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Richie Burnett

Richie Burnett
Personal information
Full name Richard Burnett
Nickname The Prince of Wales
Born (1967-02-07) 7 February 1967 (age 50)
Cwmparc, Rhondda, Wales
Home town Cwmparc, Rhondda
Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since 1983
Darts Red Dragon Richie Burnett
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Dakota by Stereophonics
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1994–1999
PDC 1999–2014, 2016-
Current world ranking 139
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Winner 1995
World Masters Winner 1994
Int. Darts League Preliminary: 2007
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter-finals: 2002, 2003
World Matchplay Runner-up: 2001
World Grand Prix Semi-finals: 2011
Ch'ship League Semi-finals: 2013
Desert Classic Quarter-finals: 2004
European Ch'ship Last 16: 2012
UK Open Last 16: 2007, 2011
US Open/WSoD Last 64: 2010
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 32: 2011, 2011, 2012, 2013
Other tournament wins
British Pentathlon 1995
Denmark Open 1994
Dutch Open 1994
Great Mountain Workingmens Club Open 2010
Las Vegas Open 2014
PDC Challenge Tour England 2016, 2016
Welsh Open 1994, 1995
William Cross Pro Am 2006
Witch City Open 2001

Players Championships

Players Championship (NED) 2011
Other achievements
9 Dart Finish UK Open Qualifier 2012

Players Championships

Richard "Richie" Burnett (born 7 February 1967) is a Welsh professional darts player and former World No. 1 who won the 1995 Embassy World Darts Champion and plays in Professional Darts Corporation His nickname is the Prince of Wales.

Burnett was born in Cwmparc, Rhondda, and first came to prominence shortly after the split in the game, after the PDC and the BDO players went their separate ways. Burnett began to win many titles in the BDO in 1994, which included the Dutch Open, Welsh Open, British Matchplay and the Denmark Open. He then added one of the two BDO major titles, the Winmau World Masters beating Steve Beaton in the final.

Although the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship was his debut, he had risen in the rankings to become number two seed. After defeating Peter Wright, Russell Stewart, Paul Hogan and Andy Fordham, he went on to win the title, beating Raymond van Barneveld 6–3 (sets) in the final.

Burnett would also reach the final of the BDO World Championship on two more occasions, losing in 1996 to Steve Beaton, and in 1998 to Raymond van Barneveld. His 1996 final defeat was his first match loss at Lakeside and ended a run of nine consecutive match wins. The 1998 final went into the 11th and deciding set, and into a tiebreak. Burnett had had an out-shot for the title, but narrowly missed his second dart at treble-14 which would have left him on double 20, and did not get another opportunity to win the match.


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