Dave Chisnall
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| Full name | David Chisnall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Chizzy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 September 1980 St Helens, Merseyside, England |
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| Home town |
Morecambe England |
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| Playing darts since | 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Target Darts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Dizzy by Vic Reeves and Wonderstuff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO | 2007–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2011– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Runner-up: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 40: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Quarter-finals: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Runner-up: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Runner-up: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Semi-finals: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Semi-finals: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Runner-up: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Masters | Runner-up: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
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2012 PDC Best Newcomer |
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European Tour Events
Players Championships
2012 PDC Best Newcomer
David "Dave" Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player from St Helens who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career participating in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Championship in 2010. He switched to the PDC a year later and has won nine Pro Tour events. Since his switch to the PDC, Chisnall is probably best known for defeating Phil Taylor in the 2012 World Championship, for reaching the final of the 2013 World Grand Prix where he was beaten 6–0 by Taylor and for reaching the final of the 2014 Grand Slam of Darts, losing a much closer match 16–13, again to Phil Taylor. He hit his only televised nine-dart finish in the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts against Peter Wright.
Chisnall was brought up in St Helens and played for a local football team until he was 17 when he broke his foot. He switched to darts and first played in a friend's bedroom, throwing 100 in his first ever visit to the board. His debut in BDO events came at the 2004 Welsh Open, losing in the last 32 to Alan Tabern. In 2007, he won the 2007 BDO Gold Cup, beating Scotland captain Mike Veitch in the semi-finals and Welshman Matthew Quinlan in the final. Chisnall then fell two games short of qualifying for the 2008 BDO World Championship, losing to Robert Thornton. A few days later Chisnall was again beaten by Thornton in the Winmau World Masters.
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