Adrian Gray

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Adrian Gray

Personal information
Nickname	3 Styler
Date of birth	February 28, 1981 (1981-02-28) (age 27)
Place of birth	Hastings, Sussex,
Home town	St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex,
Darts information
Playing darts since	2003
Darts	21g
Walk-on music	Freestyler (1999) by Bomfunk MC's
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	since 2003
Current World Ranking	31
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32, 2007
World Matchplay	Last 32, 2007
World Grand Prix	QF 2007
UK Open	Last 16, 2003
Desert Classic	Last 16, 2004, 2005
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
US Open	Last 64, 2007
Infobox last updated on: January 7, 2008.

Adrian Gray (born 28 February 1981 in Hastings, Sussex) is an English darts player. Known as '3 Styler' Adrian made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open. A rising star of the PDC, Adrian only began playing darts at the age of 18, and within three years had defeated John Part. ^[1]

He made his debut in the PDC World Darts Championship in 2006, defeating Ronnie Baxter in the first round before losing to Darren Webster. An ever-present in the UK Open televised finals at Bolton, Adrian's run to the semi-finals at the Antwerp Darts Trophy in 2007 saw him earn a Stan James World Matchplay qualifying spot but he lost 10-12 to Kevin Painter in the first round.

Adrian had previously come through to win a place at the 2005 Las Vegas Desert Classic, where he overcame American John Kuczynski in the first round before going down to Ray Carver.

He produced a major upset at the 2007 World Grand Prix when he became only the third player in the history of the tournament to defeat Phil Taylor. Despite losing the first two legs of their first round match, Gray then rarely missed his starting double 16 and took five successive legs to move within one of the match. In the fourth leg of the second set, Gray hit back-to-back 180s and finished the match with a double seven to complete the shock result.

Hoping to build on his success over Taylor in Ireland, Gray suffered a disappointing first round exit from the 2008 World Championship, losing 3-2 to Mark Walsh.

[edit] Personal life

Gray now lives in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex. He is not yet a full time professional - he makes his living as a carpet fitter, where he is a business partner with Colin 'no job too big no job too small" Barnes. In 2006, Gray and Barnes were named East Sussex carpet fitters of the year - a title Gray referred to when interviewed on stage later that year.