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Glen Durrant

Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and is a three time BDO World Darts Championship winner.

Glen Durrant
Durrant in 2019
Personal information
Nickname"Duzza"
Born (1970-11-24) 24 November 1970 (age 53)
Middlesbrough, England
Home townMiddlesbrough, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1985
DartsGlen Durrant 24 Gram Target Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)" by Perfecto Allstarz
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2004–2019
PDC2019–2022
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner (3): 2017, 2018, 2019
World MastersWinner (2): 2015, 2016
World TrophyWinner (1): 2018
Finder MastersWinner (3): 2015, 2016, 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter-final: 2020
World MatchplaySemi-final: 2019, 2020
World Grand PrixSemi-final: 2019
UK OpenLast 64: 2020, 2021, 2022
Grand SlamSemi-final: 2019
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2019
Premier LeagueWinner (1): 2020
PC FinalsLast 16: 2019
MastersLast 24: 2021
World Series FinalsQuarter-final: 2020
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2023, 2024
World MatchplayLast 16: 2023
World MastersLast 16: 2024
Other tournament wins
BDO Gold Cup2016
Belgium Open2018
British Classic2016
Denmark Masters2016, 2017
Denmark Open2015
England Classic2012, 2013, 2015
England Masters2016
England Matchplay2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
England Open2016
European Darts Open2016
Isle of Man Classic2015
Isle of Man Open2018
Jersey Open2012
Northern Ireland Open2013, 2014
Swedish Open2016
Welsh Open2015, 2017
Winmau Wolverhampton Classic2017
WDF Europe Cup Team2016
WDF World Cup Team2015

Players Championships

Players Championship (WIG) 2019
Players Championship (BAR) 2019
Other achievements
Lazenby Open 2014
Middlebeck Open 2014
Northumberland Open 2012
Staithes Open 2009
Teesside Open 2011
Thornaby Open 2009

He won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively from 2017 to 2019. He is also a one-time World Trophy, two-time World Masters and three-time Finder Darts Masters champion.

After switching to the PDC in 2019, Durrant secured his maiden PDC major title by winning the 2020 Premier League. Subsequently, his form declined and he retired from professional darts in 2022.[1] He now works as a commentator on Sky Sports and for the MODUS Super Series.[2]

BDO

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Early career

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Although he began playing in 1985, Durrant's first major appearance was in the 2004 Winmau World Masters, where he lost out in the early stages to Dietmar Burger.[3] He would have more success the following year however. Two consecutive 3-0 wins put him in the last 32 and this was followed by a 3–1 win over Anthony Miera, to set up a last 16 match against Martin Adams. Durrant almost pulled off a famous victory but lost out 2–3.[4]

Durrant has appeared in the PDC's UK Open on three occasions. In 2005, he won his opening match against Darren Moulsley before losing a deciding leg against Ray Cornibert in the last 64.[5] In 2009, Durrant defeated Graham Usher and John McGuirk before losing out to Terry Jenkins 1–9.[6] Durrant also qualified for the UK Open in 2012 by winning the Riley's qualifier in Middlesbrough. He drew a fellow Riley's qualifier in Stephen Bunting and lost 0–4 in the preliminary round.

2011–2014

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In 2011, Durrant made his third appearance in the Winmau World Masters. Four consecutive wins and losing only three legs put him into the televised stages of the tournament where he defeated Craig Baxter 3–2 in sets in the last 24. In the last 16, he faced 2000 world champion John Walton. A 3–1 win in sets saw an emotional Durrant set up a rematch against Martin Adams, where Adams won 3–1.[7]

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.

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.[8]

He threw his first competitive nine-dart finish in the England Darts Organisations Grosvenor Casino Tyneside Classic. This was part of a dramatic comeback from 0–4, to win 5–4, against England teammate Garry Thompson in the last 16.[9]

The first major International open tournament win for Durrant came in September 2012, when he recorded victories against Martin Adams, Robbie Green and Martin Atkins, amongst others, before defeating Scott Waites in the final to win the 2012 EDO England Classic and the £3000 first prize. At the same tournament he "did the double" by winning the pairs competition with his playing partner Tony Eccles and also was runner up in the inaugural EDO England Matchplay.[9] After adding the 2012 Jersey Open, Durrant retained the England Classic in 2013.[9]

Durrant made his debut at the World Championship in 2014 as a seeded player. He defeated qualifier Mike Day 3–0 in the first round before losing 4–1 to Norris.

Durrant reached the semi-finals of the Masters in 2014. He survived six match darts en route including four against Scott Mitchell in the quarter-finals (the other two were against Brian Dawson in a previous round), before losing in a deciding leg against eventual champion Martin Phillips having missed one match dart at the bullseye. Durrant then lost to Mitchell in the final of the Jersey Open, televised on Eurosport, having led 5–3 in a race to six and missed three match darts.

2015–2019

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Durrant's reached the last four of the 2015 World Championship, maintaining a 90+ average in each of his first three wins over Karel Sedláček, Jamie Hughes and Darryl Fitton. In the semi-final, Martin Adams defeated Durrant 6–5, despite Durrant having led 5–4 and missing one match dart to win 6–4, and then leading the deciding set 2–0 in legs and missing two further match darts. The match was lauded as one of the best in the history of the tournament as Durrant averaged 99.57 to Adams` 97.92 and they hit 12 ton+ finishes between them. After the world championships, Durrant approached renowned sports mind coach Stephen McKibben from Northern Ireland, who was accredited with leading Scott Mitchell to world glory. He has worked with Stephen ever since and it has enabled him to win his majors and dominate the BDO world tour.

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. He also helped his country to win the WDF World Cup team title.

Durrant won his first major title with the 2015 World Masters title, after showing superb form throughout the tournament. He defeated the former World Matchplay champion, Larry Butler, 7–3 in the final. Durrant mentioned about how much working with Stephen has changed him from a nearly man to a major winner.

His second major BDO title came in December when he won the 2015 Zuiderduin Masters, beating Martin Adams 5–2 in sets in the final and averaging 100.69.[10]

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. In the quarter-final, the 2013 world champion and eventual winner, Scott Waites, defeated Durrant 5–4, despite Durrant leading 3–1 and 4–2 in sets and being 2–0 up in legs during the seventh set.

Durrant entered the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 1 seed and won the tournament for the first time, beating Danny Noppert in the final 7–3. Durrant had a pressure filled tournament, and contacted his mind coach Stephen McKibben after a near miss against Paul Hogan. Durrant excelled in the rest of the tournament, dominating his remaining games.

In 2018, Durannt retained the BDO World Darts Championship, edging out Mark McGeeney 7-6 in a tie-break final after McGeeney missed two championship darts. Through the year he won the BDO World Trophy for the first time, lost in the final of the Winmau World Masters and won the Finder Darts Masters, meaning he had reached the final of all four BDO majors and won three of them.

Despite being the reigning Lakeside champion. 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 once again retain the championship. He is the only player since Eric Bristow to win the championship three years in a row.

PDC

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2019

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Durrant during the 2019 European Darts Matchplay

On 15 November 2018, 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.[11] He 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. Durrant did better on the third day, but lost at the final hurdle to Reece Robinson.

On 21 January 2019, 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.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Durrant was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He would play a one-off match against Daryl Gurney on night two in Glasgow which he lost 7–3.

At the second PDC Players Championship event in 2019, Durrant made his first PDC final after he beat Joe Cullen 7–4 in the semi-final. He hit a 170 checkout to stay in the match against Dave Chisnall, but eventually lost the final 8–7. The following week, Durrant would claim his first PDC title in just his fourth Pro Tour event, dispatching Dimitri Van den Bergh 8–3 in the final. On 18 May 2019, Durrant clinched his second PDC title at Players Championship 15 after a series of impressive performances on the day, beating Darius Labanauskas 8–1 in the final, having already dismissed World number 1 Michael van Gerwen 7–2 in the semi-final. At the World Matchplay in July, Durrant advanced to the semi-finals, a run which included wins over Adrian Lewis, van Gerwen and James Wade.

2020

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On his debut at the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Durrant lost 5–1 in the quarter-finals to Gerwyn Price.

In October 2020, 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. Durrant also 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.[12] Two weeks after winning the Premier League, Durrant contracted COVID-19, forcing him to miss a couple of tournaments.

2021

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At the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, Durrant lost 4–3 in the fourth round to Dirk van Duijvenbode. 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. 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 José de Sousa at the latter tournament.[13]

2022

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At the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, Durrant suffered a 3–0 whitewash to William O'Connor in the second round. He appeared on Eggheads with Keegan Brown on 1 November 2022.[14] Durrant reached the fourth round of the UK Open, but failed to qualify for any other PDC major that year. After failing to qualify for the 2023 World Championship, Durrant tweeted: "Well that's it I'm no longer a professional dart player", though he later clarified that he was not retiring, he was just no longer a professional.[15]

For the PDC World Darts Championship of 2024 Durrant was a commentator on matches broadcast on Sky Sports.[16]

World Championship results

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BDO

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PDC

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WSDT

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Career finals

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BDO major finals: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
World Championship (3–0)
Winmau World Masters (2–1)
Zuiderduin Masters (3–0)
BDO World Trophy (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score [N 1]
Winner 1. 2015 Winmau World Masters (1)   Larry Butler 7–3 (s)
Winner 2. 2015 Zuiderduin Masters (1)   Martin Adams 5–2 (s)
Winner 3. 2016 Winmau World Masters (2)   Mark McGeeney 6–3 (s)
Winner 4. 2016 Zuiderduin Masters (2)   Jamie Hughes 5–3 (s)
Winner 5. 2017 World Darts Championship (1)   Danny Noppert 7–3 (s)
Winner 6. 2018 World Darts Championship (2)   Mark McGeeney 7–6 (s)
Winner 7. 2018 BDO World Trophy   Michael Unterbuchner 10–7 (l)
Runner-up 1. 2018 Winmau World Masters   Adam Smith-Neale 4–6 (s)
Winner 8. 2018 Zuiderduin Masters (3)   Richard Veenstra 5–3 (s)
Winner 9. 2019 World Darts Championship (3)   Scott Waites 7–3 (s)

PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Premier League (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2020 Premier League   Nathan Aspinall 11–8 (l)
  1. ^ a b (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = matches won.

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC QF 4R 2R DNQ
UK Open DNQ 2R DNQ 3R DNQ Prel. DNQ 3R 4R 4R 4R
World Matchplay Non-PDC SF SF 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix Non-PDC SF 1R 1R DNQ
European Championship Not held Non-PDC 1R WD DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts Not held DNQ 2R QF RR SF RR DNQ DNQ
Players Championship Finals Not held Non-PDC 3R 1R DNQ DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts NYF Non-PDC C W 10th DNP
Masters Non-PDC DNQ 1R DNQ
World Series of Darts Finals Not held Non-PDC DNQ QF DNQ DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNQ 2R SF QF W W W Non-BDO
BDO World Trophy Not held 1R QF 2R QF W Non-BDO
Winmau World Masters Prel. 4R DNQ QF 5R 6R SF W W QF F Non-BDO
Finder Darts Masters DNQ W W RR W Non-BDO
Year-end ranking Non-PDC 27 12 31 80

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2019 EDO
2R 		GDC
DNQ 		GDG
2R 		GDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
1R 		DDM
QF 		DDO
1R 		CDO
2R 		ADC
DNQ 		EDM
QF 		IDO
SF 		GDT
3R
2020 BDC
2R 		GDC
3R 		EDG
3R 		IDO
WD
2021 HDT
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDC
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		HDT
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		BDO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ O'Leary, Alex (28 November 2022). "Glen Durrant announces his retirement from pro darts". Teesside Live. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  2. ^ Wood, Kieran (29 November 2023). "Glen Durrant to commentate for Sky Sports during World Darts Championships". Darts News. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ "2004 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2005 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  5. ^ "2005 UK Open Results". Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  6. ^ "2009 UK Open Results". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. ^ "2011 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Home - Teesside Darts". Freewebs.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "Glenn Durrant news". Archived from the original on 20 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Finder Darts Masters kampioenen, Glen Durrant, Fallon Sherrock en Justin van Tergouw | Finder Darts Masters". Findermasters.nl. 6 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Glen Durrant has one eye on PDC Q School ahead of Lakeside, and so do plenty more BDO stars". Metro. 11 December 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Darts results: Glen Durrant wins Premier League Darts title on his debut after beating Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall in the Play-Offs". sportinglife.com. 16 October 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Jose Oliveira de Sousa - Glen Durrant 2:0". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Series 24, Episode 17". Eggheads. 1 November 2022. Channel 5.
  15. ^ @Duzza180 (28 November 2022). "Well that's it I'm no longer a professional dart player" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [user-generated source]
  16. ^ "Glen Durrant to commentate for Sky Sports during World Darts Championships". Dartsnews.com. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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