Martin Adams

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Martin Adams

Personal information
Nickname	Wolfie
Date of birth	June 4, 1956 (age 50)
Place of birth	Sutton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire,
Home town	Sutton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire,
Darts information
Playing darts since	1992
Darts	Engraved 22 Gram Datadart M3
Organisation
BDO	since 1992
Current World Ranking	2
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Winner 2007, Finalist 2005
World Masters	Finalist 2006
World Darts Trophy	Finalist 2006
Int. Darts League	Quarter finalist 2006
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
WDF World Cup Singles Europe Cup Singles British Pentathlon British Open Jersey Open Finland Open Swiss Open British Matchplay European Grand Masters Belgium Open Portland Open Scania Open Primus Masters German Gold Cup Schiedam Open Denmark Open German Open Antwerp Open Granite City Open Scottish Open	1995, 2001 1996 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 1994, 2004 1995 1996, 2002 1996, 1999 1996 1996, 2000 1997, 1998 1999 1999 1999, 2000 2000, 2001, 2002 2000 2000 2001 2001 2005 2005
Other Achievements
WDF World Cup Champions Team 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003 World Cup Pairs Champion 1995, 2003 Europe Cup Team Champions 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 Europe Cup Pairs Champion 1996, 2002
Infobox last updated on: January 14, 2007.

Martin Adams (born June 4, 1956) is an English international darts player.

He is the current British Darts Organisation World Champion having won the 2007 World Championship - his 14th attempt at the title. His is also number one in the BDO world rankings. He plays county darts for Cambridgeshire. Martin lives in Cambridgeshire and is an I.T. Teacher.

1 Darts career
2 Professional record
- 2.1 BDO World Championship record
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Darts career

Adams worked for Lloyds Bank, and started his darts career in pubs. He still plays pub darts, currently playing for the Packhorse in Northborough, Cambridgeshire^[1]. He turned professional in 1992.

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 often missed out on winning the biggest tournaments. He was sometimes the victim of great comebacks and also great collapses himself when he found himself in winning positions.

In the grand slam BDO events, other than the World Championship, Adams has reached three finals. He was beaten 6-4 in the 2004 Bavaria World Darts Trophy final by Raymond van Barneveld and lost the 2006 Bavaria World Darts Trophy final to Phil Taylor 7-2. He also lost to 17-year-old Dutch youngster Michael van Gerwen 7-5 in the 2006 Winmau World Masters final, having led 5-2.

Having made his Lakeside debut in 1994 at the age of 37, Adams failed to progress beyond the semi finals of the World Championship until 2005 when he reached the final at the 12th attempt. He beat Davy Richardson 3-2, John Henderson 3-2, Ted Hankey 5-3 and Simon Whitlock 5-0 before losing 6-2 against Raymond van Barneveld in the final.

Adams reached his second world final in 2007. He was number one seed for the second time in his career and put out Tony O'Shea, Co Stompe, Ted Hankey and Mervyn King in his run to the final where he faced qualifier Phill Nixon. The two oldest players in the tournament (they were both 50 years old) reached the final. Adams stormed into a 6-0 lead, before Nixon produced an incredible comeback to level the match. Just when it looked like Adams was heading for another dramatic defeat, he finally justified why he'd started as strong favourite when he won all three legs in the final set to win through 7-6 and finally claim the World title that he said he had been chasing for 14 years.

[edit] Professional record

[edit] BDO World Championship record

Year	Seed	Reached	Oponent	Score	Notes
1994	unseeded	Quarter Final	Magnus Caris	2-4
1995	4	Semi Final	Raymond van Barneveld	4-5
1996	3	Quarter Final	Steve Beaton	1-4	Beaton was eventual winner
1997	1	1st Round	Roger Carter	1-3	Carter was American first-time entrant
1998	4	1st Round	Robbie Widdows	2-3
1999	3	Quarter Final	Chris Mason	4-5
2000	6	1st Round	Steve Coote	2-3
2001	unseeded	2nd Round	Ronnie Baxter	1-3
2002	2	Semi Final	Tony David	4-5	David was eventual winner
2003	4	2nd Round	Bob Taylor	1-3
2004	6	1st Round	Richie Davies	2-3
2005	7	Final	Raymond van Barneveld	2-6	Runner Up
2006	2	Semi Final	Raymond van Barneveld	2-6
2007	1	Final	Phill Nixon	7-6	Winner