Martin Adams

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Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English darts player. His nickname is Wolfie. He is currently number one in the BDO world rankings and will be the number one seed for the 2007 BDO World Darts Championship. He plays county darts for Cambridgeshire.

Following the formation of the Professional Darts Corporation in 1993, all the players that left the British Darts Organisation were banned from playing county darts leaving England searching for a new team and a new captain. Martin Adams took over the role in 1994 and has remained captain since. He is now the longest reigning England captain ever.

Adams has won many BDO Open events and twice won the WDF World Cup singles, but has often missed out on winning the biggest tournaments. Despite a consistent high world ranking, he has only reached the World Championship Final once - losing out to Raymond van Barneveld in 2005.

In the other major BDO events, Adams was beaten in the 2005 Leendesk Masters final by Mervyn King, in the 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy final by Phil Taylor and lost to 17 year-old Dutch youngster, Michael van Gerwen in the 2006 Winmau World Masters Final

Contents 1 World Championship Performances 2 Titles Won 3 Singles Titles 4 Team & Pairs Events 5 External links

[edit] World Championship Performances

1994 unseeded 1995 no 4 seed 1996 no 3 seed 1997 no 1 seed 1998 no 4 seed 1999 no 3 seed 2000 no 6 seed 2001 unseeded 2002 no 2 seed 2003 no 4 seed 2004 no 6 seed 2005 no 7 seed 2006 no 2 seed 2007 no 1 seed

Quarter Final Semi Final Quarter Final 1st Round 1st Round Quarter Final 1st Round 2nd Round Semi Final 2nd Round 1st Round Runner-up Semi Final

[edit] Titles Won

[edit] Singles Titles

• WDF World Cup Singles 1995, 2001
• Europe Cup Singles 1996
• British Pentathlon 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004
• British Open 1994, 2004
• Jersey Open 1995
• Finland Open 1996, 2002
• Swiss Open 1996, 1999
• British Matchplay 1996
• European Grand Masters 1996, 2000
• Belgium Open 1997, 1998
• Portland Open 1999
• Scania Open 1999
• Primus Masters 1999, 2000
• German Gold Cup 2000, 2001, 2002
• Schiedam Open 2000
• Denmark Open 2000
• German Open 2001
• Antwerp Open 2001
• Granite City Open 2005
• Scottish Open 2005

[edit] Team & Pairs Events

• WDF World Cup Champions Team 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003
• World Cup Pairs Champion 1995, 2003
• Europe Cup Champions Team 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000
• Europe Cup Pairs Champion 1996, 2002

[edit] External links

• Wolfie Darts Official Web Site