Mervyn King (darts)

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Mervyn King (born March 15, 1966) is a professional darts player. Known by his nickname, "The King", he is recognized as one of the top ten players in the WDF rankings.

He is considered to be one of the best players in the world. He made his debut in the World Professional Darts Championship in 1997, where he hit 30 180s for the whole tournament, a new record at that time. He went on to reach the semi-finals, where he lost 5-3 to Les Wallace, who won the title that year. In 2002, he reached the final where he lost to Australian Tony David by 6 sets to 3. In 2003, King went out in the semi-finals, losing 5-2 to Raymond van Barneveld. In 2004 he went on to reach his second World final, but lost 6-3 to Andy Fordham. In 2005 he lost in the second round to Andre Brantjes 3-2, and in 2006 he lost in the second round to yet another Dutchman, Jelle Klaasen, who ended up the eventual winner.

Although he has won a lot of open titles since 1995, King didn't win his first Grand Slam until 2004, winning the Winmau World Masters in Bridlington, defeating Tony O'Shea 7-6. His last title victory to date was the Leendesk Masters, which took place in Holland on December 11th, 2005. He defeated Martin Adams 5-4 in an exciting final. At the 2006 Dutch Open he on his own refused to play PDC players in a supposedly open event which went against the 1997 Tomlin Order which said players from both organisations should be allowed to play in open events.