Robbie Green was born on 19 July 1974 and is a former English professional darts player.
20 Facts About Robbie Green
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On 22 January 2008, Robbie Green became one of only a handful of players to switch from the PDC to the rival BDO.
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Robbie Green returned to his Merseyside roots, after a spell playing for Cheshire and now he plays county darts for Merseyside.
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Robbie Green followed his good form with a semi-final showing in the BDO International Open, beating Martin Adams, Gary Anderson, Martin Atkins and Ted Hankey along the way, eventually losing to England Open champion Ross Montgomery of Scotland.
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In 2009, Robbie Green became an international player, having been picked to play for England.
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Robbie Green reached the 2009 Winmau World Masters final, beating 6th seed Ross Montgomery and qualifiers Connie Finnan from Ireland and Filipino Lourence Ilagan in the televised stages.
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Robbie Green remains one of only five players, along with Mike Gregory, Ronnie Baxter, Darryl Fitton and Mervyn King, to have lost at least one major televised darts final having had a dart at double to win.
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On 7 March 2010, Robbie Green hit a three-dart average of 128.82, which is one of the highest ever recorded.
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Robbie Green's consistency led to him returning to Lakeside in 2011 as a seeded player.
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At the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, Robbie Green was the fourth seed.
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At the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship, Robbie Green was seeded fifth.
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Robbie Green made his debut at the PDC's Grand Slam of Darts in 2014 and qualified as runner-up in a tough group that included Raymond van Barneveld, Robert Thornton and Vincent van der Voort.
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Robbie Green lost to Barneveld but defeated Thornton in his second match and then van der Voort in the crucial third match, ending with a 170 checkout in the deciding leg.
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Robbie Green was defeated in the next round by eventual runner-up Dave Chisnall.
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Robbie Green then entered the World Championship as the 16th seed but, after high-quality wins over Darius Labanauskas and Peter Sajwani, was instilled as bookmakers' favourite for the title going into his quarter-final against Jeff Smith.
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Robbie Green returned to the PDC after a seven-year absence in which Robbie Green worked as a cotton bud tester, in January 2015.
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Robbie Green took the final Pro Tour Order of Merit place for the World Grand Prix and won the first set against Dave Chisnall.
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Robbie Green hit a 9-darter in one of the six UK Open qualifiers at the beginning of 2018.
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Robbie Green picked up far too little money and was unable to qualify for any of the Major and European tour events, thus leading to a dramatic fall in the rankings - he slid all the way to world number 77.
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Robbie Green has not played in any professional PDC tournaments since July 2019.