Mark Hylton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Mile High | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
England |
30 May 1966 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Rugeley, Staffordshire England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2007– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Quarter-finalist: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Group stage: 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Quarter-finalist: 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Hylton (born 30 May 1966) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Hylton has played darts for over 30 years. He has played super league for many years and earned over 80 caps for Staffordshire.
In 1997, he reached the last 16 of the inaugural British Classic (losing to Phil Taylor). In 2005, he was the Staffordshire qualifier for the World Championship play-offs as well as the Winmau World Masters and the English national singles, where he reached the last 16 again.
Hylton's first televised appearance came as an amateur qualifier at the 2007 UK Open. He defeated Ray Carver on the stage in the preliminary round before losing to Mark Robinson in the first round.
He joined the PDC circuit full-time in 2010. Despite failing to qualify for that year's UK Open, he reached the final of a PDC Pro Tour event in Australia, losing to Dennis Priestley, and has regularly featured in the last 16 places. Alongside his PDC efforts, Hylton has won 13 open competitions in 2010, including the Border Classic.
Hylton qualified for the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, winning through a strong field of over 250 darters, as one of four ITV Wildcard qualifiers. He lost all three of his group games to Gary Anderson, Mark Webster, and Wayne Jones.
Hylton also qualified for his first PDC World Championship in 2011 as one of the top 16 non-seeded players from the Players Championship Order of Merit. In the first round, Hylton defeated Steve Beaton by 3 sets to 2. In the second round, he knocked out number 9 seed Colin Lloyd by 4 sets to 2. He was eliminated by Mark Webster in the third round. These strong TV performances along with Hylton's strong second half of the season also earned him the 2010 PDC Best Newcomer award. 2011 has seen a strong start with Hylton taking several open titles including The Double16.com Cotgrave & Newark Opens during the 2nd of which he produced a perfect 9 dart leg, only 6 days later he produced another 9 dart finish during an Open event at The Red Lion in Erdington. A first professional appearance in The UK Open in June will be a 3rd TV Major in 8 months. He is climbing the Orders of Merit strongly looking to be well placed for the 2011/12 season.