Daryl Gurney

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Daryl Gurney
Gurney in 2019
Personal information
Nickname"SuperChin"
Born (1986-03-22) 22 March 1986 (age 38)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Home townDerry, Northern Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since1996
DartsWinmau Daryl Gurney 23gr
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond, preceded by "Superman March" from Boston Pops Orchestra and John Williams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2004–2013
PDC2013–
(Tour Card: 2013-)
Current world ranking26 Steady (31 October 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2009, 2010
World MastersLast 24: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter-final: 2017, 2021
World MatchplaySemi-final: 2017, 2019
World Grand PrixWinner (1): 2017
UK OpenSemi-final: 2017, 2020
Grand SlamQuarter-final: 2017
European Ch'shipSemi-final: 2017, 2019
Premier LeagueSemi-final: 2019
PC FinalsWinner (1): 2018
MastersQuarter-final: 2024
Champions LeagueGroup Stage: 2018, 2019
World Series FinalsSemi-final: 2017
Other tournament wins
England Masters 2012
Ireland Players Championship 2014
Northern Ireland Open 2012
Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy 2012, 2014

European Tour Events

German Darts Championship 2019

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2017, 2019
Other achievements
2016 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

2017 claims his first major televised title after winning the World Grand Prix

2017 Breaks into the top 4 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

2019 Reaches a career-high ranking of world No. 3

Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Superchin", he is a winner of two majors, having won the World Grand Prix in 2017 and the Players Championship Finals in 2018.

Career

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Gurney reached the quarter-finals of the 2008 Scottish Open, beating Andy Boulton and Alan Soutar before losing to Shaun Greatbatch. He then reached the final of the 2008 WDF Europe Cup, beating Stig Jorgensen in the quarter-finals and then beat Fabian Roosenbrand 4–0 in the semi-finals before losing to defending champion Mark Webster 4–0 in the final.

Gurney qualified for the 2009 BDO World Championships, beating former World Masters finalist Jarkko Komula before defeating Belgium's Kim Huybrechts to become the first Northern Irish player to qualify for Lakeside since Mitchell Crooks in 2001. He defeated 14th seed Garry Thompson in the first round to set up a second round encounter with 2007 champion and reigning Masters champion Martin Adams. Gurney levelled the match at one set all and then two sets all before losing 4-2.

The following year, Gurney qualified again, and once more played the 14th seed in the first round, this time the debuting Scott Mitchell. Gurney won the first two sets before Mitchell levelled the match and took a 2–0 lead in the decider, hitting nine out of twelve darts at double. But Gurney eventually prevailed 4–2 with consistent scoring. He once again played Adams in the second round, and was again defeated. Adams went on to win the title.

In June 2012, Gurney won the England Masters, Northern Ireland Open and the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy. In winning the latter, he earned a spot in the preliminary round of the 2013 PDC World Championship, where he edged out Robert Marijanović 4–3 in legs.[2] Gurney then beat Andy Smith 3–1 in sets in the first round.[3] He lost each of the first three sets in a deciding leg in the second round against Dave Chisnall and outscored him in the 180 count, but was beaten 4–1.[4] In January 2013, Gurney entered Q School in an attempt to win a two-year PDC tour card and was successful on the second day by winning six matches, concluding with a 6–2 victory over Paul Amos.[5] His best result in his debut year on the tour came at the German Darts Championship, where Gurney defeated Colin Lloyd, Ronnie Baxter and Simon Whitlock in reaching the quarter-finals, but his run came to an end when he lost 6–2 against Peter Wright.[6]

2014

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Gurney's second quarter-final appearance in the PDC was at a UK Open Qualifier in February 2014 which he reached by eliminating world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5 with a 146 checkout. He was beaten 6–4 by Andrew Gilding but the performance ensured he qualified for the UK Open itself for the first time and lost 5–4 to Ian White in the second round.[7][8] Later in the year, Gurney made his debut in the World Grand Prix which he qualified for by being the second highest non-exempt Irish player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[9] He came close to recording an upset in the first round against Adrian Lewis. In the deciding leg of the final set Gurney missed the bull for a 170 finish and two further darts at double eight, being beaten 3–2 in sets.[10] However, he bounced back later in the week when he won the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay title by defeating Radek Szagański in the final.[11]

2015

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Gurney's Irish Matchplay title earned him a place in the preliminary round of the 2015 World Championship and Scott MacKenzie missed one dart to eliminate him 4–0.[12] Instead, Gurney levelled at 3–3 before MacKenzie missed a dart at double 11 to complete a 142 finish which allowed him to step in and seal a 4–3 win. Gurney then lost 3–1 against Ronnie Baxter in the first round.[13] From the last 32 stage of the fifth UK Open Qualifier, Gurney beat Alan Norris, Peter Wright and Dave Chisnall to reach his first PDC semi-final where he was defeated 6–2 by Michael Smith.[14] The performance helped him to enter the UK Open at the third round stage and he thrashed Kevin McDine 9–1 to play John Henderson in the fourth round.[15] Gurney won five legs in a row between 13 and 15 darts to surge 8–7 ahead, before Henderson sent the tie into a deciding leg which he won.[16] His second semi-final came at the 10th Players Championship event and he was eliminated 6–3 by Joe Murnan.[17] Gurney lost 2–0 in sets to Robert Thornton in the first round of the World Grand Prix, but two quarter-final exits saw him play in the Players Championship Finals for the first time.[18] He averaged 101.38 in a 6–2 victory over Kim Huybrechts and then knocked out reigning world champion Gary Anderson 10–4, winning the last six legs in a row, to reach his first major quarter-final.[19][20] Gurney then advanced to the semi-finals with a 10–5 victory over Benito van de Pas, but from level at 2–2 with Michael van Gerwen, Gurney lost nine successive legs to exit the tournament.[21]

2016

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Gurney won the first set of his second round match against Anderson at the 2016 World Championship. He went on to lose 4–1, but missed a dart to win the second set and four to win the third.[22] He averaged 105.18 in getting past Peter Wright 6–4 in the third round of the Dutch Darts Masters and then averaged 106.84 during a 6–4 quarter-final win over Adrian Lewis.[23] Gurney swept into his first PDC final with a 6–1 win over Mensur Suljović, but lost 6–2 to world number one Van Gerwen.[24] He was now Northern Ireland's number two player on the Order of Merit and so he teamed up with Brendan Dolan at the World Cup of Darts and they beat Japan, Ireland and Canada to reach the semi-finals, where they lost both their singles matches against the English pairing of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis.[25] Gurney qualified for his first World Matchplay, but was ousted 10–2 by Ian White in the first round.[26] He fared much better at the World Grand Prix, despite having taken a month off due to a broken bone in his throwing hand. He beat Mensur Suljović 2–1 in a deciding leg and Steve West 3–0 to make the quarter-finals, where he lost 3–1 to Dave Chisnall.[27][28] Gurney was also knocked out in the first round of the European Championship 6–4 by Gerwyn Price and 6–1 by Kim Huybrechts in the second round of the Players Championship Finals.[29]

2017

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After breaking into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit in 2016, Gurney was a seeded player for the first time at the 2017 World Championship and beat Jermaine Wattimena 3–1 in the first round.[30] He won the first six legs of his second round match with Robert Thornton, but Thornton recovered to move 3–2 up. However, Gurney then took six of the final seven legs to move into the third round for the first time in his career and played Mark Webster.[31] Gurney missed five darts to win 4–2, but held on to take it 4–3 and become the first player from Northern Ireland to reach a PDC World Championship quarter-final.[32] His run ended with a 5–1 defeat to Michael van Gerwen.[33] Comfortable victories over Alex Roy, Mark Webster and Vincent van der Voort saw Gurney advance to the quarter-finals of the UK Open. He then took five successive legs from 7–4 down to Simon Whitlock, but it still went to a deciding leg which Gurney took and dedicated the win to his best friend who died earlier in 2017. In the semi-finals he lost 11–5 to Peter Wright.[34]

Gurney won his first PDC title by overcoming Kim Huybrechts 6–3 in the final of the seventh Players Championship.[35] He got to the final of the eighth event a day later and he came from 4–1 down to level at 5–5 with Joe Cullen, but missed one dart at the bullseye to win.[36] Gurney missed four match darts against Mensur Suljović in the semi-finals of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy.[37]

In July, Gurney was invited to participate in the US Darts Masters as part of the World Series of Darts. He won his first round match against DJ Sayre, which included a 154 checkout, before defeating Peter Wright 8–7 in the quarter-finals on a last leg decider, before coming from 4–1 down to win 7 legs in a row to defeat Gary Anderson 8–4 in the semi-finals, to set up a final with Michael van Gerwen, which despite leading 5–3, he eventually lost 8–6.

World Championship results

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Gurney in 2019

BDO

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PDC

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Career finals

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WDF major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2008 Europe Cup Singles Wales Mark Webster 0–4 (s)

PDC major finals: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
World Grand Prix (1–0)
Players Championship Finals (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2017 World Grand Prix Australia Simon Whitlock 5–4 (s)
Winner 2. 2018 Players Championship Finals Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 11–9 (l)

PDC world series finals: 2 (2 runners-up)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2017 US Darts Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 6–8 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters Netherlands Michael van Gerwen 3–8 (l)

Performance timeline

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BDO

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
BDO World Championship Did not participate 2R 2R DNP
Winmau World Masters 2R 1R DNP 1R 4R 5R 2R 3R 4R

PDC

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship 2R DNQ 1R 2R QF 2R 3R 3R QF 3R 2R 4R
UK Open DNQ 2R 4R 3R SF 4R 5R SF 5R 4R 4R 4R
World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R SF 2R SF 2R 1R 2R QF 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R 1R QF W SF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R
European Championship Did not qualify 1R SF 1R SF 1R DNQ 1R 2R 2R
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify QF DNQ 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ SF 2R QF W 1R 1R QF 2R 1R
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts Did not participate 5th SF 8th DNP
The Masters Did not qualify 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R DNQ QF
Champions League of Darts Not held DNQ RR RR NH
World Cup of Darts Did not qualify SF 1R 2R 1R 1R QF QF RR DNQ
World Series of Darts Finals NH DNQ 2R SF 2R 2R QF DNQ QF
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 96 61 37 24 4 5 6 11 22 26 26

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2013 UKM
1R 		EDT
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		GDC
QF 		GDM
1R 		DDM
2R
2014 GDC
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		GDT
2R 		EDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ
2015 GDC
DNQ 		GDT
1R 		GDM
1R 		DDM
1R 		IDO
3R 		EDO
1R 		EDT
2R 		EDM
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
F 		GDM
2R 		GDT
2R 		EDM
3R 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
3R 		IDO
WD 		EDT
WD 		EDG
WD 		GDC
QF
2017 GDC
DNQ 		GDM
2R 		GDO
DNQ 		EDG
3R 		GDT
SF 		EDM
3R 		ADO
QF 		EDO
3R 		DDM
QF 		GDG
3R 		IDO
2R 		EDT
2R
2018 EDO
2R 		GDG
SF 		GDO
3R 		ADO
QF 		EDG
2R 		DDM
SF 		GDT
3R 		DDO
2R 		EDM
3R 		GDC
3R 		DDC
3R 		IDO
3R 		EDT
QF
2019 EDO
QF 		GDC
W 		GDG
3R 		GDO
3R 		ADO
SF 		EDG
3R 		DDM
2R 		DDO
3R 		CDO
QF 		ADC
2R 		EDM
3R 		IDO
QF 		GDT
SF
2020 BDC
DNP 		GDC
QF 		EDG
2R 		IDO
2R
2021 HDT
2R 		GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
2R 		GDC
SF 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
2R 		CDO
2R 		EDG
3R 		DDC
DNQ 		EDM
2R 		HDT
2R 		GDO
3R 		BDO
DNQ 		GDT
1R
2023 BSD
2R 		EDO
1R 		IDO
1R 		GDG
1R 		ADO
SF 		DDC
2R 		BDO
2R 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
3R 		EDM
DNQ 		GDO
2R 		HDT
1R 		GDC
2R
2024 BDO
1R 		GDG
2R 		IDO
2R 		EDG
2R 		ADO
3R 		BSD
3R 		DDC
2R 		EDO
2R 		GDC
SF 		FDT
1R 		HDT
QF 		SDT
QF 		CDO
1R
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

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