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.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Gladiator" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1972 Coventry, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Stockport, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22 Gram Unicorn Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Metalingus" by Alter Bridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2010–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019– | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Runner Up: 2016, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Semi Final: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Semi Final: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2017, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
- 2016: 2nd round (lost to Scott Mitchell 3–4)
- 2017: 2nd round (lost to Scott Waites 2–4)
- 2018: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 6–7)
- 2019: 2nd round (lost to Conan Whitehead 0–4)
PDC
- 2020: 2nd round (lost to Ricky Evans 1–3)
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 |  Glen Durrant |
3–6 (s) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2017 | Winmau World Masters |  Krzysztof Ratajski |
1–6 (s) |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2018 | World Darts Championship | Glen Durrant |
6–7 (s) |
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| 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
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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| 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 | |||||||
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| 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
- McCosh, Edward. "BDO's Mark McGeeney to attend Q-School". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.