Kevin Thomas (darts player)
| Kevin Thomas | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kevin Thomas |
| Nickname | The Undertaker |
| Born | 8 May 1980 Swansea, Wales |
| Home town | Swansea |
| Darts information | |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | You're Gonna Pay by Jim Johnston |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2007–2013 |
| PDC | 2006-2007, 2013– |
| Current world ranking | 133 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 24: 2011 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 96: 2013 |
Kevin Thomas (born 8 May 1980) is a Welsh darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. He uses the nickname The Undertaker for his matches due to him being of fan of WWE's Undertaker.
BDO career
In 1999, Thomas reached the final of the British Teenage Open where he lost 3–1 against Matthew Chapman.[1] He competed consistently in BDO County games for Glamorgan and played for Wales 28 times. He also competed in BDO tournament events in the coming years with his best success reaching the last 24 televised stage of The 2011 Winmau World Masters where he lost out to Steve Douglas 2-0. He also represented Wales in the 4 man Wales World Cup Squad in The Republic of Ireland in 2011 where he lost in the last 64 of the Men's Singles to Finland's Jarkko Komula.
PDC career
Thomas rejoined the PDC in 2013 and hit his first competitive nine-dart finish whilst playing in the second UK Open Qualifier against Peter Hudson. He qualified for the UK Open in Bolton for the first time through the UK Open Order Of Merit and lost out to Conan Whitehead in the second round. Thomas' best result of his career to date came at the 2014 Dutch Darts Masters where he beat Wayne Jones 6–1 and Steve Beaton 6–5, before he lost 6–4 to Mervyn King in the last 16 earning £2,000 in the process.[2] Thomas matched this run at the sixth Players Championship of the year by beating Hudson, Andy Hamilton and Ronnie Baxter, but was then eliminated 6–4 by Kyle Anderson.[3]
Another last 16 defeat came in 2015 at the second Players Championship event, 6–5 at the hands of James Wade, but Thomas went one better at the fourth event by reaching his first PDC quarter-final. He came through a trio of deciding leg games against Magnus Caris, Andy Smith and Andy Boulton and beat Andy Hamilton 6–3, before losing 6–1 to world number one Michael van Gerwen.[4]
His best result of 2016 came at the Dutch Darts Masters, where he beat Jan Dekker 6–3, before losing by a reversal of this scoreline to Dave Chisnall in the second round.[5] Other than that he reached the last 64 in three events during the year.[6]
References
- ^ "1999 British Teenage Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Thornton Triumphs In Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "2015 PDPA Players Championship Barnsley Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Kevin Thomas 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
External links
- Player profile for Kevin Thomas from Dartsdatabase