Matt Clark (darts player)

Matthew 'Matt' Clark (born 4 April 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.

Darting history

Matt Clark first started playing darts at the age of 19 at his local village pub,^[1] and after a few years was playing for the Kent county team. At the age of 24 he began moving towards pro darts attending the Dutch Open where he made the quarter finals of the pairs and singles competitions.Clark appeared in the BDO World Darts Championship eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996.

He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2006 and reached the second round, losing to eventual champion Phil Taylor. He entered the 2007 tournament as the number 31 seed, but lost in the first round to Mick McGowan. In 2008, Clark lost in the first round to Roland Scholten. Despite losing, Clark won more legs than Scholten, Clark winning 12 to Scholten's 10. However, he gained revenge on Scholten having qualified for the 2008 World Matchplay through the Players Championship Order of Merit and defeating him 10–4 in the first round. He continued to defeat veteran Peter Manley 13–6 in an upset and reached the quarter-finals, his best performance in the competition, before being defeated by defending champion James Wade, despite checking out at 161 which was the highest checkout of that year's tournament. Prior to the Matchplay Event Matt lost 3 stone in weight which forced him to change his throwing stance.

Clark suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Kevin Painter in a sudden leg death which Clark missed one dart at double 12 to win.

World Championship Results

BDO

1996: Quarter Final (lost to Les Wallace 1–4)
1997: 1st Round (lost to Andy Fordham 2–3)
1998: 1st Round (lost to Mervyn King 0–3)
1999: 1st Round (lost to Paul Williams 2–3)
2000: 2nd Round (lost to Chris Mason 2–3)
2001: 2nd Round (lost to Kevin Painter 1–3)
2002: 1st Round (lost to Marko Pusa 1–3)
2003: 1st Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–3)

PDC

2006: 2nd Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–4)
2007: 1st Round (lost to Mick McGowan 1–3)
2008: 1st Round (lost to Roland Scholten 2–3)
2009: 1st Round (lost to Kevin Painter 2–3) (sudden death)
2010: 1st Round (lost to Mervyn King 0–3)
2014: 1st Round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
BDO World Championship	QF	L32	L32	L32	L16	L16	L32	L32	No longer a BDO Member
Winmau World Masters	L32	DNP	L32	L128	L64	L64	L64	No longer a BDO Member
World Darts Trophy	Not held						L32	DNP					Not held
International Darts League	Not held							RR	DNP			Prelim	Not held
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC								DNP		L32	L64	L64	L64	L64	DNP			L64	DNP
World Matchplay	Non-PDC								DNP	L32	L32	DNP	QF	DNP
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held							DNP			L16	DNP	L32	DNP	Not held
UK Open	Not held							DNP	L64	L64	L32	L96	L64	L96	L64	L96	Prelim	DNP	L128	L128

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	L#	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	RU	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

References

↑ Matt Clark's December 2006 report from Matt Clark's official website, retrieved 23 July 2008

External links

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