33 Facts About Glen Durrant

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Glen Durrant previously won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively from 2017 to 2019.

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Glen Durrant is a one-time World Trophy, two-time World Masters and three-time Finder Darts Masters champion.

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Glen Durrant would have more success the following year however.

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Glen Durrant has appeared in the PDC's UK Open on three occasions.

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In 2011, Glen Durrant made his third appearance in the Winmau World Masters.

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Glen Durrant came within one match of qualifying for the World Championship in 2012, but was beaten in the final round by Alan Norris who went on to reach the quarter-finals.

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Glen Durrant is a dominant force locally in his own Teesside area and has won the Teesside darts championship 3 times in the last 4 years.

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Glen Durrant threw his first competitive nine-dart finish in the England Darts Organisations Grosvenor Casino Tyneside Classic.

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Glen Durrant made his debut at the World Championship in 2014 as a seeded player.

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Glen Durrant survived six match darts en route including four against Scott Mitchell in the quarter-finals, before losing in a deciding leg against eventual champion Martin Phillips having missed one match dart at the bullseye.

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Glen Durrant's reached the last four of the 2015 World Championship, maintaining a 90+ average in each of his first three wins over Karel Sedlacek, Jamie Hughes and Darryl Fitton.

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The match was lauded as one of the best in the history of the tournament as Glen Durrant averaged 99.57 to Adams` 97.92 and they hit 12 ton+ finishes between them.

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Glen Durrant has worked with Stephen ever since and it has enabled him to win his majors and dominate the BDO world tour.

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Glen Durrant had a fine 2015 on the BDO Circuit and has picked up the English Classic, English Matchplay, Welsh Open, Denmark Open and Isle of Man classic titles, and was finalist in the Scottish Open, Isle of Man Open, English Open and British Classic.

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Glen Durrant helped his country to win the WDF World Cup team title.

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Glen Durrant won his first major title with the 2015 World Masters title, after showing superb form throughout the tournament.

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Glen Durrant mentioned about how much working with Stephen has changed him from a nearly man to a major winner.

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Glen Durrant entered the 2016 World Championship as the favourite to win the tournament, and won his first two matches without dropping a set, defeating Dean Reynolds and Larry Butler.

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Glen Durrant had a pressure filled tournament, and contacted his mind coach Stephen McKibben after a near miss against Paul Hogan.

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Glen Durrant excelled in the rest of the tournament, dominating his remaining games.

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Glen Durrant was seeded number 2 for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship and defeated Mark McGrath, Scott Baker, Kyle McKinstry, Jim Williams and Scott Waites in the final to retain the championship.

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Glen Durrant is the only player since Eric Bristow to win the championship three years in a row.

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On 15 November 2018, Glen Durrant announced his intentions to enter the PDC Q-School in January regardless of his performance in the BDO World Championship due to there being no penalties from the BDO, unlike previous years.

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Glen Durrant lost in the last 128 round at the first two days of Q School to Darren Herewini and Vince Tipple, collecting two points on the Q School Order or Merit.

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Glen Durrant did better on the third day, but lost at the final hurdle to Reece Robinson.

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26.

On 21 January 2019, Glen Durrant survived match darts from Matthew Dennant before going on to reach the last 32 and seal his two-year PDC Tour Card via the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

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In October 2020, Glen Durrant won the 2020 Premier League on his debut appearance in the tournament, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final after surviving four match darts against Anderson in the semis.

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Glen Durrant topped the league phase, making him the third player to do so after van Gerwen the previous seven years and Phil Taylor the eight years previously.

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Two weeks after winning the Premier League, Glen Durrant contracted COVID-19, forcing him to miss a couple of tournaments.

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Glen Durrant was selected to compete in the 2021 Premier League Darts, but endured a nightmare defence, losing all 9 of his matches, and being eliminated with 2 matches to spare.

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Glen Durrant's struggles continued, as he suffered first-round defeats at both the 2021 World Matchplay and the 2021 World Grand Prix, posting a 58.02 average in defeat to Jose de Sousa at the latter tournament.

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Glen Durrant appeared on Eggheads with Keegan Brown on 1 November 2022.

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Glen Durrant reached the fourth round of the UK Open, but failed to qualify for any other PDC major that year.