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Simon Whitlock

Simon Whitlock
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Personal information
Full name Simon Whitlock
Nickname The Wizard
Born (1969-03-03) 3 March 1969 (age 48)
Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Home town Hornsby, Australia and Waterlooville, Hampshire
Darts information
Playing darts since 1984
Darts 22g Red Dragon Eagles 3
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Down Under by Men at Work
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2004–2009
PDC 2002–2003, 2009–
Current world ranking 16
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Runner up: 2008
World Masters Quarter-finals: 2007
World Darts Trophy Last 16: 2005, 2006, 2007
Int. Darts League Semi-finals: 2005, 2006
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Runner up: 2010
World Matchplay Semi-final: 2010, 2014
World Grand Prix Quarter-finals: 2013, 2016
Grand Slam Quarter-finals: 2008, 2009
Premier League Runner up: 2012
Ch'ship League Runner up: 2012
Desert Classic Last 32: 2009
European Ch'ship Winner: 2012
UK Open Quarter-finals: 2017
US Open/WSoD Last 32: 2010
Players Ch'ship Finals Semi-final: 2012
The Masters Quarter-finals: 2013
Other tournament wins
Australia National Championships 2008
Australian Grand Masters 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Australian Masters 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship 2010
Castle Hill 2005
Central Coast Australian Classic 2008
Coota 2004
Cosham Xmas Open 2004
Criterion Hotel Open 2009
DPA Australian Masters 2012
DPA Australian Singles 2010
Gleneagle Irish Masters 2010
Goulburn Open 2007, 2009, 2009
Illawarra Yacht Club Classic 2009, 2009
Japan Open 2006
Mildura Workers Club Open 2009
Mittagong RSL Open 2007, 2009
New Zealand Masters 2005
Newcastle Classic 2009
Oak Flats Soundwaves Open 2007
Oceanic Masters 2002, 2010
Pacific Masters 2004, 2006, 2008
Pine Rivers Open 2007
Queensland Open 2009
Revesby Workers Club Open 2010
Russell Stewart Classic 2007, 2009
Southern Illawarra Open 2007, 2009
UK Open Qualifier 2013
Unanderra Hotel Darts Open 2010
Viva Las Vegas NZ 2009
Wagga Classic 2007
Wattle Time Memorial Tournament 2004

European Tour Events

Dutch Darts Masters 2012

Players Championships

Players Championship (AUT) 2010
Players Championship (BAR) 2012, 2016, 2017
Players Championship (COV) 2014
Players Championship (CRA) 2012
Players Championship (DER) 2010
Players Championship (GER) 2010
Players Championship (IRE) 2010, 2016
Players Championship (WIG) 2010

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

UK Open Qualifier 2017 (x2)

European Tour Events

Players Championships

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers

Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, having also played in the British Darts Organisation between 2004-2009. He uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches. His walk-on music is Down Under by Men At Work.

His greatest achievement to date was winning his first major title at the 2012 European Championship. Whitlock has also finished runner-up at the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship and the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship. He claimed that the prize money gained from the latter tournament which included money for the highest checkout (joint with Phil Taylor) would allow him to move over to the UK from Australia and compete on the PDC Pro Tour. His defeat also made him the first, and so far only, player to have never won a World Championship after reaching both the BDO and PDC World Championship Final.

He reached the last 16 of the 2003 PDC World Darts Championship and also the semi-finals of the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship but lost heavily 0–5 to Martin Adams. In other events, he has also reached the semi-finals of the International Darts League in 2005 (losing to Mervyn King) and 2006 (defeating Phil Taylor, losing to Raymond van Barneveld).

In 1999/2000 Kevin Berlyn Formed the DPA (Dartplayers Australia) and the Australian Grand Prix – a series of tournaments in Whitlock's native country, and Whitlock won the first two events. The eventual winner of the AGP would have received automatic qualification for the 2008 PDC World Championship; however, Whitlock remained a WDF/BDO player and chose to compete in the BDO World Championship instead. Whitlock showed great form throughout the tournament, beating Edwin Max and Fabian Roosenbrand before defeating former world champion Ted Hankey 5–0 in the quarter-finals. He then beat Brian Woods to reach the final, where he lost to the number one seed Mark Webster 7–5. He was the first Australian to the reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002.


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