Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Adam Hunt
Personal information
Nickname"The Hunter"
Born (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)
Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England
Home townChester-le-Street, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2009
Darts22g Unicorn
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–
(Tour Card: 2014–2015, 2018-2022, 2024-)
Current world ranking120 Decrease 1 (31 October 2024)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2021
UK OpenLast 64: 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021
Grand SlamLast 16: 2020
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2021
PC FinalsLast 64: 2018, 2020
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013, 2016
PDC Youth Tour England 2011, 2014, 2016

Career

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Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jones 4–2 in the final of the opening youth tour event of the year.[2] In 2012 he qualified for the UK Open for the first time and defeated Steve Maish 4–2, before losing 4–1 to Arron Monk in the second round.[3] A year later he reached his first quarter-final on the Pro Tour at the first UK Open qualifier where he lost 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen.[4] Hunt then won a Challenge Tour title with a 4–2 victory over Ricky Evans and advanced to the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, where Michael Smith eliminated him 6–3.[5][6] He went one better in the UK Open than last year as he lost in the third round 9–8 against Kevin McDine having led 4–1.[7] Hunt's performances on the Challenge Tour saw him finish fourth on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card from 2014.[8]

2014

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In March, Hunt reached the third round of the UK Open for the second year in a row, but lost 9–5 to Paul Nicholson.[9] Later in the month he beat Michael van Gerwen to reach the last 16 of the fourth Players Championship, where he was defeated 6–5 by Magnus Caris.[10] Hunt was still competing in youth tournaments as well as the main professional tour and he won the ninth event with a 4–3 success over Rowby-John Rodriguez.[11] He entered the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship as the number 1 seed, but lost in the last 16 to Kevin Voornhout 6-4. At the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Hunt beat Mervyn King 6–3 and then survived 14 match darts from Dave Chisnall to edge him out 6–5 and reach his first European Tour quarter-final, but his run came to an end as Simon Whitlock defeated him 6–2.[12]

2015

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At the 2015 UK Open, Hunt lost 5–4 to Alan Tabern in the first round.[13] He competed in the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–2 to Bradley Kirk. He was knocked out in the first round of the International Darts Open and European Darts Matchplay and at the European Darts Trophy he beat Krzysztof Ratajski 6–5, before losing 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen in the second round.[14][15] Hunt advanced to the last 16 of an event once this year, but he was defeated 6–1 by Mensur Suljović at the eighth Players Championship.[16]

2016

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After the 2016 World Championship Hunt was 71st on the Order of Merit, narrowly outside the top 64 who remain on tour.[17] He therefore entered Q School, but could not advance beyond the last 64 on any of the four days to fall off the tour.[18] He therefore had to build his year on Challenge and Development Tour events winning one of each. He beat Dean Reynolds 4−2 in the fourth Development event and Jamie Bain 5−3 in the sixth Challenge event.[19][20] Hunt also lost in the final of the sixth Development event 4−2 to Ross Twell.[21] He was the number 5 seed for the 2016 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6-5 in the first round to Sven Groen.

2017

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Hunt finished third on the Development Tour Order of Merit, winning one event as well as being a three time runner up that year. By finishing third, he earned a two-year PDC Tour Card for 2018/2019 due to 2nd placed Dimitri van den Bergh already possessing a Tour Card by virtue of being in the world’s top 64. He was the number 4 seed for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6-2 to Josh Payne in the second round.

2018

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He came through the Tour Card Holders’ Qualifier on 26 November with victories over Terry Temple, Maik Langendorf, Bradley Brooks and Richie Burnett to reach the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. Hunt lost in the first round 3–0 to eventual quarter finalist Luke Humphries.

World Championship results

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC World Championship Did not qualify 1R DNQ 3R 2R DNQ
UK Open DNQ 2R 3R 3R 1R DNQ 1R 4R 1R 4R 3R DNP WD
European Championship Did not qualify 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals Did not qualify 1R DNQ 1R DNQ DNP
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship 2R 2R SF QF 2R 1R 2R DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 125 114 115 94 70 - 112 98 80 59 42 79 -


PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2013 UKM
1R
EDT
DNP
EDO
1R
ADO
DNP
GDT
DNQ
GDC
DNP
GDM
DNQ
DDM
DNP
2014 GDC
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDM
DNP
ADO
DNQ
GDT
QF
EDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2015 GDC
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
IDO
1R
EDO
DNQ
EDT
2R
EDM
1R
EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
1R
GDM
DNQ
GDO
3R
EDG
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNP
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
2R
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNP
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
1R
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
2R
EDG
2R
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
2R
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
1R
2023 Did not play
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNP
SDT
DNP
CDO
DNQ


PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
2011
[nb 1]
HAL
DNP
HAL
DNP
DER
2R
DER
DNP
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
VIE
DNP
VIE
DNP
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
NUL
DNP
NUL
DNP
ONT
DNP
ONT
DNP
DER
2R
DER
2R
NUL
1R
NUL
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
KIL
1R
GLA
DNP
GLA
DNP
ALI
DNP
ALI
DNP
CRA
2R
CRA
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
2012
[nb 1]
ALI
DNP
ALI
DNP
REA
DNP
REA
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BIR
DNP
BIR
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
KIL
DNP
KIL
DNP
CRA
2R
CRA
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
2013
[nb 1]
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
KIL
DNP
KIL
DNP
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2014 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
CRA
2R
CRA
4R
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
CRA
2R
CRA
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
1R
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
COV
1R
COV
2R
2015 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
4R
CRA
2R
CRA
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
DNP
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
COV
1R
COV
2R
2016
[nb 1]
Did not play
2017
[nb 1]
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
DNP
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
DNP
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2018 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
QF
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
HIL
3R
HIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
2020 BAR
3R
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
3R
COV
3R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
3R
COV
4R
2021 BOL
2R
BOL
2R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
3R
NIE
3R
NIE
1R
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2022 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2023
[nb 1]
Did not play
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
LEI
LEI
  1. ^ a b c d e f Not a Tour card holder
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. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "2011 PDC Youth Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  3. ^ "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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  6. ^ "2013 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
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  13. ^ "2015 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Adam Hunt 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  15. ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  16. ^ "2015 PDPA Players Championship Coventry Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Order of Merit on 4 January 2016". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  18. ^ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  19. ^ "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  20. ^ "2016 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  21. ^ "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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