Chris Dobey

Chris Dobey
Personal information
Full name Christopher Dobey
Nickname Hollywood
Born (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990
Bedlington, England
Home town Bedlington, Northumberland
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 2010
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music All The Lights by Kanye West
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2013–2015
PDC 2015–
Current world ranking 34
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 32: 2014
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2017
Grand Slam Quarter Final: 2016
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2016
UK Open Last 16: 2018
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 16: 2017

Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to Nathan Aspinall.[1] At the 11th Players Championship of the year he had deciding leg victories over Jan Dekker, Kim Huybrechts and Max Hopp to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was defeated 6–2 by Mark Webster.[2] Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins.[3]

At the 2016 German Darts Masters, Dobey saw off Ben Davies 6–1 and then averaged 100.64 in a win over Robert Thornton and 102.25 whilst beating Dave Chisnall 6–4.[4] In his first PDC quarter-final he averaged over 100 again, but lost 6–5 to world number one Michael van Gerwen having led 5–4.[5] At the 19th Players Championship Dobey beat Stephen Bunting 6–3 to reach the semi-finals and took out a 120 finish after Adrian Lewis had missed match darts to play in his first professional final, which he lost 6–4 to Simon Whitlock.[6] He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated 6–2 by Joe Cullen in the first round.[7] Dobey also played in the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time and wins over Lewis and Scott Mitchell saw him advance to the knockout stage, where he hit a ten dart leg to move 9–5 up on Jamie Hughes. However, Hughes closed the deficit to force a deciding leg which Dobey took to advance to his first major quarter-final, but he was outclassed by James Wade who won 16–5.[8][9]

His performances gave him a PDC Pro Tour spot in the 2017 World Championship, where he beat Justin Pipe 3–1 in the first round.[10] In the second round he lost 4–2 to Dave Chisnall.[11]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jubilant Chisnall claims victory in Barnsley". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "2015 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Richardson Shocks Lewis In Munich". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Van Gerwen Retains German Masters Title". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nine-Dart Whitlock Enjoys Further Success". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "2017 PDC World Championship Results". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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