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Martin Adams | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | Wolfie |
Born | |
Home town | Deeping St James, Lincolnshire |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 1981 |
Darts | Engraved 22 Gram Datadart M3 |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Hungry Like the Wolf" (Duran Duran) |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1982 to present |
PDC | n/a |
Current world ranking | 2 (WDF) 3 (BDO) |
WDF major events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Winner 2007, 2010 |
World Masters | Winner 2008, 2009, 2010 |
World Trophy | Finalist 2004, 2006 |
Int. Darts League | Quarter Finalist 2006 |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Matchplay | Semi Final 2001 |
World Grand Prix | Quarter Final 2001 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
WDF World Cup Singles
Europe Cup Singles | 1995, 2001 1996 |
Other achievements | |
WDF World Cup Champions Team 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003
World Cup Pairs Champion 1995, 2003 | |
Updated on 7 December 2008. |
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English international darts player.[1] Nicknamed Wolfie, he is formerly BDO world ranked number one, two-time and reigning BDO World Champion and three-time and reigning World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgeshire at county darts level and has been captain of England since 1993/94 - the longest any individual player has held that role.
Darts career
Adams was born in Sutton, London and started his darts career in pubs. He still plays pub darts, currently playing for Rigby's in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire.[2] He turned professional in 1982.
Following the formation of the World Darts Council in 1993, all the players that left the British Darts Organisation were banned from playing county darts, leaving England searching for a new team and a new captain. Adams took over the role in 1993 and has remained captain since, becoming the longest reigning England captain ever.
Adams has won many BDO Open events and twice won the WDF World Cup singles, but often missed out on winning the biggest tournaments. He was sometimes the victim of great comebacks and also great collapses himself when he found himself in winning positions. In particular, his 5–4 defeat to Chris Mason in the 1999 World Championship quarter-finals, having led 4–1 and seen nine match-darts pass him by in the match, is always mentioned among the greatest matches in the history of the event.
In the Grand Slam BDO events, other than the World Championship, Adams was runner-up on three occasions. He was beaten 6-4 in the 2004 Bavaria World Darts Trophy final by Raymond van Barneveld and lost the 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy final to Phil Taylor 7-2. He also lost to 17-year-old Dutch youngster Michael van Gerwen 7–5 in the 2006 Winmau World Masters final, having led 5-2.
Having made his Lakeside debut in 1994 at the age of 37, Adams failed to progress beyond the semi finals of the World Championship until 2005 when he reached the final at the 12th attempt. He beat Davy Richardson 3-2, John Henderson 3-2, Ted Hankey 5-3 and Simon Whitlock 5-0 before losing 6-2 against van Barneveld in the final.
Adams reached his second world final in 2007. He was number one seed for the second time in his career and put out Tony O'Shea, Co Stompé, Ted Hankey and Mervyn King in his run to the final where he faced qualifier Phill Nixon. The two oldest players in the tournament (they were both 50 years old) reached the final. Adams stormed into a 6-0 lead, before Nixon produced an incredible comeback to level the match. Just when it looked like Adams was heading for another dramatic defeat, he went off the stage to compose himself. When he did that he finally justified why he'd started as strong favourite when he won all three legs in the final set to win through 7–6 and finally claim the world title that he said he had been chasing for 14 years.
In the draw for the 2008 BDO World Championships, Adams was again paired with Nixon in the first round. In the match, Adams beat Nixon 3–0. After the game, Adams was clearly emotional in an interview following his victory, citing the memories of the 2007 final as the reason (the first time he had won comfortably).[3] In the second round he came up against Martin Phillips. It was easy pickings for Adams, who cruised to a 4–0 victory with Phillips paying the price for many missed doubles. In the quarter-finals he played a fiercely fought match against Masters champion Robert Thornton, whom he led at one time 4–2. Thornton fought back to make it 4-4 but Adams eventually took control of his visible nerves to win 5–4. Adams went on to lose in the semi-finals to number-one seed Mark Webster, who eventually won the tournament.
Adams defeated Scott Waites in the World Masters final of 2008 to record his first Masters victory and his second major (after the 2007 Worlds), in another epic 7–6 encounter. A month later, at the 2009 World Championship, he reached the semifinal for the fifth successive year, where he was narrowly defeated by eventual champion Ted Hankey. Later that year, he won his second successive Masters title, once again by a 7-6 scoreline in the final, over Robbie Green after Green led by 6–3 and had a dart for the title. This win made Adams the first man to retain the Masters title since Bob Anderson in 1988. Adams joined Eric Bristow, Richie Burnett, Bob Anderson and John Walton as the fifth player to win them in the same season.[4]
In the 2010 World Championship he beat a visibly nervous Anthony Fleet in the first round without losing a leg, followed by further comfortable victories over Daryl Gurney and Garry Thompson. In the semi-final he let a 5-1 lead slip over Welshman Martin Phillips before finally winning 6-4. He then defeated unseeded Dave Chisnall 7–5 in the final to win a second World Championship in a rematch of their first round match a year earlier. In February 2010 he won the Dutch Open title for the first time in his long career. The England captain triumphed 3–1 over international team-mate Scott Waites in the men's singles final in Veldhoven.[5]
Stance on the PDC
After the 1997 Tomlin Order, some BDO players took the opportunity to play in some PDC events and Adams competed in the 2000 and 2001 World Matchplays and the World Grand Prix and reached one semi-final and a quarter-final, but when eligibilty rules changed he was unable to compete as a BDO player.
When the Grand Slam of Darts began in 2007, Adams turned down the invitation to compete in the PDC event and continued to decline the offer to compete in subsequent years. The PDC's Board of Directors ruled that Adams will no longer be eligible for invitations into the tournament in future.[6] Adams brushed off their decision, saying that it would simply save him the time in having to refuse them.[7] Despite this, commentators at the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts confirmed that they had once again unsuccessfully invited him to that year's event.
Outside darts
Adams lives in Deeping St James, near Market Deeping, Lincolnshire with his wife Sharon who is a swimming instructor.[8] They met at her 18th birthday party when Martin was helping his brother who was the disc jockey and got married the following year in 1979.[9] They have two sons – Warren, 42 and Darren, 40.[10]
Professional record
BDO World Championship record
Year | Seed | Reached | Opponent | Score | Notes |
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1994 | unseeded | Quarter Final | Magnus Caris | 2-4 | |
1995 | 4 | Semi Final | Raymond van Barneveld | 4-5 | |
1996 | 3 | Quarter Final | Steve Beaton | 1-4 | Beaton was eventual winner |
1997 | 1 | 1st Round | Roger Carter | 1-3 | |
1998 | 4 | 1st Round | Robbie Widdows | 2-3 | |
1999 | 3 | Quarter Final | Chris Mason | 4-5 | |
2000 | 6 | 1st Round | Steve Coote | 2-3 | |
2001 | unseeded | 2nd Round | Ronnie Baxter | 1-3 | |
2002 | 2 | Semi Final | Tony David | 4-5 | David was eventual winner |
2003 | 4 | 2nd Round | Bob Taylor | 1-3 | |
2004 | 6 | 1st Round | Richie Davies | 2-3 | |
2005 | 7 | Final | Raymond van Barneveld | 2-6 | Runner Up |
2006 | 2 | Semi Final | Raymond van Barneveld | 2-6 | |
2007 | 1 | Won | Phill Nixon | 7-6 | Winner |
2008 | 4 | Semi Final | Mark Webster | 4-6 | Webster was eventual winner |
2009 | 3 | Semi Final | Ted Hankey | 4-6 | Hankey was eventual winner |
2010 | 3 | Won | Dave Chisnall | 7-5 | Winner |
BDO Majors (5)
World Championship
Winner (2)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
2007 | BDO World Darts Championship | Phill Nixon | 7-6 |
2010 | BDO World Darts Championship | Dave Chisnall | 7-5 |
World Masters
Winner (3)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
2008 | Winmau World Masters | Scott Waites | 7-6 |
2009 | Winmau World Masters | Robbie Green | 7-6 |
2010 | Winmau World Masters | Stuart Kellett | 7-3 |
References
- ^ Lamont, Tom (4 January 2009). "How I got my body". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ The Publican - Home - What I love about pubs: Martin Adams
- ^ Jacob, Gary (7 January 2008). "Water gates open after Martin Adams swiftly topples Phil Nixon". The Times. London. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Other Sport... - Darts - Darts results". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ BBC - Martin Adams adds 2010 Dutch Open title to honours
- ^ PDC ruling
- ^ "Adams bites back at the other half". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ Martin Adams wife Sharon is no darts WAG mirror.co.uk
- ^ Husband and wife team Martin and Sharon Adams excel at hitting the doubles but only Mrs Wolfie howls The Times
- ^ The Oche Team Sharon Adams thesun.co.uk
External links
- Wolfie Darts Official Web Site
- Profile on Darts Database