Matt Clark (darts player)
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Matt Clark | |||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||
Nickname | "Superman" | ||||||||||
Born | 4 April 1968 Superman Theme" by John Williams | ||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
BDO | 1996–2003, 2018–2019 | ||||||||||
PDC | 2003–2017, 2019- | ||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 1996 | ||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 1996, 1998 | ||||||||||
World Trophy | Last 32: 2002 | ||||||||||
Int. Darts League | Last 16 Group: 2003 | ||||||||||
Finder Masters | Last 16 Group: 2000, 2001 | ||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2006 | ||||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter Final: 2008 | ||||||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2006 | ||||||||||
Desert Classic | Last 16: 2006 | ||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Last 32: 2007, 2009 | ||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Matthew Clark (born 4 April 1968) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation (BDO). 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
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.
After losing his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2017, Clark decided to play some of the BDO Tour and the PDC Challenge Tour. A final in the Luxembourg Open and a quarter-final in the Belfry Open were followed by an agonising loss in the BDO World Championship qualifiers when he was one win from qualifying. Clark also made a quarter-final on the Challenge Tour in 2018 before re-entering PDC UK Q-School in January 2019. A last 16 exit on day two put him in a good position to win back his Tour Card, and he did it by right on the third day, beating Gavin Carlin 5–2 in the final to seal a two-year PDC Tour Card. Matt Clark also took part in the PDC Home Tour, on Saturday 25 April 2020, missing out on winning his group by one leg. The other three players in his group consisted of Harry Ward, Martijn Kleermaker and Michael Smith.
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)
- 2010: 1st Round (lost to Mervyn King 0–3)
- 2014: 1st Round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 1–3)
Career statistics
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Prel. | DNQ | DNP | NH |
Performance timeline
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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BDO World Championship | DNQ | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | No longer a BDO Member | DNQ | DNP | ||||||||||||||
World Masters | Prel.
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No longer a BDO Member | 3R | DNP | NH | ||||||||||||||
Finder Darts Masters | Not held | RR
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DNP | No longer a BDO Member | DNP | NH | |||||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Not held | 1R | DNP | Not held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International Darts League | Not held | RR | DNP | Prel. | Not held | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNP | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | DNP | DNQ | 1R
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1R
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UK Open | Not held | DNQ | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 2R | Prel. | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 3R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | ||||||||
PDC Past major events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Las Vegas Desert Classic | Not held | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | Not held | |||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | Non-PDC | - | - | 31 | 31 | 39 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 94 | 92 | 97 | 116 | 93 | 81 | NR | 111 | 94 |
References
- ^ Matt Clark's December 2006 report Archived 29 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine from Matt Clark's official website, retrieved 23 July 2008