| Russell Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Rusty |
| Born | 9 October 1960 Canberra, Australia |
| Home town | Canberra Australia |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | 18g own design |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1983 to 2005 |
| PDC | 2005 to present |
| Current world ranking | N/A |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995 |
| World Masters | Quarter Finals 1985, 1988 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | First Round 2009 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Scottish Open Australian Masters Australian Grand Masters Central Coast Australian Classic Shoalhavens Viva Las Vegas DPA Australian Matchplay Oceanic Masters |
1983 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001 2007 2008 2008 2008 |
Russell Stewart (born 9 October 1960 in Canberra) is an Australian darts player. He uses the nickname Rusty for his matches.
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Stewart was one of the most successful Australian darts players of the 80s, winning the Australian Masters five times in six years (1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and the Australian Grand Masters three times (1987, 1988, 1989). His only major title won on UK soil was the Scottish Open in 1983, but he twice reached the semi-finals of the MFI World Matchplay and was also a quarter-finalist at the Winmau World Masters in 1988.
He made his World Championship debut in 1984, but lost in the first round to Peter Locke. He competed eleven times at the BDO World Championship, but failed to progress beyond the last sixteen. Between 1985 and 1991, he suffered defeats to some of the best players of the era including to Bob Anderson in 1988 and Phil Taylor in 1990 during their world title runs.
After eight successive appearances in the world championships, he missed out in 1992 and 1993 but returned to the event in 1994 following the loss of many top players who left to form the World Darts Council. He went out to Bobby George in the first round in 1994 and to Richie Burnett in the second round in 1995 - Burnett went on to take the title.
Stewart only managed to qualify for the World Championship on one further occasion - when he suffered a first round defeat to Mervyn King in 2002.
Stewart continued to compete in darts tournaments in his native country - adding more titles to his collection. He narrowly missed out on qualification for the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the final of the Oceanic Masters to Warren Parry.[1] and suffered a semi-final defeat to 15-year-old Mitchell Clegg the following year.[2] Stewart finally captured the Oceanic Masters in 2008 and earned qualification for the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. It was his PDC World Championship debut and only his second appearance in any version of the World Championship in 14 years. He was beaten 3-1 in the first round by Adrian Lewis.
Stewart earns his living working for the Australian Government in Canberra. [1]