Tony Eccles
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| Tony Eccles | ||
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| Personal information | ||
| Nickname | The Viper
website = www.theviper.co.uk |
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| Date of birth | January 8, 1970 | |
| Place of birth | Middlesbrough,  |
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| Home town | Hartlepool, |
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| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||
| BDO | 2002 - 2007 | |
| PDC | 2007 - Present | |
| Current World Ranking | 40 | |
| BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter-Finals 2007 | |
| World Masters | Last 32 2006 | |
| World Darts Trophy | Quarter-Finals 2004 | |
| Int. Darts League | Last 16 Group 2007 | |
| PDC Majors - Best Performances | ||
| World Ch'ship | 3rd Round 2008 | |
| UK Open | Last 64 2007 | |
| Desert Classic | Last 32 2007 | |
| Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances | ||
| Other Tournament Wins | ||
| Tournament | Years | |
| British Open Dutch Open Swedish Open Norway Open German Gold Cup |
2002 2005 2005, 2006 2006, 2007 2007 |
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Tony Eccles (born January 8, 1970) is a Winmau sponsored darts player currently residing in Hartlepool. He uses the nickname The Viper.
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[edit] BDO career
He made his debut in the World Championship in 2002 but only won one match in his first five visits to Lakeside. Having lost to Wayne Jones (2002), Eric Clarys (2003) and John Walton (2004) he notched his first ever win at the World Championship against Tony David in 2005, before falling to Vincent van der Voort in the second round.
A first round loss again followed to Per Laursen in 2006, but his best run at the event came in 2007 when he progressed to the quarter finals before losing 4-5 to Mervyn King. Tony led King 3-0 but found himself 4-3 down before taking the match into the deciding set, which he lost.
He has had some success in some British Darts Organisation Open events away from the television cameras.
In 2005 he won the Dutch Open, England Open and Sweden Open and in 2006 took the Norway Open and successfully defended his Sweden Open title. He has maintained a high world ranking as a result of these performances, which helped him to be seeded five for the World Championship in 2006 and four in 2007.
In April 2007 he won the Norway Open for the second successive year.
[edit] PDC career
On the eve of the UK Open in June 2007, Eccles announced that he would be switching to compete on the PDC circuit. [1] At the time of his switch he was ranked number 2 in the WDF and number 4 in the BDO world rankings and began his PDC career placed 151st in their Order of Merit. He made his debut to the World Championship in 2008, losing to Adrian Lewis in the third round. His world rankings (as of April 2008) has shot up to 38 He has reached 2 major floor event semi finals namely Hayling island and Germany. He has qualified again to play at the Reebok in the UK open and looks a sure bet for World Matchplay qualification also. His Manager/agent is Paul Wilson of www.wilsondartspromotions.com
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Eccles joins PDC Planetdarts
