Simon Whitlock
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| Simon Whitlock | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | The Wizard | |
| Date of birth | March 3, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Home town | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||
| BDO | 2004 to present | |
| PDC | 2003 | |
| Current World Ranking | 8 (BDO) | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Runner-Up 2008 | |
| World Masters | Quarter-Finals 2007 | |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 16 2005, 2006, 2007 | |
| Int. Darts League | Semi-Finals 2005, 2006 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16 2003 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| Oceanic Masters Australian Masters Australian Grand Masters Coota Pacific Masters Wattle Time Memorial Tournament Castle Hill New Zealand Masters Japan Open Goulburn Open Mittagong RSL Open Oak Flats Soundwaves Open Pine Rivers Open Russell Stewart Classic Southern Illawarra Wagga Classic |
2002 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2004 2004, 2006 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 |
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Simon Whitlock (born March 3, 1969 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation tournaments, although he did have a spell playing in the rival organisation, the Professional Darts Corporation. He uses the nickname The Wizard of Oz for his matches. His walk-on music is New Sensation by INXS.
He reached the last 16 of the 2003 PDC World Darts Championship and also the semi-finals of the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship but lost heavily 0-5 to Martin Adams. In other events, he has also reached the semi-finals of the International Darts League in 2005 (losing to Mervyn King) and 2006 (losing to Raymond van Barneveld).
In 2007, the PDC set up an Australian Grand Prix - a series of tournaments in Whitlock's native country and the Wizard won the first two events. The eventual winner of the AGP will receive automatic qualification for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship; however, Whitlock remains a WDF/BDO player and chose to compete in the BDO World Championship.
Whitlock showed great form throughout the tournament beat Edwin Max and Fabian Roosenbrand before beating former world champion Ted Hankey 5-0 in the quarter-finals. He then beat Cumbria's Brian Woods to reach the final of the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship where he was beaten by number one seed Mark Webster 7-5. He was the first Australian to the reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002.
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