Matt Clark (darts player)

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Matt Clark

Personal information
Nickname	Superman
Date of birth	April 4, 1968 (1968-04-04) (age 40)
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Home town	West Kingsdown, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
Darts	22g Elvan Own Design
Walk-on music	{{{music}}}
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1996 to 2004
PDC	2004 to present
Current World Ranking	39
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-Finals 1996
World Masters	Last 32 1996, 1998
World Darts Trophy	Last 32 2002
Int. Darts League	Last 16 Group 2003
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	2nd round 2006
World Matchplay	1st round 2005, 2006
UK Open	5th round 2005
Desert Classic	Last 16 2006
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
US Open	Last 32 2007
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
Canadian Open	1999

Matt Clark (born April 4, 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches. Clark appeared in the BDO World Darts Championship eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996. He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. His made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2007 as the number 31 seed, but lost in the first round to Mick McGowan. In 2008, Clark lost in the first round to Roland Scholten. Despite losing, Clark won more legs than Scholten, Clark winning 12 to Scholten's 10.