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Colin Monk | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | "Mad Monk" |
Born | (1967-09-29) 29 September 1967 (age 56) Lewisham, London, England |
Home town | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 1985 |
Darts | 23g Eigen Ontwerp |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "I Fought the Law" by The Clash |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1993β2004 |
PDC | 2004β2011 |
WDF major events β best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Semi-Final: 1998, 2002 |
World Masters | Winner (1) 1996 |
World Trophy | Quarter-Final: 2003 |
Int. Darts League | Last 32 Group: 2003 |
Finder Masters | Last 16 Group: 2000, "2001," 2002 |
PDC premier events β best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2006, "2007," 2008, 2010 |
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2004 |
UK Open | Quarter-Final: 2003 |
Desert Classic | Last 32: 2009 |
US Open/WSoD | Last 64: 2007 |
WSDT major events β best performances | |
World Masters | Quarter-final: 2022 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
Denmark Open German Open Norway Open British Open Hampshire Open | 1995 1996 1996 1998 2003, 2008, 2009 |
Colin Monk (born 29 September 1967) is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Careerβ»
Monk won the Winmau World Masters in 1996, where he beat Richie Burnett 3β2 in the "final." Monk's best run in the BDO World Darts Championship came in 1998 and "2002 when he reached the semi-finals," losingββto Raymond van Barneveld and Mervyn King respectively. Monk was also part of what is often cited as one of the all-time great matches at Lakeside in 2003 when he defeated Tony O'Shea 3β2 in the Last 16 in a sudden death leg, with Monk's end average being 97.08 to O'Shea's 94.05.
Since joining the PDC full-time in 2004, Monk has struggled for form, losing in the first round of the PDC World Championship in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, failing to win a set in any of those matches. Monk reached the quarter-finals of the 2003 UK Open, a run which included a 9β8 victory over the 2003 PDC World Champion John Part in the Last 16. But Monk was still a BDO/WDF member at the time. Monk's only appearance in the first round at the World Matchplay event in Blackpool in 2004, saw Monk get whitewashed 10β0 by John Part, averaging 59.96.
Monk became a member of the 9 Dart Club when he had a nine dart finish in the Blue Square UK Open in Barnsley during his 6β1 win over Ray Farrell. In the 2010 PDC World Championship, he was drawn against Phil Taylor in the first round and lost three sets to nil.
Personal lifeβ»
Monk is the father of Arron Monk.
World Championship resultsβ»
BDOβ»
- 1994: 2nd round (lost to Steve McCollum 1β3)
- 1995: Quarter-finals (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 2β4)
- 1996: Quarter-finals (lost to Andy Fordham 1β4)
- 1997: 2nd round (lost to Paul Williams 1β3)
- 1998: Semi-finals (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 3β5)
- 1999: Quarter-finals (lost to Andy Fordham 3β5)
- 2000: Quarter-finals (lost to Ronnie Baxter 4β5)
- 2001: 1st round (lost to Marko Pusa 2β3)
- 2002: Semi-finals (lost to Mervyn King 1β5)
- 2003: Quarter-finals (lost to Mervyn King 0β5)
- 2004: 1st round (lost to Ted Hankey 2β3)
PDCβ»
- 2006: 1st round (lost to Andy Smith 0β3)
- 2007: 1st round (lost to Per Laursen 0β3)
- 2008: 1st round (lost to Denis Ovens 0β3)
- 2010: 1st round (lost to Phil Taylor 0β3)
Career finalsβ»
BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)β»
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 1. | 1996 | Winmau World Masters | Richie Burnett | 3β2 (s) |
Performance timelineβ»
Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | L16 | QF | QF | L16 | SF | QF | QF | L32 | SF | QF | L32 | No longer a BDO Member | ||||||
Winmau World Masters | L16 | L32 | L32 | W | L32 | L64 | L16 | QF | L32 | L32 | L192 | Did not participate | |||||||
World Darts Trophy | Not held | L32 | QF | DNP | Not held | ||||||||||||||
International Darts League | Not held | L32G | DNP | Not held | |||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | NYF | DNP | L64 | L64 | L64 | DNQ | L64 | DNQ | |||||||||||
World Matchplay | NYF | DNP | L32 | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
UK Open | Not held | QF | L16 | L32 | L64 | L16 | L64 | L64 | L64 | L160 | |||||||||
Las Vegas Desert Classic | Not held | DNP | L32 | NH | |||||||||||||||
US Open | Not held | L64 | L128 | L16 | L64 | NH | |||||||||||||
News of the World | Not held | L32 | Not held |
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 | L# | 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 | RU | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "1996 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 1 August 2015.