Mark McGeeney

Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player from Coventry, Warwickshire. He currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Mark McGeeney
Personal information
Nickname"Gladiator"
Born (1972-06-28) 28 June 1972
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Home townStockport, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1991
Darts22 Gram Unicorn Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Metalingus" by Alter Bridge
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010–2019
PDC2019–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2018
World MastersRunner Up: 2016, 2017
World TrophySemi Final: 2015
Finder MastersSemi Final: 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2020
UK OpenLast 64: 2021
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2017, 2018
PC FinalsLast 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
British Open2015
Dutch Open2017, 2018
England Classic2014
German Open2017
Hal Open2017
Helvetia Open2017
Isle of Man Classic2018
Turkish Masters2018
Turkish Open2018
WDF World Cup Team2015
WSDT Masters Qualifiers 2 2023
Other achievements
Lincolnshire Open 2015
Weoley Castle Open 2010

Career

BDO

In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beating Kevin Taylor in the final. In September 2014, he won the England Classic; he beat Sam Hewson in the quarter-final before beating Wesley Harms in the final. In April 2015, McGeeney won the Lincolnshire Open by beating Joshua Richardson in the Final. In September 2015, he won the British Open beating Scott Waites in the final.

McGeeney reached back-to-back Winmau World Masters finals, losing to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and won the Dutch Open.

In 2018, after two previous 2nd round losses, McGeeney reached the final of the BDO World Darts Championship against Durrant. McGeeney came from 6–4 down in sets to lead 2–0 in the decider, but eventually lost 7–6. He became only the second player in World Championship history after Mike Gregory in 1992 to miss championship darts (one at D18 and one at D9) and lose the match. The following month, McGeeney retained his Dutch Open title, beating Durrant 3–1 in sets in the final.

In 2019, at his last appearance at a BDO World Championship McGeeney was once again knocked out in the 2nd round.

PDC

McGeeney revealed in December 2018 that he will compete in the Professional Darts Corporation's Q-School in 2019, due to new rules that allow unsuccessful Q-School competitors to compete within the BDO.[1] After losing out in the final to Harry Ward 5–2 on the first day, he recovered to go all the way on day two, beating Carl Wilkinson 5–4 in the final to seal a two-year PDC Tour Card.

McGeeney is currently at risk of losing his PDC tour card at the end of 2021 having not managed to find his form since moving across from BDO, and as a result not making the top 64 to secure an extension, he is yet to announce if he intends to return to Q-School in 2022.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Career finals

BDO major finals: 3 (3 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Winmau World Masters (0–2)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2016 Winmau World Masters England Glen Durrant 3–6 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2017 Winmau World Masters Poland Krzysztof Ratajski 1–6 (s)
Runner-up 3. 2018 World Darts Championship England Glen Durrant 6–7 (s)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 2R 2R F 2R
BDO World Trophy Not held DNQ SF 2R 2R 2R PDC
Winmau World Masters 2R 2R RR 3R QF 6R F F 6R PDC
Finder Darts Masters Did not qualify RR SF PDC

PDC

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 2R DNQ
UK Open Prel. Did not participate 2R 3R 4R
Grand Slam of Darts Did not participate RR RR DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - 162 156 77 63
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References

  1. McCosh, Edward. "BDO's Mark McGeeney to attend Q-School". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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