Graham Usher (born 14 June 1973) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| Graham Usher | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Graham Usher | ||
| Nickname | The Gambler | ||
| Born | 14 June 1973 Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Home town | Scarborough, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||
| Darts | 21g Perfect Nine | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2009– (Tour Card 2023–2024) | ||
| WDF | 2019 | ||
| Current world ranking | 85  1 (24 November 2024)[1] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2024 | ||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2023 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Career
editIn 2009, Usher qualified for the 2009 UK Open as the Holsten Pils qualifier in Batley; he lost Glen Durrant 6–3 in the first round.[2]
Usher participated in the 2019 World Masters,[3] where he reached the quarter-finals but lost there to Mario Vandenbogaerde 4–2 in sets.[4]
In 2020, 2021 and 2022 consequently, he took his part in PDC Q-School three times, but failed to get a Tour Card. In these years he played on the Challenge Tour. On the 2022 Challenge Tour he reached the semi-finals at Challenge Tour 11 and Challenge Tour 18, losing to Jelle Klaasen 5–4[5] and Patrick Peters 5–3 respectively.[6]
In 2022 he played in the MODUS Super Series, where he hit a nine-dart leg in July in a match against Dan Read. He was defeated by Conan Whitehead in the October 2022 MODUS Super Series.[7]
Usher qualified for a PDC Tour Card for the first time at the 2023 Q-School, defeating Adam Warner on the second finals day.[8] Usher reached the fifth round of the 2024 UK Open, which won him his biggest haul at a single event with £5,000 in ranking money, but did not earn enough ranking money during his two years on the Pro Tour to reach the Top 64 and keep his Tour Card, falling short with £32,250 in ranking money.[9] Usher has said he plans to go to Q-School in 2025.[10]
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | DNQ | 3R | 5R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | Not held | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | PDC | QF | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 122 | |||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
Key
| 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 | ||
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "THolsten Qualifiers - Day One". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Graham Usher".
- ^ "Graham Usher".
- ^ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
- ^ "Conan Whitehead beats Graham Usher to win inaugural MODUS Super Series title".
- ^ "Corey Cadby and Graham Usher latest to clinch PDC Tour cards at Q-School". Sky Sports. 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Ranking summary (Order of Merit) Graham Usher Tour Card". DartsRankings.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (29 August 2024). ""These lads, it's their job. I've got another job" - Graham Usher reflects on the unrelenting toughness of the PDC Pro Tour and announces plans for Q-School in 2025". DartsNews.