Mark Dudbridge started to play darts when he was 13 years old and joined the BDO in 2002. In the same year he won
the Winmau World Masters and afterwards changed to the PDC.
In 2003 he won two Pro Tour tounanments and qualified for the PDC World Championship 2004 where he defeated the
then Champion John Part. 2004 was a good year for Dudbridge he played himself in the finale of the World Matchplay
and lost to Phil Taylor. He managed to reach the finale of the PDC World Championship 2005 and again lost to Taylor.
During the following years he couldnīt take up this achievements and slipped down the ranking. 2009 he seemed to regain
his form and won two Players Championships reaching the semifinals in three others.
Since 2005 Dudbridge is a full time professional but he still works as estate agent.
Picture with courtesy of Lawrence Lustig