Mark McGeeney

Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire, England. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Mark McGeeney
Personal information
NicknameGladiator
Born (1972-06-28) 28 June 1972
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Home townStockport, Cheshire
England
Darts information
Playing darts since1991
Darts22 Gram Unicorn Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Metalingus" by Alter Bridge
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2019
PDC2019–
Current world ranking68
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2018
World MastersRunner Up: 2016, 2017
World Darts TrophySemi Final: 2015
Finder MastersSemi Final: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2020
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2017, 2018
UK OpenLast 96: 2020
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
British Open
Dutch Open
England Classic
German Open
Hal Open
Helvetia Open
Isle Of Man Classic
Turkish Masters
Turkish Open
WDF World Cup Team
2015
2017, 2018
2014
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2018
2015
Other achievements
Lincolnshire Open 2015
Weoley Castle Open 2010

Career

BDO

In August 2010 Mark won the Weoley Castle Open beating Kevin Taylor in the Final. In September 2014 he won the England Classic, he beat Sam Hewson in the Quarter-final before beating Wesley Harms in the Final. In April 2015 he won the Lincolnshire Open beating Joshua Richardson in the Final. In September 2015 he won the British Open beating Scott Waites in the final.

McGeeney is currently the world number one as a result of reaching back-to-back Winmau World Masters finals, losing to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and winning the Dutch Open. In 2018, after two previous second round losses, McGeeney reached the final against Durrant. McGeeney came from 6-4 down in sets to lead 2-0 in the decider, but eventually lost 7-6. He therefore became only the second player in World Championship history after Mike Gregory in 1992 to miss championship darts (one at D18 and one at D9) and lose the match. The following month, McGeeney retained his Dutch Open title, beating Durrant 3-1 in sets in the final.

PDC

McGeeney revealed in December 2018 that he will compete in the Professional Darts Corporation's Q-School in 2019, due to new rules that allow unsuccessful Q-School competitors to compete within the BDO.[1] After losing out in the final to Harry Ward 5–2 on the first day, he recovered to go all the way on day two, beating Carl Wilkinson 5–4 in the final to seal a two-year PDC Tour Card.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Career finals

BDO major finals: 3 (3 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Winmau World Masters (0–2)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2016 Winmau World Masters Glen Durrant 3–6 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2017 Winmau World Masters Krzysztof Ratajski 1–6 (s)
Runner-up 3. 2018 World Darts Championship Glen Durrant 6–7 (s)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 2R
UK Open Did not participate Prel. Did not participate 2R 3R
Grand Slam of Darts Did not participate RR RR DNQ
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 2R 2R F 2R PDC
BDO World Trophy Not held DNQ SF 2R 2R 2R PDC
Winmau World Masters 2R 2R RR 3R QF 6R F F 6R PDC
Finder Darts Masters Did not qualify RR SF PDC
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. McCosh, Edward. "BDO's Mark McGeeney to attend Q-School". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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