Mike Gregory (darts player)
| Mike Gregory | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Michael Gregory |
| Born |
16 December 1956 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1983 |
| Darts | 22g |
| Laterality | Right handed |
| Walk-on music | I've Got a Brand New Combine Harvester by The Worzels |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1983–1992, 1993–2005 |
| PDC | 1992–1993 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 1992 |
| World Masters | Runner Up: 1983, 1992 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| WDC Lada Classic Unipart European Masters Australian Grand Masters Belgium Open British Open Canadian Open Finnish Open Norway Open Swedish Open Swiss Open Best Old Major Results News of the World MFI World Matchplay British Professional Butlins Grand Masters British Matchplay |
1992, 1993 1995 1986, 1992 1994, 1995 1991 1991 1984, 1987 1994 1989, 1992 1995 1987, 1988 1986 1984 1984 1984 |
| Updated on 19 November 2007. | |
Mike Seward Gregory (born 16 December 1956 in Bath, Somerset) is a former professional darts player, who reached the final of the Winmau World Masters twice and also reached the final of the Embassy World Darts Championship in 1992 – losing to Phil Taylor in a match regarded amongst the greatest matches ever played.
Gregory was one of the top ranked players from the mid-1980s through to the early 1990s, having been seeded in the top four at the World Championships on seven occasions – although he never won the World title.
His major breakthrough was beating John Lowe in the semi-finals of the 1983 British Open in which he finished runner-up to Eric Bristow. He lost again to Bristow in the final of that year's World Masters tournament. He made his World Championship debut in 1984 and reached the quarter-final, losing heavily 0–5 to Jocky Wilson.
Gregory lost at the quarter-final stage of the World Championship in 1987, 1989 and 1993. He made his first semi-final in 1990, losing to Eric Bristow and his only final appearance came in 1992 – when he lost an epic match 5–6 in sets to Taylor. Having missed six darts for the title – two each for double 20, double 8 and double 10, which he has since jokingly referred to as the Bermuda Triangle – the match went all the way to a sudden death leg, which comes when the players reach 5–5 in both sets and legs. It was the first time this had happened in the World Championship's 14-year history and the match is often mentioned in discussions about the greatest darts match ever played; Taylor himself still lists this as his greatest ever match. Gregory won the bull-off to throw first in the decider, but had a bounce-out on his first turn and Taylor comfortably sealed the win. To date, Gregory remains the only man to have lost a World Championship final having had darts at double to win.
Whilst he was never a World Champion, he won many televised titles of the era, including the 1984 Unipart British Professional (beating both Jocky Wilson and John Lowe), the 1986 MFI World Matchplay, as well as becoming one of only seven players to win the News of the World Darts Championship twice (in 1987 and 1988), joining Tom Barrett (1963/64 and 1964/65) and Eric Bristow (1983 and 1984) as the only other players to win it in consecutive years.
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