Terry Jenkins

Terry Jenkins
Personal information
Nickname The Bull
Born 26 September 1963
Ledbury, Herefordshire, England
Home town Ledbury, Herefordshire
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1977
Darts 21g Nickel Tungsten
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 1993, 1998, 2003
PDC 2001, 2002, 2003–
Current world ranking 14
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Quarter-finalist: 2003
World Darts Trophy Quarter-finalist: 2007
Int. Darts League Group stage: 2007
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Semi-finalist: 2011
World Matchplay Runner up: 2007, 2009
World Grand Prix Runner up: 2006, 2007
Grand Slam Runner up: 2008
Premier League Runner up: 2007
Ch'ship League Winners group 8th: 2013
Desert Classic Runner up: 2007
European Ch'ship Runner up: 2014
UK Open Runner Up: 2014
Players Ch'ship Finals Quarter-finalist: 2011
The Masters Quarter-finalist: 2015
Other tournament wins
Antwerp Darts Trophy 2007
Antwerp Open 2005, 2006, 2007
Bob Anderson Classic 2004
Bobby Bourn Memorial Trophy 2009
Killarney Pro Tour 2008
Open Hotel Zwartewater 2005, 2006
Open Oust Nederland 2003
Sunparks Masters 2005
Swindon Open 2006
UK Open Qualifier 2012

Players Championships

Players Championship (CRA) 2014
Players Championship (HAY) 2007

Terrence 'Terry' Jenkins (born 26 September 1963 in Ledbury, Herefordshire) is an English professional darts player who is nicknamed The Bull,[1] having previously used the nickname "Tucker" for his matches.[2] He has reached number four in the world rankings and has been runner-up in nine major PDC televised finals (the 2006 and 2007 Grand Prix, 2007 Premier League, 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic, 2007 and 2009 World Matchplay, 2008 Grand Slam, 2014 UK Open and 2014 European Championship).

Darts career

It is a common myth that Jenkins is one of only a few people to only play his darts in the Professional Darts Corporation when, in fact, Jenkins has played in the BDO before, playing various opens from the early 1990s, and even reaching the quarter finals of the World Masters in 2003. Jenkins began to climb up the Professional Darts Corporation world rankings during 2005 by producing good performances in the tour events, which are played away from the television cameras. He won the Primus Masters in 2005 and added the Antwerp Open[3] and the Open Hotel Zwartwater[4] titles in 2006. Jenkins also played in several BDO events in the early stages of his career, including the Winmau World Masters where he once eliminated Tony O'Shea in the non-televised stages of the tournament. He is also often in attendance for the BDO World Championship, although he has never played in the competition.[5]

In October 2006, he started to reproduce this form in front of the cameras by reaching the quarter finals of the 2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic and the final of the 2006 World Grand Prix in Dublin. Despite losing the final to Phil Taylor, he had just managed to achieve enough ranking points to reach sixth place in the world rankings and secured a place in the lucrative 2007 Premier League.

2007

Terry qualified for the semi finals of the 2007 Premier League Darts and beat world champion Raymond van Barneveld in the semi-final. He lost to Phil Taylor in the final but he received his biggest career cheque of £40,000 for his run. He continued to perform well away from the cameras by winning two PDPA Players Championships in 2007 - the Antwerp Darts Trophy[6] in April (along with a successful defence of his Antwerp Darts Open[7] the same weekend) and the Isle Wight Players Championship at Hayling Island.[8] He also reached the final of the Las Vegas Players Championship, losing to Raymond Van Barneveld.[9] Then less than a week later he lost heavily to Raymond in the Final of the Las Vegas Desert Classic 13–6 in legs. Terry's good form continued into the World Matchplay where he reached the final after beating Taylor in a superb display of clinical finishing. Terry also played well after failing to hit a perfect 9 darter after missing treble 19 for double 12 during the closing stages of the match. After beating Taylor in the semi-finals, Jenkins lost at the final hurdle to James Wade, in an 18–7 thrashing. He was also chosen to play in the Grand Slam of Darts where he lost in the quarter finals to Andy Hamilton.

2008

Jenkins lost to Shepherd in the first round of the 2008 PDC World Championship, a result which saw him lose confidence which saw his best form desert him on occasions. He finished 7th in the 2008 Premier League Darts and then suffered a number of early round exits in major tournaments. To add to his poor run of form, Jenkins was knocked out in the first round of the 2008 European Championship Darts, by Carlos Rodriguez of Spain, who was then ranked 91 in the world. Despite not having a great year, Jenkins remained at No.5 in the world. Jenkins had a good tournament at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts reaching the final of the event before losing 18-9 to Taylor.

2009

2009 was a good year for Jenkins. He started the year winning the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship.[10] Despite not making the top 4 in the 2009 Premier League Darts, he made the quarter finals of both the 2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic and 2009 UK Open Darts. His best performance of the season came at the 2009 World Matchplay Darts where he lost in the final to Phil Taylor. As a result Jenkins' entry into the 2010 Premier League Darts was guaranteed. Jenkins' good form continued in the 2009 World Grand Prix Darts, reaching the semi final, losing again to Taylor. He got through to the semi-finals of the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts following a sensational 10-9 win over James Wade in the 2nd round and then defeated Robert Thornton in the quarter-finals before he was beaten in the semis by Scott Waites.

2010

Jenkins made the third round of the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Paul Nicholson 3-2 in the first round, Darin Young 4-0 in the second round, before losing to Simon Whitlock 4-2 in the third round. He made the second round of the 2010 Players Championship Finals where he gave Phil Taylor an almighty scare but narrowly lost a terrific match 8-7. However, the 2010 Premier League Darts was the worst of his career so far with Jenkins finishing in last place. His performances in floor tournaments have been less than impressive, having lost several early round matches to relatively unknown players. Jenkins's poor form continued into the 2010 World Matchplay Darts with a 10-6 first round defeat to Steve Brown, who was ranked No 49 in the Order of Merit at the start of the match. The defeat saw Sky Sports' pundit Rod Harrington heavily criticise Jenkins live on air for being a lazy exhibition player, comments Harrington had been making throughout the Premier League campaign, despite the fact that Jenkins was the third highest prize money earner in 2009. Jenkins reaction to those comments saw him reach the semi final of the 2010 European Championship Darts, losing narrowly again to Phil Taylor in a classic 11-10, but showing a welcome return to form. Jenkins had a decent 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Tony O'Shea in the 2nd round before succumbing to a final leg decider to James Wade. Following his Grand Slam of Darts quarter final defeat to Wade, Jenkins said in an interview that he believed players raise their game when they play him, as an example, Raymond van Barneveld struggled for form during the Premier League campaign, but managed to beat Jenkins twice and hit a nine darter against him.

2011

Terry Jenkins made a nervy start to the 2011 World Championship, narrowly beating Bradford born Joe Cullen in the first round 3 sets to 2. He initially led 2-0 and 1-0 in the third set against the darts before Cullen won 6 of the next 9 legs. Jenkins then beat Steve Brown 4-1 and followed this with a very convincing 4-0 victory over Mark Walsh. Reaching the quarter finals of the tournament Jenkins beat Wes Newton completing his first televised 170 checkout in the process to progress to the semi finals. He ended the tournament at the semi-final stage with a 6-2 loss to Gary Anderson. Following this Terry qualified as a wildcard for the 888.com Premier League Darts and opened his Premier League campaign with an 8-6 victory over Raymond van Barneveld. In week 2 he lost to Gary Anderson 8-4 throwing just over a 91 average, with Gary throwing a 102.21 average. In week 3 he lost to Phil Taylor while throwing a poor average of 85.61. He continued his poor form in an 8-1 defeat to Simon Whitlock in the fourth week of the 2011 Premier League of Darts.[11] In the fifth week Terry Jenkins won against The Welshman Mark Webster 8-4. Then in week six The Bull lost narrowly to The Machine James Wade 8-6. Then in week seven Terry performed well against the world champion Adrian Lewis the final result was 7-7 the first draw of the 2011 premier league. In week seven in Cardiff Terry Jenkins lost to the Aussie Simon Whitlock 8-3 but The Bull hit four 180's he's currently sixth in the 888poker.com darts premier league. In week eight in Aberdeen Terry lost to Gary Anderson 8-3. Terry went out in the first round of the 2011 World Matchplay to Steve Beaton losing 3-10. In the 2011 European Championship Jenkins beat Mark Webster 6-4 in the first round of the competition but lost against Paul Nicholson in the second round 10-4.

2012

Jenkins dropped just two sets as he made it through to the quarter-finals of the 2012 World Championship, beating Joe Cullen, Co Stompé and Justin Pipe.[12] He played defending champion Adrian Lewis in the last 8 and looked to be heading tamely for the exit as he went 3-0 down, with only 2 legs to his name. However, he managed to regain some form, as Lewis lost his, to level match at 3-3. The comeback could not be turned into a triumph though, as Lewis won 6 of the last 8 legs to end Jenkins' hopes of winning his first major title.[13]

In May, Jenkins won his first tournament for three years at the seventh UK Open Qualifier of the season. He defeated Andy Hamilton 6–3 in the final.[14] At the UK Open itself he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost 5–10 to Phil Taylor.[15] Jenkins played in his third World Matchplay semi-final in July, following wins over Kim Huybrechts (11–9), Raymond van Barneveld (13–10) and Adrian Lewis (16–12).[16][17] He faced James Wade and missed six darts at 15–15 to move a leg away from the final and instead he was beaten 15–17.[18] Back to back first round defeats in major tournaments followed at the World Grand Prix and European Championship and Jenkins failed to qualify from his group at the Grand Slam of Darts as he only won one of his three games.[19][20] After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Jenkins was 13th on the Order of Merit, which qualified him for the Players Championship Finals where he faced Mervyn King in the first round.[21] Jenkins missed three darts for the match in the deciding leg, as he lost 5–6.[22]

2013

Jenkins defeated Steve Brown and John Part to ease into the last 16 of the 2013 World Championship, where he faced Andy Hamilton.[23] Jenkins won the first set but went on to lose 4–1, despite hitting 13 180's and averaging 100.39.[24] He dropped to world number 16 after the tournament.[25] Jenkins qualified for the UK Open by finishing 16th on the Order of Merit.[26] He enjoyed wins over Jim Walker (9–7) and Kim Huybrechts (9–6) to play world number two Michael van Gerwen in the last 16.[27] Jenkins lost the first six legs of the match and was beaten 9–3.[28] He thrashed Andy Smith 10–3 at the World Matchplay to face Taylor in round two. The last player to beat Taylor in the tournament was Jenkins in 2007 and he almost did so again as from 9–5 down he rallied to lead 10–9 and 11–10, before being edged out 14–12.[29] Jenkins finished top of Group 4 in the Championship League having won six of his seven games and then beat Gary Anderson 6–1 in the semi-finals and Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final despite the Dutchman hitting a nine darter.[30] However, in the Winners Group he could only win one match to finish bottom of the table.[31]

2014

Jenkins twice fought back from a set down in the first round of the 2014 World Championship against Per Laursen to level the game and then threw a nine-dart finish in the second leg of the decider. At two legs all Jenkins missed two darts to break throw and then missed another three in the next leg as Laursen hit double nine to eliminate him. Jenkins became the sixth player to throw a nine darter in the history of the event and also took out a 170 finish during the match.[32]

In March, Jenkins reached his eighth major PDC final at the UK Open. He beat James Wade 9–8 in the last 16, Brendan Dolan 10–4 in the quarter-finals, and sensationally beat world number one and world champion Michael van Gerwen 10–8 in the semi-finals.[33] He was beaten 11–1 by Adrian Lewis (who averaged over 109) in the final. His run earned him £25,000 and secured his place in the top 20 on the PDC Order of Merit.[34] Jenkins averaged 105.85 against Robert Thornton in the final of the eighth Players Championship, but was defeated 6–4.[35] He won his first ranking title in two years at the 10th event by beating Stephen Bunting 6–3 in the final.[36] Jenkins' second major final of the year came at the European Championship where he lost 11–4 to Van Gerwen, meaning he has now reached nine major finals without being crowned the champion.[37] At the Players Championship Finals he knocked out Van Gerwen for the second time in a major event this season with a 10–7 success, but Wes Newton defeated Jenkins 10–5 in the quarter-finals.[38]

2015

From level at 1–1 against Michael van Gerwen in the third round of the 2015 World Championship, Jenkins lost a trio of sets in deciding legs to be defeated 4–1.[39] In the Masters, he advanced to the quarter-finals after beating Phil Taylor 10–7 in his first round game, but then lost 10–3 to Raymond van Barneveld.[40] Jenkins reached his first European Tour final at the Gibraltar Darts Trophy by eliminating reigning champion James Wade 6–2, but would lose 6–3 to Van Gerwen.[41]

World Championship performances

Jenkins made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2005, losing his opening game to Ronnie Baxter. In 2006, he was seeded 15 and won his first match against Jimmy Mann before falling in the last 32 to Andy Hamilton, who also ended Jenkins hopes in the 2007 World Championship, this time at the quarter-final stage by 5 sets to 4. In 2008, Jenkins fell at the first hurdle to 21-year old qualifier Kirk Shepherd who went on to reach the final of the competition (losing to John Part). Jenkins had led 2-1 in sets and had six darts to win the match in the fourth leg of the fourth set, but missed all of them. Jenkins suffered a second successive first round exit in the 2009 World Championship, losing to another qualfier in Dennis Smith. Jenkins managed to break his Alexandra Palace hoodoo (which included becoming the first player to ever be whitewashed in the 2007 Premier League Darts by Colin Lloyd), in the 2010 PDC World Championship by beating Paul Nicholson 3-2 in a tense affair. He then beat Darin Young in the 2nd round 4-0 before losing to eventual runner-up Simon Whitlock 4-2 in the 3rd round. In 2011, he made a tense start to his World Championship bid, beating Joe Cullen 3-2 in sets after winning the first 7 legs. He followed that up with a convincing 4-1 victory over Steve Brown.He went on to defeat Mark Walsh and Wes Newton and lose to Gary Anderson in the semi final 6-2. Jenkins made the quarter-finals in 2012, where he lost 3-5 to Adrian Lewis.[13]

Personal life

Terry is married to Jacquelin (Jackie) and the couple have 3 sons, Graham, Carl and Craig. He is the middle child of 5 and lives in Ledbury. He is a keen collector of antiques in his spare time.

World Championship results

PDC

Career finals

PDC major finals: 9 (9 runner-ups)

Legend
World Matchplay (0–2)
World Grand Prix (0–2)
Grand Slam (0–1)
Premier League (0–1)
UK Open (0–1)
Other (0–2)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2006 World Grand Prix England Phil Taylor 4–7 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2007 Premier League Darts England Phil Taylor 6–16 (l)
Runner-up 3. 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic Netherlands Raymond van Barneveld 6–13 (l)
Runner-up 4. 2007 World Matchplay England James Wade 7–18 (l)
Runner-up 5. 2007 World Grand Prix England James Wade 3–6 (s)
Runner-up 6. 2008 Grand Slam of Darts England Phil Taylor 9–18 (l)
Runner-up 7. 2009 World Matchplay England Phil Taylor 4–18 (l)
Runner-up 8. 2014 UK Open England Adrian Lewis 1–11 (l)
Runner-up 9. 2014 European Championship Netherlands van Gerwen, MichaelMichael van Gerwen 4–11 (l)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
PDC World Championship DNP 3R 2R QF 1R 1R 3R SF QF 3R 1R 3R
World Matchplay DNP 1R DNP 2R 1R RU 2R RU 1R 1R SF 2R 1R
World Grand Prix DNP 1R RU RU SF SF 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R
UK Open Not held 3R 3R 4R 5R QF 4R QF 3R 4R QF 5R RU 3R
Las Vegas Desert Classic Not held DNP RR DNP QF RU 2R QF Not held
Premier League Darts Not held DNP RU RR RR RR RR DNP
Grand Slam of Darts Not held QF RU SF QF QF RR DNP 2R
European Championship Not held 1R 1R SF 2R 1R 1R RU
Championship League Not held RR RR RR RR RR RR Not held
Players Championship Finals Not held 1R 2R QF 1R 1R 2R QF
The Masters Not held 1R DNP QF
Winmau World Masters 4R DNP QF No longer a BDO Member
International Darts League Not held DNP RR Not held
World Darts Trophy Not held DNP QF Not held

Nine-dart finishes

Terry Jenkins' televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
14 December 2013 Denmark Per Laursen World Darts Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £15,000

References

  1. ↑ Darts Database Profile.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  2. ↑ Dart Nicknames.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  3. ↑ 2006 Antwerp Open.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  4. ↑ 2006 Hotel Zwartwater.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Terry Jenkins BDO Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  6. ↑ 2007 Antwerp Darts Trophy.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  7. ↑ Antwerp Open.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  8. ↑ 2007 2007 Hayling Island 1.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  9. ↑ 2007 Players Championship Las Vegas.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  10. ↑ 2009 Players Championship Bobby Bourn Memorial.Retrieved on 2010-12-27.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "2012 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "World Championship Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Seventh Heaven For Jenkins". PDC. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Betfair World Matchplay - Quarter Finals". PDC. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "2012 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "Betfair World Matchplay Semi-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Terry Jenkins PDC Majors Performance". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  20. ↑ "2012 Grand Slam Of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  21. ↑ "Minehead Qualifiers Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  22. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  23. ↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  24. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Ten". PDC. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  25. ↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "2013 UK Open Order Of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  27. ↑ "2013 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  28. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Fifth Round". PDC. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  29. ↑ "BetVictor World Matchplay Night Four". PDC. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  30. ↑ "Super Jenkins Denies Nine-Dart Duo". PDC. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  31. ↑ "Taylor Seals Championship League Treble". PDC. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  32. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. 14 December 2013.
  33. ↑ "2014 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  34. ↑ "Super Lewis Wins Coral UK Open". PDC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  35. ↑ "Thornton Claims Fantastic Wigan Double". PDC. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  36. ↑ "Jenkins Returns To Winners' Circle". PDC. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  37. ↑ "Nine-Dart van Gerwen's Euro Glory". PDC. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  38. ↑ "2014 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  39. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Nine". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  40. ↑ "2015 Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  41. ↑ "Rock Solid van Gerwen's Gibraltar Glory". PDC. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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