Glen Durrant (born 24 November 1970), nicknamed "Duzza", is an English former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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| Nickname | "Duzza" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1970 Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Middlesbrough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | Glen Durrant 24 Gram Target Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)" by Perfecto Allstarz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2004–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019–2022 (Tour Card 2019–2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner (3): 2017, 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Winner (2): 2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Winner (1): 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Winner (3): 2015, 2016, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Semi Final: 2019, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2020, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Semi Final: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Winner (1): 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Last 24: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Quarter Final: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2023, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships
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| Other achievements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lazenby Open 2014 Middlebeck Open 2014 Northumberland Open 2012 Staithes Open 2009 Teesside Open 2011 Thornaby Open 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Durrant won the BDO World Darts Championship three times consecutively from 2017 to 2019. He also won the 2018 BDO World Trophy, the World Masters in 2015 and 2016 and the Finder Darts Masters in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Durrant won a PDC Tour Card in 2019 and won 2 ranking PDC titles that year before winning the 2020 Premier League, his only PDC major title. 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.
BDO
editEarly career
editAlthough 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] In 2009, Durrant defeated Graham Usher and John McGuirk before losing out to Terry Jenkins 1–9.[5] 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
editIn 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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[8] After adding the 2012 Jersey Open, Durrant retained the England Classic in 2013.[8]
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
editDurrant'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.[9]
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
edit2019
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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.[10] 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
editOn 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.[11] Two weeks after winning the Premier League, Durrant contracted COVID-19, forcing him to miss a couple of tournaments.
2021
editAt 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.[12]
2022
editAt 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.[13] 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.[14]
2024
editDuring the 2024 PDC World Championship Durrant was a commentator on matches broadcast on Sky Sports.[15]
World Championship results
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (February 2023) |
BDO
edit- 2014: Second round (lost to Alan Norris 1–4)
- 2015: Semi-finals (lost to Martin Adams 5–6)
- 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Scott Waites 4–5)
- 2017: Winner (beat Danny Noppert 7–3)
- 2018: Winner (beat Mark McGeeney 7–6)
- 2019: Winner (beat Scott Waites 7–3)
PDC
edit- 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–5)
- 2021: Fourth round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 3–4)
- 2022: Second round (lost to William O'Connor 0–3)
WSDT
edit- 2023: First round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 0–3)
- 2024: First round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 2–3)
Career finals
editBDO major finals: 10 (9 titles, 1 runner-up)
edit| Legend |
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| 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] |
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| Winner | 1. | 2015 | Winmau World Masters (1) |  Larry Butler
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7–3 (s) |
| Winner | 2. | 2015 | Zuiderduin Masters (1) |  Martin Adams
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5–2 (s) |
| Winner | 3. | 2016 | Winmau World Masters (2) | Mark McGeeney
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6–3 (s) |
| Winner | 4. | 2016 | Zuiderduin Masters (2) | Jamie Hughes
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5–3 (s) |
| Winner | 5. | 2017 | World Darts Championship (1) |  Danny Noppert
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7–3 (s) |
| Winner | 6. | 2018 | World Darts Championship (2) | Mark McGeeney
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7–6 (s) |
| Winner | 7. | 2018 | BDO World Trophy |  Michael Unterbuchner
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10–7 (l) |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | Winmau World Masters | Adam Smith-Neale
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4–6 (s) |
| Winner | 8. | 2018 | Zuiderduin Masters (3) | Richard Veenstra
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5–3 (s) |
| Winner | 9. | 2019 | World Darts Championship (3) | Scott Waites
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7–3 (s) |
PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)
edit| Legend |
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| Premier League (1–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2020 | Premier League | Nathan Aspinall
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11–8 (l) |
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 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
edit- ^ O'Leary, Alex (28 November 2022). "Glen Durrant announces his retirement from pro darts". Teesside Live. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ "2004 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2005 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2005 UK Open Results". Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2009 UK Open Results". Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "2011 World Masters Results". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Home - Teesside Darts". Freewebs.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Glenn Durrant news". Archived from the original on 20 November 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Jose Oliveira de Sousa - Glen Durrant 2:0". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Series 24, Episode 17". Eggheads. 1 November 2022. Channel 5.
- ^ @Duzza180 (28 November 2022). "Well that's it I'm no longer a professional dart player" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [user-generated source]
- ^ Wood, Kieran (29 November 2023). "Glen Durrant to commentate for Sky Sports during World Darts Championships". Darts News. Retrieved 31 December 2023.