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Phil Taylor (darts player)

Phil Taylor
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Taylor in 2009
Personal information
Full name Philip Douglas Taylor
Nickname The Power
Born (1960-08-13) 13 August 1960 (age 56)
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Home town Stoke-on-Trent
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1986
Darts 26g Target FirePower95 Gen4
Laterality Right-handed
Prize money >£7,147,000
Walk-on music "The Power" by Snap! preceded by opening from "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1987–1993
PDC 1993– (founding member)
Current world ranking 7
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (2) 1990, 1992
World Masters Winner (1) 1990
World Darts Trophy Winner (1) 2006
Int. Darts League Quarter-finals: 2006
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (14) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
World Matchplay Winner (15) 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
World Grand Prix Winner (11) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
Grand Slam Winner (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
Premier League Winner (6) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012
Ch'ship League Winner (4) 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
Desert Classic Winner (5) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
European Ch'ship Winner (4) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
UK Open Winner (5) 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013
US Open/WSoD Winner (4) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Players Ch'ship Finals Winner (3) 2009, 2011, 2012
The Masters Winner (1) 2013
Other tournament wins
Antwerp Darts Trophy 2008
Antwerp Open 1997, 1998
Australian Open 2012
Battle of the Champions 1997
Berlin Open 1993
Bobby Bourn Memorial 2003–2008
British Pentathlon 1990, 1991
Canadian Open 1988
Center Parcs Masters 1996
Champion Vs Champion 1999, 2004
Champions League of Darts 2016
China Telecom Cup 2004
Dartgala Hengelo 2005, 2005, 2005
Denmark Open 1990
DPA Tournament of Champions 2012
Eastbourne Pro 2002
Finnish Open 1990
German Darts Championship 2007, 2009
Gleneagle Irish Masters 2009
Hemeco Open Rosmalen 2009, 2011
IRL Open Autumn Classic 2004, 2005
Isle of Man Open 1990
Jersey Festival of Darts 1990, 1999
Jocky Wilson Cup 2009
Killarney Pro Tour 2009
London Masters 2008
Masters of Darts 2005
MDA Face Off 2010
Montreal Open 2001, 2002
Munich Open 2006
News of the World Championship 1997
North American Cup 2000–2003
North American Open 1990, 1991
Open Lunteren 2011
PDC UK Masters 1994
PDC UK Matchplay 1996
PDC World Pairs 1996
Pontins British Masters 1990
RTL7 Masters 2011
South African Masters 2007–2009
Sunparks Masters 1996
WDF Europe Cup 1990, 1992
WDF Europe Pairs 1990
World Cricket Championship 2010
PDC World Cup of Darts (team) 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016

European Tour Events

German Darts Championship 2012
German Darts Masters 2014
Gibraltar Darts Trophy 2013
Austrian Darts Open 2016

Players Championships

Players Championship (AUS) 2010
Players Championship (BRI) 2008
Players Championship (CRA) 2014, 2015
Players Championship (DER) 2010 (x2)
Players Championship (EIN) 2008 (x2)
Players Championship (GER) 2008 (x2), 2009 (x2)
Players Championship (GIB) 2009 (x2)
Players Championship (HOL) 2005 (x2), 2007 (x2)
Players Championship (IRL) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Players Championship (LAV) 2008
Players Championship (MID) 2008
Players Championship (NUL) 2009 (x2)
Players Championship (REA) 2012
Players Championship (SOU) 2008, 2009
Players Championship (WAL) 2005, 2006
Players Championship (WIG) 2010, 2011 (x2)

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

UK Open Regional (IRL) 2002, 2004
UK Open Regional (MID) 2008, 2009
UK Open Regional (NWE) 2008
UK Open Regional (SWE) 2009
UK Open Regional (SOU) 2003, 2007, 2009
UK Open Regional (WAL) 2002, 2004, 2006
UK Open Qualifier 2010 (x2), 2011 (x2), 2012 (x2), 2014, 2015, 2016

World Series of Darts Events

Sydney Darts Masters 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Perth Darts Masters 2014, 2015
Japan Darts Masters 2015
Other achievements
2002 Achieves his first televised nine-dart finish (and the first live televised nine-darter in the UK) at World Matchplay
2004 Becomes first player to hit a second televised nine-dart finish
2005 Hits third televised nine-dart finish at the UK Open
2006 PDC Player of the Year
2007 Fourth televised nine-darter in IDL in the Netherlands
2007 Fifth televised nine-darter in 2007 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton
2007 PDC Fans' Player of the Year
2008 Sixth televised nine-darter in 2008 UK Open
2008 Fans' Player of the Year, PDC Player of the Year and PDPA Player's Player of the Year
2009 PDC Player of the Year, PDPA Players’ Player of the Year, Fans’ Player of the Year and Best PDC Pro Tour Player
2010 Inaugural inductee into Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame
2010 Hit two televised nine-dart finishes in Premier League Final against James Wade
2010 Scored what was then a world record televised average of 118.66 against Kevin Painter in UK Open
2012 Hits ninth televised nine-darter in the Premier League against Kevin Painter.
2014 Hits tenth televised nine-darter in the World Matchplay against Michael Smith.
2015 Becomes the first man to hit a nine-darter in the World Series of darts in the Sydney Masters against Peter Wright.
2015 Hits eleventh televised nine-darter in the Sydney Masters against Peter Wright.
2015 Won Sydney Darts Masters for the third consecutive year.
2016 Won Sydney Darts Masters for the fourth consecutive year.
2016 Becomes the first winner of Champions League of Darts.
Updated on 24 December 2016.

European Tour Events

Players Championships

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

World Series of Darts Events

Philip Douglas "Phil" Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is widely regarded as the greatest darts player of all time, having won 216 professional tournaments, which include 84 major titles and a record 16 World Championships. He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records). No darts player has a winning record in matches against him.

He has won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and has twice been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in 2006 and 2010, finishing as runner-up in the latter. He was the first, and to date, the only person to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match, in the 2010 Premier League Darts final against James Wade. He has hit a record 11 televised nine-dart finishes (and 22 overall) and is currently ranked world number six in the PDC Order of Merit, his lowest ranking since 1994.

Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) until 1993. Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO, he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation, the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Taylor was born to Doug and Liz Taylor on 13 August 1960 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. He left school at the age of 16 and after holding a few jobs including as a sheet metal worker, he would spend most of his early working days making ceramic toilet roll handles, for which he earned £52 a week. Although he liked to play darts as a child, he never took up the game seriously until 1986 when he moved into a terraced house in Burslem, living near to Eric Bristow's pub the Crafty Cockney.


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