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2000 - 2009 |
| PDC | 2009 - present |
| Current world ranking | 4 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Semi Finalist 2003 |
| World Masters | Quarter Finalist (2) 2003, 2005 |
| World Trophy | Winner 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Winner 2007 |
| Finder Masters | Winner 2007, 2008 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up 2011 |
| World Matchplay | Round 2 (2) 2009, 2010 |
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Finalist 2010 |
| UK Open | Runner Up 2010 |
| Grand Slam | Runner Up 2011 |
| European Ch'ship | Quarter Finalist 2009 |
| Premier League | Winner 2011 |
| Desert Classic | Quarter Finalist 2009 |
| PC Finals | Runner Up 2011 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Scottish Open British Open | 2007 2007 |
| Other achievements | |
| 2005 Nine dart finish (non-televised) at the Gold Cup 2005. 2009 Nine dart finish at Derby Players Championship. | |
| Updated on 5 January 2012. | |
Gary Anderson (born 22 December 1970) is a Scottish professional darts player from Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation, and a former BDO and WDF world number one. His nickname is The Flying Scotsman. During his time in the BDO, he was known as Dreamboy, a nickname that Anderson admits to having always hated.[3]
He is renowned for his heavy scoring in the game,[4] and has been touted as a future world champion. He is also known for having one of the best, most smooth throws in the game. However, he is perhaps best known for beating Phil Taylor in the final of the World Darts Trophy in 2007, reaching the final of the PDC World Championship in 2011, and winning the Premier League in 2011.
Early career
Anderson made his debut in the World Professional Darts Championship in 2002, where he suffered a first round defeat to Sweden's Stefan Nagy, going down 3-0. The following year Anderson reached the semi-final stage before bowing out to losing Welsh finalist Ritchie Davies.
Anderson would not win another match at the Lakeside Country Club however until 2006, when he beat Gary Robson in the first round before again falling to eventual finalist Raymond van Barneveld in the second round. In the following two years, Anderson was knocked out of the World Championship in the first round by Dutch players - in 2007, he lost to Albertino Essers, and in 2008, he was defeated by Fabian Roosenbrand.
Major successes and PDC switch
Anderson won both the International Darts League and World Darts Trophy titles in 2007. It was a significant achievement as he succeeded against fields comprising the top players and world champions from both the rival organisations the PDC and BDO. In the two events, he had victories against Wayne Mardle, Roland Scholten, Mervyn King, James Wade, Adrian Lewis, Mark Webster, John Part, Peter Manley, Andy Hamilton and Phil Taylor.
Shortly after his WDT title, his success continued by clinching the British Open to add to his 2007 Scottish Open success. Anderson also won the Zuiderduin Masters two years in a row - the first of which was an unranked event, the second was the first championship since the tournament was elevated to the status of ranking major.
In 2008, Anderson won the German Open and the Welsh Open titles, and also won the Zuiderduin Masters for the second successive year. After losing to Tony O'Shea in the quarter-finals of the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, Anderson threw his darts into the lake near the Lakeside Country Club.[5]
After months of speculation, Anderson joined the PDC in early 2009. He made his PDC televised debut in an exhibition match at the Premier League Darts meeting in Cardiff, defeating John Part with a three-dart average of 107.
He then qualified for the 2009 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. Anderson went out in the second round to Paul Nicholson losing 6-4.
On his PDC World Championship debut in 2010, Anderson defeated Jamie Caven 3-2 in the first round before losing 4-0 against Ronnie Baxter in the second round.
2010
In June 2010, Anderson reached his first ever PDC major final at the UK Open. He defeated Michael van Gerwen, Paul Nicholson, Mervyn King (who hit a nine-dart finish against Anderson), Andy Hamilton, and Tony Ayres before losing to Phil Taylor in the final 11-5.
At the 2010 World Matchplay he produced the first whitewash for six years with a 10-0 thumping of fellow Scot Robert Thornton during their first round encounter. His secound round encounter was against Jelle Klaasen, with Klaasen winning 15-13.
Anderson qualified for the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, and went into the tournament as the number 6 seed. Anderson defeated Mark Hylton, Mark Webster and Wayne Jones in the group stage to finish top of his group. In the second round he defeated Colin Osborne 10-3 to again play Jones in the quarter finals. Anderson led 15-12 before Jones took the last four legs to win the match 16-15.
Anderson represented Scotland along with Robert Thornton for the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts in 2010 PDC World Cup of Darts. They entered the tournament in the second round as 4th seeds and beat Russia, paired by Anastasia Dobromyslova and Roman Konchikov, 6-2 to advance to the group stage, where they lost their opening group game to Wales pairing Mark Webster and Barrie Bates. Having recovered to secure victory against Bill Davis and Darin Young of the United States, Anderson and Thornton went out after defeat to Spain's Carlos Rodriguez and Antonio Alcinas.
2011
Anderson qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship as the number 11 seed and in the first round played Japan's Morihiro Hashimoto, who defeated Matt Padgett earlier that night in a preliminary match. Anderson won 3-0 in sets, taking all nine legs without reply, with a 66% success rate on the doubles and the highest tournament average at the time of 103.23. In the second round he faced two-time world champion Dennis Priestley, winning 4 sets to 2. He then defeated Andy Smith in the third round, van Barneveld in the quarter-finals, and Terry Jenkins in the semi-finals to ensure his place in the 2011 final against Adrian Lewis. Anderson was defeated 7-5 by Lewis, who also hit a nine-dart finish during the first set of the match. Despite the loss, Anderson's run ensured him a place in the 2011 Premier League.
Anderson was the number 2 seed for the 2011 Players Championship Finals, and reached his second successive major final, where he played Phil Taylor. Anderson had led 11-9 in the final but Taylor checked out 128 in a deciding leg to win 13-12.[6]
Anderson had automatically qualified for the 2011 Premier League after rising to number 4 in the world after his performances in recent tournaments. He got off to a winning start by beating Simon Whitlock 8-5 on the opening night at the O2 Arena. He went on to win his first four Premier League games before losing to Phil Taylor in week five. Anderson finished the group stage in third place and played Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final, winning 8-6. Anderson then defeated Adrian Lewis (who had beaten Taylor 8-3 in the other semi-final) 10-4 to win his first major championship in the PDC, his fourth in total, and his first in the UK having had his previous successes in Holland.
After his Premier League succes Andersons form dropped a little bit. Therefore he suffered quick exits in some of the PDC's premier events. During the fourth night of the World Matchplay he was beaten by Andy Hamilton. Anderson faced the same fate during the European Championship. In the second round he was beaten by Peter Wright.
However, Anderson is having an excellent run in the Pro Tour events. He was able to win some Pro Tour events in Crawley, Nuland and Derby. Unfortunately, this has not lead to a good World Grand Prix performance. In the first round he faced Richie Burnett. Anderson took the first set but the Prince of Wales was still able to beat him 2-1.
Anderson reached the final of the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, but was beaten by a masterclass 109 average from Phil taylor.
He was named as the Best PDC ProTour Player, having won seven Players Championships and UK Open Qualifiers during 2011 to claim £62,400 prize money in non-televised tournaments.[2]
2012
Anderson survived a huge scare in the first round of the 2012 World Championship as his opponent Jyhan Artut had four darts to win the match. He missed and Anderson won the match 3-2 on a sudden-death leg.[7] He used his lucky escape to his advantage by defeating Devon Petersen and Colin Lloyd, 4-2 and 4-1 respectively, to set up a quarter-final clash with Simon Whitlock.[8] He won the first set of the match, but missed a total of 29 darts at a double and lost 1-5.[9]
He played in his second World Cup for Scotland in February, this time with Peter Wright and together they were beaten by South Africa in the second round, losing the sudden-death leg.[10]
Personal life
Anderson lives in Rooks Bridge, Somerset, with his partner Rachel, where they run the Wellington Arms, a local pub. He has two sons Ryan (born 1995) and Joel (born 1999) who live with his ex-wife Rosemary in Berwick.[11] Gary's brother Stewart died from a heart attack in September 2011, at the age of 35. Shortly after his brother's death, Anderson defeated Mark Dudbridge 6-0 in a PDC Pro Tour event in Derby, averaging 123.5 - the highest three-dart average in PDC history.[12]
World Championship Results
- 2002 (BDO) - First Round lost to Stefan Nagy 0-3
- 2003 (BDO) - Semi-finals lost to Ritchie Davies 2-5
- 2004 (BDO) - First Round lost to Tony O'Shea 0-3
- 2005 (BDO) - First Round lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0-3
- 2006 (BDO) - Second Round lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-4
- 2007 (BDO) - First Round lost to Albertino Essers 1-3
- 2008 (BDO) - First Round lost to Fabian Roosenbrand 2-3
- 2009 (BDO) - Quarter-finals lost to Tony O'Shea 3-5
- 2010 (PDC) - Second Round lost to Ronnie Baxter 0-4
- 2011 (PDC) - Runner-up in Final to Adrian Lewis 5-7
- 2012 (PDC) - Quarter-finals lost to Simon Whitlock 1-5
Tournament Finals
PDC premier event finals: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)
BDO Majors (2)World Darts TrophyWinner (1)
International Darts LeagueWinner (1)
References
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