| Tony Martin | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 May 1981 Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England |
| Home town | England |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2002-2006; 2007-2010, 2011 |
| PDC | 2006-2007; 2010 |
| Current world ranking | 36 (BDO) 99 (WDF) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 32 2005 |
| World Masters | Last 128 2006 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 32 2005, 2006 |
| Int. Darts League | Last 32 2005, 2006 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 96 2007 |
Tony Martin (born 10 May 1981, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire) is a darts player with the British Darts Organisation (BDO).
Martin started his darts career playing in British Darts Organisation tournaments and was a runner-up in the British Classic to Mervyn King in 2002. He reached other finals at the Swedish Open in 2004 losing to Shaun Greatbatch and the Norway Open in 2005 losing to Michael van Gerwen. He also reached the quarter finals of the Dutch Open in 2004.
Tony started playing with Merseyside youth at the age of 18. At the age of 21 he was selected to play for the county of Clwyd. In his first season he gained the British Darts Organisation Young Player Of The Year Award.
He only managed one appearance at the Lakeside Country Club for the BDO World Darts Championship when he lost a first round match in 2005 to Simon Whitlock.
He switched to compete in the Professional Darts Corporation for several months but announced in August 2007 that he would be returning to compete on the BDO circuit.[1] having lost his main sponsor Masterdarts. He also switched to be on the same circuit as his Russian girlfriend Anastasia Dobromyslova who he is now married to.[2] His wife moved across to the PDC in December 2008 which in turn left Martin playing on a different circuit again. It was announced however during the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts that Martin would be competing in the PDC once more, starting in January 2010.
However his season in the PDC was difficult as he suffered from loss of form and had injury problems, As a result he did not get a tour card. Martin like his wife Anastasia Dobromyslova will play in the WDF/BDO circuit from 2011