Shaun Greatbatch

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Shaun Greatbatch

Personal information
Nickname	9 Dart
Date of birth	July 11, 1969 (1969-07-11) (age 38)
Place of birth	, England
Home town	, England
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2001 to present
Current World Ranking	6 (BDO)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Finals 2006
World Masters	Last 32 2006
World Darts Trophy	Last 16 2004, 2007
Int. Darts League	Quarter-Finals 2003
Grand Slam	Last 32 Group 2007
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
Dutch Open Swedish Open German Open Pairs Denmark Open England National Championship	2002 2004, 2007 2004 2005 2006, 2007

Shaun Greatbatch (born July 11, 1969) is an English darts player. He lives in Suffolk, UK and works in the construction industry. His nickname is 9 Dart. The reason for his nickname is that he hit a perfect nine dart finish in the final of the 2002 Dutch Open against Steve Coote. Shaun's family is said by commentators to have a rich darting pedigree. His mother Sandra reached the semi-finals in the Women's World Championship in 2002 and was a Women's World Masters finalist in 1992 and 1997. Shaun lost in the first round of the BDO World Darts Championship in his first four occasions, 2001 against then reigning champion Ted Hankey, in 2003 against Colin Monk, 2004 against James Wade and 2005 against Mike Veitch. This dubious honour ended in the 2006 World Championship, where Shaun finally won in five sets against Niels de Ruiter. He went on to reach the semi-finals, losing to eventual champion Jelle Klaasen. The result means he did not need to qualify for the 2007 championship where he lost in the second round to Tony Eccles. In 2008 the first round jinx came back to haunt him as he was beaten by Martin Phillips