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Ronnie Baxter

Ronnie Baxter
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Personal information
Nickname The Rocket
Born (1961-02-05) 5 February 1961 (age 56)
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Home town Blackpool, Lancashire
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1980s
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Don't Stop Me Now by Queen
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1988–2001
PDC 2002–
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Runner-up: 1999, 2000
World Masters Runner-up: 1997
World Darts Trophy Semi-finals: 2006
Int. Darts League Last 16 group: 2006
Zuiderduin Masters Semi-finals: 2001
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter-finals: 2002, 2010
World Matchplay Runner-up: 1998
World Grand Prix Semi-finals: 2004
Grand Slam Last 16: 2010
Premier League 5th: 2006, 2010
Ch'ship League Winners group – 6th: 2012
Desert Classic Runner-up: 2002
European Ch'ship Quarter-finals: 2008, 2010
UK Open Semi-final: 2009
US Open/WSoD Quarter-finals: 2007, 2008
Semi-final: 2006
Players Ch'ship Finals Semi-finals: 2009
Other tournament wins
British Pentathlon 1997
Denmark Open 1996
Eastbourne Pro 2005, 2006
England GP of Darts Blackpool 2012
Finnish Open 1998
German Open 1995
Hampshire Open 2001
Irish Masters 2003
Isle of Man Open 1996, 1997, 2000
Shoalhaven Classic 2008, 2008
Swiss Open 1997
Vauxhall Autumn Open 2001
Welsh Open 1991, 1993
Windy City Open 2007
Winmau Darts Dazzler Batley 2009

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2010
Players Championship (BIR) 2012
Players Championship (CAN) 2011
Players Championship (GER) 2011
Players Championship (NED) 2004
Players Championship (IOW) 2005
Players Championship (VEG) 2009
Players Championship (WAL) 2008

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

Regional Final (IRL) 2003

Players Championships

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is a former World No. 1 English professional darts player. He uses the nickname The Rocket for his matches. Baxter is known for his fast robotic throwing action. He currently resides in his hometown Blackpool.

Baxter played on the North American circuit during the 1980s and when he participated in the British Darts Organisation he had a consistent record for reaching the final stages of their Open events. As well as winning the Welsh Open twice, German Open, Denmark, Swiss and Finnish Opens he also reached the final of the Opens in England, Wales, Finland, Denmark (twice) and the semi-finals of the Scottish Open four times, British Open three times, England Open twice and the British Classic in 2001.

He made his World Championship debut in 1991 - before the split in the game and lost in the second round to Jocky Wilson. A first round defeat in 1992 to Bob Anderson was followed by failure to qualify for the 1993 event. When the top players left the BDO to form the WDC after the 1993 World Championship, Baxter had risen in the rankings to be seeded number two for the 1994 World Championship, but he was beaten in the first round - this time by eventual champion John Part.

He missed out on the 1995 Championship, but then reached the quarter-finals for the first time in 1996 when he was beaten by Richie Burnett. Baxter was seeded seventh for the 1997 World Championship but lost in the second round to Mervyn King. However, later that year he reached his first major final at the 1997 Winmau World Masters, losing in the final to Graham Hunt. In 1998 he had again risen in the rankings to be seeded number two - but just as in 1994 he failed to live up his ranking and went out in the first round to Scotland's Peter Johnstone.

In 1999, he finally showed some of the form that saw him ranked second in the world by reaching the World Final for the first time. He beat Burnett, Kevin Painter, Roland Scholten and Andy Fordham before losing 5-6 in the final to Raymond van Barneveld. Still ranked second in the world, he went back to the final in 2000 but lost 0-6 to Ted Hankey in just 46 minutes - the quickest final in the tournament's history.


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