Per Laursen
| Per Laursen | |
|---|---|
[[File: Per Lausen | |
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Peachie |
| Born |
April 16, 1966 Denmark |
| Home town |
Låsby Denmark |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1986 |
| Walk-on music | Dynamite by Taio Cruz |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2000-2006 |
| PDC | 2006- |
| Current world ranking | 110 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2006 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 32: 2005 |
| Int. Darts League | Group stages: 2006 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2007, 2011, 2014 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Welsh Open Danish National Ch'ship Scandinavian Pro Tour SDC Denmark SDC Finland |
2005 2004, 2007, 2008 2013 2013 |
| Other achievements | |
| 2005 WDF World Cup Runner up, single and pairs | |
Per Laursen (born April 16, 1966) is a Danish darts player.
BDO Career
He reached the final of the WDF World Cup in both single and pairs (with Brian Sorensen) in 2005 and won the Welsh Open earlier that year - performances which enabled him to qualify for the BDO World Darts Championship for the first time in 2006.
On his television debut in the 2006 BDO World Darts Championship, he defeated number five seed Tony Eccles in the first round but lost to Shaun Greatbatch in round two.
PDC Career
He then became the first Dane to play in the PDC World Darts Championship in the 2007 competition beating Colin Monk 3-0 (3-1, 3-2, 3-2) in the first round, but lost to Dennis Priestley in the second round, despite the fact that Laursen was 3-1 up and missed eight darts to win the match before losing 4-3 (2-3, 2-3, 3-2, 0-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-1).
He came through the Danish Qualifying system for the second time for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship but lost 3-1 (3-2, 1-3, 3-2, 3-1) to Alan Tabern in the first round.
Laursen has had some success in tournaments in his own country, reaching the final of the Danish Open in 2006 (losing to Vincent van der Voort) and winning the Danish National Championships in 2004, 2007 and 2008
Laursen once again represented his country in the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship, having finished top of the Danish Darts Standing for a third successive year. He was beaten 3-1 (2-3, 3-2, 3-1, 3-2) in the first round by Wes Newton.
At the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship Denmark had lost their direct place and Laursen, who had won the Danish qualification for the fourth time, had to qualify through the preliminary round but lost to Christian Perez of the Philippines.
Laursen qualified for the preliminary round of the 2011 World Championship, he did beat Boris Krcmar from Croatia 4-2 (legs).
In the first round he played three-time world champion John Part and won 3-0 (3-2, 3-1, 3-2) to set up a second round match with defending champion Phil Taylor- a match he lost 4-0 (3-1, 3-2, 3-0, 3-1) despite averaging 93.19.
At the 2012 World Championship he let a 2-0 leg lead slip against Petri Korte in the preliminary round, as he went on to lose the match 3-4.[1] He represented Denmark with Jann Hoffmann in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 1–3 by Northern Ireland in the second round, having defeated Gibraltar in round 1.[2] In October, he beat Mensur Suljović 6–2 to qualify for the European Tour Event 5,[3] where he was beaten 4–6 by second seed Simon Whitlock in the first round.[4]
Laursen played in his third World Cup of Darts and second with Jann Hoffmann in February 2013 and despite beating South Africa 5–4 in their first match, they finished bottom of Group B on leg difference following a 0–5 loss to the Republic of Ireland.[5] Laursen won two events on the Scandinavian Pro Tour during 2013 and was a losing finalist in two others to finish top of the Order of Merit and qualify for the 2014 World Championship, where he beat Colin McGarry 4–2 in the preliminary round.[6] He then defied a nine-dart finish from Terry Jenkins in the deciding set of the first round to win 3–2, but saw his run come to an end in the next round as he lost 4–2 to Peter Wright.[7][8]
In January 2014 Laursen received a Tour card for the 2014 PDC Tour
World Championship results
BDO
- 2006: 2nd Round (lost to Shaun Greatbatch 2-4)
PDC
- 2007: 2nd Round (lost to Dennis Priestley 3-4)
- 2008: 1st Round (lost to Alan Tabern 1-3)
- 2009: 1st Round (lost to Wes Newton 1-3)
- 2010: Last 72 (lost to Christian Perez 3-4) (legs)
- 2011: 2nd Round (lost to Phil Taylor 0-4)
- 2012: Last 72 (lost to Petri Korte 3-4) (legs)
- 2014: 2nd Round (lost to Peter Wright 2-4)
References
- ↑ "World Championship - Night Five". PDC. December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Cash Converters World Cup Round Two Doubles Round-Up". PDC. 4 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ↑ "2012 PDC Dutch Darts Masters European Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ↑ "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved February 02, 2013.
- ↑ "Per Laursen 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. 14 December 2013.
- ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Eight". PDC. 21 December 2013.