Robert Thornton (darts player)
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2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Winner (1): 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Winner (1): 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Runner Up: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | 5th: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Last 32: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Quarter Final: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Runner Up: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | Quarter Final: 2013, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions League | Group Stage: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Winner (2): 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Winner (1): 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champions | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
UK Open
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2014 Third player ever to hit a double-start nine-dart finish at the World Grand Prix 2014 Together with James Wade the first players to both hit nine dart finishes in the same match |
Robert Thornton (born 17 July 1967) is a Scottish professional darts player, who is a two-time World Seniors champion.
Thornton is a three-time major winner between the
BDO career
Thornton returned to playing darts in 2002, having given up the game for two decades to raise his children.
Thornton's first professional title came in the Central Scotland Open in April 2007, beating
His appearance at the World Championship was only his second visit to Lakeside and he matched his previous appearance by reaching the quarter-finals. Having beaten John Walton and Tony O'Shea, he lost to defending champion Adams.[11] Thornton's good form continued into 2008 when he won the Dutch Open in February and reached the last eight of the Scottish Open a week later to achieve a career high of third in the WDF world rankings and was top of the BDO rankings.[12][13]
PDC career
Thornton qualified for the 2008 UK Open via the Pub qualifiers and then went on to switch to the PDC after withdrawing from the Scottish team for the Europe Cup, stating that his first goal was to get into the top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit which would guarantee his place in all the major tournaments.[14] At the UK Open he lost 9–6 to Alan Tabern in the last 32.[15] Thornton qualified for the Las Vegas Desert Classic losing again in the last 32 this time 6–5 against Adrian Lewis, but went one better at the World Grand Prix when he beat Peter Manley 2–1 in sets in the first round before being defeated 3–2 by Andy Hamilton in the last 16.[16][17] His good start to his career in the PDC continued at the European Championship where he saw off John Part, Mensur Suljović and Ronnie Baxter to advance to the semi-finals for the first time and a meeting with Phil Taylor. Thornton averaged 102.12 in the match but Taylor averaged 113.33 as he won 11–7.[18] Thornton's World Masters title from last year saw him qualify for the Grand Slam of Darts and he advanced from Group E with wins over Gary Mawson and Kirk Shepherd, before being edged out 10–8 by Terry Jenkins in the last 16.[19] Away from the television cameras on the PDC Pro Tour he won the Australian Open Players Championship with a 3–1 success against Paul Nicholson.[20] He was a losing semi-finalist three times and a quarter-finalist four times in the other events to finish as the highest non-qualified player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit for the 2009 PDC World Championship.[21]
At the World Championship, he won 3–1 against
Thornton defeated two qualifiers in Christian Perez and Jyhan Artut at the 2010 World Championship, before Taylor was once again the victor when the two met in the last 16 this time winning by four sets to one.[31]
Thornton was a fixture in the world's top 16 but then broke his hand and later his 2011 season was curtailed significantly after being rushed to hospital complaining of chest pains, breathing problems and headaches.[32] He was diagnosed with pneumonia and did not play again until the 2012 World Championship, where he lost in the second round to Adrian Lewis.[33]
First PDC major
In June 2012, Thornton won his second major title and first in the PDC, the
2013 season
At the 2013 World Championship Thornton missed four darts to win 4–2 in the second round against Paul Nicholson and another one in the deciding set. Nicholson threw for the match and left 58 after 12 darts, only for Thornton to take out 130. Thornton won the bull to throw first in the sudden-death leg and won it to set up a last 16 meeting with Phil Taylor.[47] However, Thornton could only win three legs as he bowed out of the tournament with a 4–0 defeat.[48] Thornton partnered Gary Anderson for the third time at the World Cup of Darts and they were shocked by Spain 5–4 in the last 16.[49]
Thornton qualified for the Premier League for the first time thanks to his UK Open win last year.[50] He produced some very impressive performances in the first half of the campaign such as in week four when he scored his highest ever televised average of 109.33 during a 7–2 win over Anderson.[51] He also averaged 107.65 in beating Simon Whitlock 7–1 in week eight,[52] and after the ninth week he was in the top four who would qualify for the play-offs at the end of the season.[53] Thornton suffered somewhat of a dip in form after this as he could only win two of his next five games and went into the last week needing to beat the Dutch duo of Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen to progress to the play-offs. He lost to van Barneveld 7–4 and, after other results had gone against him, needed an unlikely 7–0 victory over van Gerwen, but instead was beaten 7–1 to end the season in fifth place.[54]
He threw a
2014 season
Thornton advanced to the third round of the
Thornton attended the funeral of his mother in October and on the same day flew to Dublin to compete in the second round of the World Grand Prix against James Wade. The match is considered the best in the tournament's history. At 1–0 ahead in sets, Wade opened the next with the second ever double-start nine-dart finish and threw a 156 finish in the leg after. However, Thornton fought back to win the set and the following one, before incredibly throwing the game's second nine-darter to become the first players to have thrown a perfect leg in the same match in darts history. Thornton would miss four darts to win 3–1, with the tie instead going into a deciding set which Wade took to eliminate Thornton.[79][80] He was knocked out in the second round of the European Championship by Terry Jenkins and lost all three of his matches at the Grand Slam to finish bottom of his group.[81] Darren Webster missed two match darts in the first round of the Players Championship Finals to allow Thornton to triumph 6–5 and he then fought back from 9–4 down against Jamie Caven to send the game into a deciding leg in which Thornton hit a single one when requiring double top to complete a 120 finish and was beaten 10–9.[82]
2015 season
Thornton was the only player to reach the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Championship without dropping a set. In his first appearance in the last eight of the event trailed Michael van Gerwen 3–0 in sets, before winning two unanswered sets. Thornton missed one dart to level the game at 3–3 and was ultimately defeated 5–3.[83] His average of 101.49 was the first time he has been over the 100 mark in a World Championship match.[84] At the second Players Championship, Thorton wired double twelve for a nine darter in a quarter-final defeat to compatriot Peter Wright.[85] He reached the final of the third event, but lost 6–3 to Adrian Lewis.[86] At the European Darts Open, Thornton averaged 111.77 whilst beating James Wade 6–1 in the semi-finals and claimed the first European Tour title of his career by seeing off Kim Huybrechts 6–2 with an average of 106.18 in the final.[87]
At the World Grand Prix, Thornton did not drop a set in the first two rounds in wins over Daryl Gurney and Justin Pipe.[88] Thornton then beat Ian White and Mensur Suljović en route to the final.[89][90] He faced Michael van Gerwen, who hit eighteen 180's, but Thornton beat him 5–4 in sets to win his second PDC major title and third overall. Thornton also rose to number five in the PDC Order of Merit and secured his entry into the Grand Slam of Darts, where he lost 16–7 in the quarter-finals to Phil Taylor.[91][92][93]
2016 season
Thornton was eliminated at the first round stage of a World Championship for the first time in his career in
2017 season
In the second round of the 2017 World Championship, Thornton lost the first six legs against Daryl Gurney but recovered to move 3–2 up. He then lost six of the final seven legs to be edged out 4–3.[103] He played in his first final since the 2015 World Grand Prix at the ninth Players Championship and was defeated 6–2 by Michael van Gerwen.[104]
World Championship results
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BDO
- 2005: Quarter-finals (lost to Darryl Fitton 0–5)
- 2008: Quarter-finals (lost to Martin Adams 4–5)
PDC
- 2009: Second round (lost to Wayne Mardle 3–4)
- 2010: Third round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–4)
- 2011: Third round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–4)
- 2012: Second round (lost to Adrian Lewis 2–4)
- 2013: Third round (lost to Phil Taylor 0–4)
- 2014: Third round (lost to Wes Newton 1–4)
- 2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 2–5)
- 2016: First round (lost to Alan Norris 0–3)
- 2017: Second round (lost to Daryl Gurney 3–4)
- 2018: Second round (lost to Mensur Suljović 2–4)
- 2019: First round (lost to Daniel Larsson 1–3)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 2007 | World Masters | ![]() |
7–5 (s) | [105] |
PDC major finals: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0–1) |
UK Open (1–0) |
World Grand Prix (1–0) |
Players Championship Finals (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | Players Championship Finals | ![]() |
9–16 (l) | [106] |
Winner | 1. | 2012 | UK Open | ![]() |
11–5 (l) | [35] |
Runner-up | 2. | 2013 | Grand Slam of Darts | ![]() |
6–16 (l) | [107] |
Winner | 2. | 2015 | World Grand Prix | ![]() |
5–4 (s) | [91] |
Seniors major finals: 3 (3 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2022 | World Seniors Darts Championship | ![]() |
5–1 (s) |
Winner | 2. | 2022 | World Seniors Darts Matchplay | ![]() |
12–10 (l) |
Winner | 3. | 2023 | World Seniors Darts Championship | ![]() |
5–2 (s) |
Career statistics
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
Performance timeline
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | DNQ | DNP | ||||||
UK Open | DNP | 4R | 3R | 4R | QF | W | 5R | 4R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | DNP | |||||
World Matchplay | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R
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1R
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DNQ | 1R
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1R
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1R
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1R
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2R
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1R
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DNQ | DNP | |||||||
World Grand Prix | Non-PDC | 2R | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | 2R | W | 1R | QF | DNQ | DNP | ||||||||
European Championship | Not held | SF | 2R | 2R | DNQ | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | DNP | |||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | Not held | DNQ | 2R | QF | 2R | DNQ | 2R | F | RR | QF | 2R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | DNP | |||||
Players Championship Finals | Not held | F | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | DNQ | DNP | |||||||
PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League Darts | DNP | 5th | 8th | DNP | 8th | DNP | ||||||||||||||
The Masters
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Not held | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | DNQ | DNP | ||||||||||||
Champions League of Darts | Not held | RR | DNQ | NH | ||||||||||||||||
World Cup of Darts | Not held | QF | NH | DNQ | 2R | QF | DNQ | QF | DNQ | 2R | DNP | |||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals
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Not held | 2R | 1R | DNQ | DNP | |||||||||||||||
PDC Past major events | ||||||||||||||||||||
Las Vegas Desert Classic | Non-PDC | 1R | DNQ | Not held | ||||||||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO World Championship | QF | DNQ | QF | No longer a BDO player | ||||||||||||||||
World Masters | 3R
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DNP | W
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No longer a BDO player | ||||||||||||||||
WSDT Televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Seniors Darts Championship | Not held | W | W | |||||||||||||||||
World Seniors Champion of Champions | Not held | QF | ||||||||||||||||||
World Seniors Darts Masters | Not held | 1R | SF | |||||||||||||||||
World Seniors Darts Matchplay | Not held | W | 1R | |||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | Non-PDC | - | 16 | 21 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 55 | 73 | 118 | - |
Nine-dart finishes
Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
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8 October 2014 | ![]() |
World Grand Prix | D20, 2 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T17, bullseye | £2,500 |
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