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Daryl Gurney
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| Birthday: |
22. March 1986 |
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| Lives in: |
Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Born at: |
Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Nickname: |
Superchin |
| Darts: |
23g winmau |
| Walk-On-Music: |
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) |
| Organisation: |
PDC |
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Daryl Gurney started his career in the BDO and played from 2004 - 2013 on the BDO Circuit. In 2008 he for the first time reached a final - the WDF Europe Cup Singles - but lost to Mark Webster. 2009 and 2010 he qualified for the BDO World Championship and lost both times second round to Martin Adams.
2012 Gurney won the England Masters,the Northern Ireland Open and later in the year the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy
by which he qualified for the preliminary round of the PDC World Championship
2013. He lost second round to Dave Chisnall but decided to swith to the PDC and in January 2013 took part in the PDC Qualifying School and won himself a Tour Card.
2014 he qualified for the first time for the UK Open and the World Grand Prix in Dublin. He again won the Tom Kirby Memorial Trophy, qualified for the PDC World Championship 2015
but lost first round to Ronnie Baxter. Nevertheless 2015 was quite a successful year for Gurney - he again took part in the UK Open and the World Grand Prix, qualified for the first
time for the Players Championship Finals and caused and upset when he elimnated Gary Anderson in the second round while he himself progressed to the quarterfinals.He took part in
the PDC World championship 2016 again and reached the final of the Dutch Darts Masters - his first PDC final. Together with Brendan Dolan he took part in the PDc World Cup and the
Northern Irish team reached the semifinals. Gurney stood in the quarterfinals of the World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix but was less succesful in the European Championship
and the Players Championship Finals. Nevertheless he moved up into the PDC Order of Merit and for the first time stood under the top 32.
So he this time qualified for the World Championship as a seeded player and played himself into the quarterfinals. gurney reached the semifinals of the UK Open in 2017, won his
first Players Championship and in October his first PDC Major title - the World Grand Prix. That moved him up under the Top Ten of the PDC Order of Merit and Gurney was invited
to play in the Premier League 2018. He ended on fifth place of the table -just outside the play-off places.
Later in the year he won his second TV title at the Players Championships Finals. Till than he takes part in all Major Events but often lacks consitency though in 2019 Gurney won
once on the Pro Tour, the European Tour and an event of the World Series of Darts.
Results
Major Tournaments
| BDO World Championship | Last 16 | 2009, 2010 |
| PDC World Championship | Quarterfinals | 2017, 2021 |
| World Masters | Last 24 | 2009 |
| World Matchplay | Semifinals | 2017, 2019 |
| World Grand Prix | Winner | 2017 |
| UK Open | Semifinals | 2017, 2020 |
| Grand Slam of Darts | Quarterfinals | 2017 |
| Premier League | Semifinals | 2018 |
| European Championship | Semifinals | 2017, 2019 |
| Players Championship Finals | Winner | 2018 |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | Semifinals | 2016 |
| The Masters | Quarterfinals | 2024 |
| Champions League | Group Ühase | 2018, 2019 |
| World Series of Darts Finale | Semifinals | 2017 |
