Tony West | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Anthony Shaun West | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Tornado | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Waltham Abbey, Essex, England |
7 July 1972 ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | BW Tony West | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Song 2 by Blur | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2002–2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2012–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2004, 2005, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Winner: 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Quarter-finals: 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Zuiderduin Masters | Quarter-finals: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | First round: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony Shaun "Tony" West (born 7 July 1972 in Waltham Abbey, Essex) is a former English professional darts player.
West's biggest successes have come at the Winmau World Masters. He reached the final in 2002 but was beaten by 7-4 by Mark Dudbridge. In 2003, he made the semi-finals where he played Ted Hankey. Hankey went 5-4 in front in their best of 11 match, and started celebrating after making a high outshot to win the set. However, this proved premature as West recovered to win the match 6-5. In the final, West played Raymond van Barneveld, who had won the year's three preceding Grand Slam events and was looking to complete his set. It looked likely as van Barneveld took an early lead, but West improved his form and took it to a deciding set. At 5-4 to West in the set they were within one leg of playing a sudden-death leg, but West managed to break van Barneveld's throw and win the title.
West reached the last 16 of the 2004 BDO World Championship, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Fordham.
Since 2004, West's form has slumped somewhat and he failed to qualify for the 2007, 2008 and 2009 World Championships. He did however qualify for the 2010 tournament, reaching the second round before losing to Dave Chisnall. In 2011 he lost in the first round to champion Martin Adams, while the following year he lost at the same stage to Belgian Geert De Vos.
West has won one Open event, the Portland Open in 2004, and one pairs Open event, also at the Portland Open in 2006.