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Matt Clark (darts player)

Matt Clark
Personal information
Nickname Superman
Born (1968-04-04) 4 April 1968 (age 49)
Dartford, England
Home town Walkden, Greater Manchester
England
Darts information
Darts 22g Elvan own design
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Superman Theme by John Williams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1996–2003
PDC 2003–
Current world ranking 97
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter-Final: 1996
World Masters Last 32: 1996, 1998
World Darts Trophy Last 32: 2002
Int. Darts League Last 16 Group: 2003
Zuiderduin Masters Last 16 Group: 2000, 2001
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2006
World Matchplay Quarter-Final: 2008
Desert Classic Last 16: 2006
UK Open Last 32: 2006
US Open/WSoD Last 32: 2007, 2009
Other tournament wins
Canadian Open 1999
Mill Rythe Darts Festival 1995
Open Holland 2008
PDC Challenge Tour 2015
PDC World Championship Qualifiers 2013

Matthew 'Matt' Clark (born 4 April 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.

Matt Clark first started playing darts at the age of 19 at his local village pub, and after a few years was playing for the Kent county team. At the age of 24 he began moving towards pro darts attending the Dutch Open where he made the quarter finals of the pairs and singles competitions.Clark appeared in the BDO World Darts Championship eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996.

He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2006 and reached the second round, losing to eventual champion Phil Taylor. He entered the 2007 tournament as the number 31 seed, but lost in the first round to Mick McGowan. In 2008, Clark lost in the first round to Roland Scholten. Despite losing, Clark won more legs than Scholten, Clark winning 12 to Scholten's 10. However, he gained revenge on Scholten having qualified for the 2008 World Matchplay through the Players Championship Order of Merit and defeating him 10–4 in the first round. He continued to defeat veteran Peter Manley 13–6 in an upset and reached the quarter-finals, his best performance in the competition, before being defeated by defending champion James Wade, despite checking out at 161 which was the highest checkout of that year's tournament. Prior to the Matchplay Event Matt lost 3 stone in weight which forced him to change his throwing stance.

Clark suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Kevin Painter in a sudden leg death which Clark missed one dart at double 12 to win.


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