Michael Unterbuchner
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| Michael Unterbuchner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "T-Rex" | ||
| Born | 23 May 1988 Munich, West Germany | ||
| Home town | Landsberg am Lech, Germany | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | ||
| Darts | 21,4g Jochen Weißmann Handmade | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Bangarang" by Skrillex | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2015–2020 | ||
| PDC | 2021–2022 | ||
| WDF | 2015–2020, 2023– | ||
| Current world ranking | 126  1 (28 April 2024)[1] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Semi-final: 2018, 2019 | ||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2018 | ||
| World Trophy | Runner-up: 2018 | ||
| Finder Masters | Last 24: 2017, 2018 | ||
| Dutch Open | 2023 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2018 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German professional
Career
In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of the World Masters. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers and played David Cameron in the preliminary round, winning 3–2. Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach a semi-final at a World Championship, as well as the first to win a last 16 match at a World Championship, when he caused an upset by beating No. 3 seed Jamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round, No. 14 seed Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round, and No. 11 seed Richard Veenstra 5–4 in the quarter-final. Unterbuchner played No. 2 seed and BDO No. 1 Mark McGeeney in the semi-finals where he lost 4–6.
In 2020, Unterbuchner attended Q School but was unable to get a TourCard, He did however qualify for 2 PDC European Tour events, losing 6-4 to Darius Labanaukas & again 6-4 this time to Scott Baker.
Unterbuchner also took part in the German Super League where he qualified for the semi-final before losing 9-3 to Dragutin Horvat, with the event being won by Nico Kurz.
Unterbuchner won a
World Championship results
BDO
- 2018: Semi-finals (lost to Mark McGeeney 4–6) (sets)
- 2019: Semi-finals (lost to Scott Waites 1–6)
- 2020: Second round (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–4)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 0 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| BDO World Trophy (0-1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | BDO World Trophy |  Glen Durrant
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7–10 (l) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked televised events | |||||||
| World Championship | DNP | SF | SF | 2R | DNQ | ||
| World Trophy | DNQ | RU | 1R | NH | |||
| World Masters | 4R | 6R | DNQ | NH | DNQ | ||
| Finder Masters | RR | RR | NH | ||||
| Dutch Open | DNQ | 7R | |||||
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | QF | DNQ | ||||
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | – | – | 167 | 164 | |
References
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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