Peter Hudson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Peter Hudson | ||
Nickname | Rock | ||
Born |
England |
20 April 1984 ||
Home town |
Eccles England |
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Darts information | |||
Darts | 24g | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | Hot Right Now by DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2010– | ||
Current world ranking | 101 | ||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2013 | ||
UK Open | Last 64: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Peter 'Pete' Hudson (born 20 April 1984) is an English darts player from Eccles, Greater Manchester. Hudson joined the PDC in 2010, however failed to qualify for any of the TV majors. Hudson earned a full PDC Pro Tour card for the 2011 and 2012 seasons via the PDC's Qualifying School.
In 2011, Hudson qualified for the 2011 UK Open. He made an appearance on the TV stage, coming back from 3–0 down to defeat Magnus Caris 4–3 in the last 96 stage, winning the decider with a ten-dart leg. However, he then lost to Peter Wright in the last 64 in an untelevised match. Also in 2011, Hudson came within one leg of qualifying for the PDC Grand Slam of Darts. He defeated Nathan Davies, Barrie Webb, Kevin McDine, Keegan Brown and Mark Jones before losing his final qualifying match 4–3 against Ian White.
Hudson's best result in 2012 was at the seventh Players Championship of the year, where he beat the likes of Mervyn King and Robert Thornton, before losing to Ronnie Baxter 6–1 in the quarter-finals. Hudson beat Jamie Lewis to reach the last 64 of the UK Open for the second successive year. There he played Kim Huybrechts and lost 9–4. He qualified for three of the five new European Tour events, losing in the first round in two of them. In the other, the German Darts Masters he saw off Alan Tabern 6–4, before being defeated by reigning world champion Adrian Lewis 6–1 in the second round.