Mark Walsh (darts player)

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Mark Walsh

Personal information
Nickname	Walshie
Date of birth	February 1, 1965 (1965-02-01) (age 43)
Place of birth	Watford, England
Home town	Abbots Langley, England
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	N/A
PDC	2002 to present
Current World Ranking	30
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Darts Trophy	Last 56
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32 2005, 2006, 2008
World Matchplay	Last 16 2005, 2006
World Grand Prix	Last 16 2003, 2004
UK Open	Runner-Up 2005
Desert Classic	Last 16 2005
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
US Open	Last 64 2007
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
UK Welsh Regional Gleneagle Irish Masters	2005 2007

Mark Walsh (born February 2, 1965 in Watford) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments.

He reached his first major televised final in 2005, when he was beaten by England's Phil Taylor in the UK Open in Bolton.

1 Early career
2 2007 form
3 2008
4 Successes
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Early career

Walsh made his televised debut at the 2002 World Matchplay but suffered a 10-0 whitewash at the hands of John Part.

His World Championship debut came in 2004, but he lost 0-3 to Erik Clarys in his first match. He went out to Wayne Mardle 2-4 in 2005. He won his first match at the World Championship at his third attempt in 2006. He was seeded 12th for the event, and beat Warren Parry before losing 0-4 to Dennis Smith in the next round.

[edit] 2007 form

He had slipped to 16th in the world rankings for the 2007 World Championship, when he was surprisingly beaten by 19 year-old Dutch player Rico Vonck, thus continuing his poor run at the tournament. He started the year ranked 15th in the world, but had fallen to 32 by November, which put him in danger of failing to qualify for the 2008 World Championship. However, he reached the semi-final of the Ireland Open Classic in September, and won the non-ranked Gleneagle Irish Masters in early November, thus hinting at an upturn in form. He also reached the semi-finals of the PDC German Darts Championship.

[edit] 2008

In the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Walsh defeated Adrian Gray in the first round, setting up a second-round match with Phil Taylor. Walsh led Taylor 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2 before Taylor won six consecutive legs to beat him 4-3. Despite losing, Walsh stated that from suffering Dartitis to pushing the greatest player in the world to the final set at the World Championship was a great victory in its own right.

[edit] Successes

He has won two non-televised PDC titles: the Welsh Regional final of the UK Open in September 2005, and the Gleneagle Irish Masters in November 2007^[1].