34 Facts About Simon Whitlock

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Simon Whitlock was born on 3 March 1969 and is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments, having played in the British Darts Organisation between 2004 and 2009.

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Simon Whitlock uses the nickname The Wizard for his matches.

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Simon Whitlock claimed that the prize money gained from the latter tournament which included money for the highest checkout would allow him to move over to the UK from Australia and compete on the PDC Pro Tour.

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Simon Whitlock's defeat made him the first, and as of 2022 only, player to have never won a World Championship after reaching both the BDO and PDC World Championship Final.

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Simon Whitlock is widely regarded as the greatest Australian dart player of all time and is to thank for the rejuvenated popularity of darts in Australia and Oceania.

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Simon Whitlock was the first Australian to reach the final since Tony David won the tournament in 2002.

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Simon Whitlock entered the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 12 seed and reached the second round by beating Mark Barilli, but lost to Darryl Fitton.

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8.

Simon Whitlock began playing in the AGP circuit where he won eight tournaments.

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Simon Whitlock played in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts and performed well in the Group stages winning all 3 of his games against Ted Hankey, Wayne Mardle and Scott Waites.

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Simon Whitlock finished second in the table, therefore qualified for the semi-finals, after having beaten Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis, Mervyn King, Terry Jenkins and James Wade in the process.

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On his World Matchplay debut in 2010, Simon Whitlock reached the semi-finals before losing to Phil Taylor.

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Simon Whitlock represented his native Australia alongside Paul Nicholson during the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts in December 2010, losing out in the semi-finals to the Welsh pairing of Mark Webster and Barrie Bates.

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Simon Whitlock competed in the 2011 Premier League, again as a wildcard, but failed to qualify for the play-offs after finishing sixth.

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Simon Whitlock's second came in the Dutch Darts Trophy event in Nuland six days later, against Nigel Heydon.

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Simon Whitlock broke a bone in his ankle while playing in Benidorm in November 2011 and was forced to withdraw from the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts and 2011 Players Championship Finals.

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Simon Whitlock said after the match that he had had a fantastic tournament, considering he wasn't supposed to play.

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Simon Whitlock partnered Nicholson again for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts to try to improve on the semi-final the pair reached in 2010.

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Simon Whitlock lost both of his singles matches in the final, but Nicholson won his final match and the duo won the doubles to mean the title would be decided on a sudden-death leg.

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Simon Whitlock was a Sky Sports pick for the Premier League.

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Simon Whitlock won seven of his fourteen league games, including 100-plus averages in victories over Gary Anderson and Kevin Painter, to finish 2nd in the table and therefore qualify for the play-offs.

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Simon Whitlock then continued his form at the following week's European Championship, by capturing his maiden major title.

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Simon Whitlock moved up to five in the rankings after the event.

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Simon Whitlock then won his first European Tour title at the Dutch Darts Masters as he produced some remarkably consistent darts to win 36 legs during the tournament, whilst only dropping 11.

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Simon Whitlock won his first two matches in the 2013 World Championship without dropping a set and then in a deciding set against Dave Chisnall, he took out a crucial 152 checkout to stay in the match, following it up with two successive legs to advance to the quarter-finals.

25.

Simon Whitlock won his first tournament of 2013 at the fifth UK Open Qualifier.

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26.

Simon Whitlock had earlier defeated Tomas Seyler, Arron Monk, James Wade, Justin Pipe and Jamie Caven in the event.

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Simon Whitlock's play was later named the televised performance of the year at the PDC Annual Awards.

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Simon Whitlock was then involved in two matches where he seemed to become distracted by the other player.

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Simon Whitlock had a very poor Premier League campaign as he only won one of his nine matches to be eliminated from the competition.

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At the World Matchplay, Simon Whitlock recorded wins over Kevin Painter, Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade to reach the semi-finals of the event for the second time, with Simon Whitlock stating he was playing his best darts in five years.

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Simon Whitlock had a very poor second half of the year as he was eliminated in the first round of the World Grand Prix, European Championship, Masters and Players Championship Finals, as well as the group stage of the Grand Slam of Darts.

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Simon Whitlock did not receive a wildcard to compete in the Premier League, meaning he missed the event for the first time since 2009.

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Simon Whitlock hit a Grand Slam record 20 180s in a match during that win against van Gerwen.

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Simon Whitlock is a fan of Portsmouth FC as well as being a big fan of American football and Rugby union.