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Mark McGeeney

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Mark McGeeney
Personal information
Nickname"Gladiator"
Born (1972-06-28) 28 June 1972 (age 52)
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
PDC2019–2023
(Tour Card: 2019-2021)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2018
World MastersRunner Up: 2016, 2017
World TrophySemi Final: 2015
Finder MastersSemi Final: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2020
UK OpenLast 64: 2021
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2017, 2018
PC FinalsLast 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
British Open2015
Dutch Open2017, 2018
England Classic2014
German Open2017
Hal Open2017
Helvetia Open2017
Isle of Man Classic2018
Turkish Masters2018
Turkish Open2018
WDF World Cup Team2015
WSDT Masters Qualifiers 2 2023
Other achievements
Lincolnshire Open 2015
Weoley Castle Open 2010

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

Career

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BDO

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In August 2010, McGeeney 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, McGeeney won the Lincolnshire Open by beating Joshua Richardson in the Final. In September 2015, he won the British Open beating Scott Waites in the final.

McGeeney reached back-to-back Winmau World Masters finals, losing to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and won the Dutch Open.

In 2018, after two previous 2nd round losses, McGeeney reached the final of the BDO World Darts Championship against Durrant. McGeeney came from 6–4 down in sets to lead 2–0 in the decider, but eventually lost 7–6. He 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.

In 2019, at his last appearance at a BDO World Championship McGeeney was once again knocked out in the 2nd round.

PDC

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

McGeeney lost his PDC tour card at the end of 2021 having not managed to find his form since moving across from BDO, failing to reach the top 64 to secure an extension. He has been unable to regain a tour card at Q-School.

World Championship results

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BDO

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PDC

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Career finals

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BDO major finals: 3 (3 runner-up)

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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 England Glen Durrant 3–6 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2017 Winmau World Masters Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 1–6 (s)
Runner-up 3. 2018 World Darts Championship England Glen Durrant 6–7 (s)
  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 2R DNQ
UK Open DNP PR Did not participate 2R 3R 4R DNP
Grand Slam of Darts Did not participate RR RR DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 2R 2R F 2R PDC NH DNP
BDO World Trophy Not held DNQ SF 2R 2R 2R PDC NH
Winmau World Masters 2R 2R RR 3R QF 6R F F 6R PDC NH DNP NH DNP
Finder Darts Masters Did not qualify RR SF PDC NH
WSDT Televised events
World Seniors Darts Masters Not held DNP 1R DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - - - - 162 156 75 65 139 - -


PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
3R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
1R
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNP


PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
SF
WIG
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
4R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
2020 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
2021 BOL
2R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R


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

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