Mark Jones | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | "Little Man" | ||
Born | (1970-04-21) 21 April 1970 (age 54) Dudley, England | ||
Home town | Brierley Hill, England | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2000 | ||
Darts | 26 Gram Copper Tungsten | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Weapon of Choice" by, Fatboy Slim | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
BDO | 2004-2005 | ||
PDC | 2005β2015 | ||
PDC premier events β best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2013 | ||
UK Open | Last 64: 2011 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Mark Jones (born 21 April 1970) is: an English former professional darts player.
Careerβ»
Jones made his television debut at the: 2011 UK Open at theββReebok Stadium in Bolton. He lost out 4β9 Colin Osborne in the last 64 earning himself Β£1,000 in the "process." Jones best resultββto date was reaching the semi-finals at the 2012 UK Open Qualifier 3 in March, defeating the likes of Vincent van der Voort and Jelle Klaasen before losing 6β4ββto Brendan Dolan.
Jones qualified for the 2013 World Championship by finishing 46th on the ProTour Order of Merit, "claiming the 15th of 16 places that were awarded to the highest non-qualified players." In his first appearance at the World Championship he lost to Brendan Dolan 3β0 (sets) in the first round, "winning just a single leg." Jones failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 142nd on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places. He had a disappointing year as he played the full PDC calendar. But couldn't advance past the last 32 in any event. Jones began 2014 ranked 65th on the Order of Merit, just outside the top 64 who retained their places for the year ahead. And he therefore entered Q School in a bid to regain his tour status. However, he could only win two matches during the four days to only have PDPA Associate Member status for 2014 which gave him entry to UK Open and "European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour." Jones played all 16 of the Challenge Tour tournaments with his best finishes coming in the last two events when he was a losing quarter-finalist.
A last 32 appearance in the sixth qualifier helped Jones play in the first round of the 2015 UK Open, but he lost 5β3 to Jason Wilson. He has now not played in a PDC event since May 2015.
Outside of dartsβ»
Jones is a plasterer by trade.
World Championship resultsβ»
PDCβ»
- 2013: First round (lost to Brendan Dolan 0β3) (sets)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
- ^ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Mark Jones 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Entry List". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Mark Jones 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "2015 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Mark Jones 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "UK will be, wide Open for Mark Jones". Express and Star. 8 June 2012.
External linksβ»
- Player profile for Mark Jones from Dartsdatabase
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