James Wilson | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Nickname | Jammie Dodger | ||||||||||||
Born |
Weston-super-Mare |
25 February 1972 ||||||||||||
Home town | Huddersfield | ||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1978 | ||||||||||||
Darts | Red Dragon James Wilson 23 Gram | ||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Daydream Believer by The Monkees | ||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
BDO | 2007–2015 | ||||||||||||
PDC | 2015– | ||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 36 | ||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2014 | ||||||||||||
World Masters | Runner-up: 2013 | ||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Winner: 2014 | ||||||||||||
Zuiderduin Masters | Winner: 2013 | ||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2017 | ||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2016 | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Group stages: 2016 | ||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2016 | ||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 64: 2016 | ||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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James Wilson (born 25 February 1972) is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.
Wilson first rose to prominence in 2012 by winning several tournaments, rising to number four in the world and reaching the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters. Despite this, he was unseeded on his debut appearance at the World Championship and was drawn against top seed Stephen Bunting in round one, taking a 2–1 lead before eventually losing 2–3. Wilson followed up on his form in 2013, rising to second in the world and reaching the final of the World Masters beating Jan Dekker and Robbie Green en route to a 7–0 loss to Bunting. Later that year Wilson demolishing Bunting 5–1 in the final of the Zuiderduin Masters. Wilson therefore entered the World Championship as the second seed, and beat former world champion Christian Kist in the first round then Scott Mitchell in the second round, to set up a quarter-final against Alan Norris, which Norris won 5–2 despite Wilson averaging 99.06, hitting three 11 dart legs (one of which included a bounce-out) and 14 180s.
In February 2014, Wilson found himself as de facto number one after Stephen Bunting's change-over to the rival Professional Darts Corporation. He subsequently won his first major at the inaugural BDO World Trophy. Wins over Richie George, Rick Hofstra, Jeffrey de Graaf and Paul Jennings saw Wilson progress to the final where he defeated Ross Montgomery 13–11 for a winner's cheque of £30,000.
Wilson entered the 2014 World Masters as the number one seed but suffered a shock first round exit, losing 3-0 in sets to Mark McGeeney. He also entered the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship as the number one seed but also lost in the first round to Sweden's Peter Sajwani.