Adam Hunt

Adam Hunt
Personal information
Nickname	"The Hunter"
Born	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 30) Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England
Home town	Chester-le-Street, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2009
Darts	22g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2011–
Current world ranking	NR (3 January 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
UK Open	Last 64: 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2020
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2021
PC Finals	Last 64: 2018, 2020
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013, 2016 PDC Youth Tour England 2011, 2014, 2016

Adam Hunt (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

Hunt began competing in PDC events in 2011 and won his first tournament in his second month, beating Josh Jones 4–2 in the final of the opening youth tour event of the year. ^[2] In 2012 he qualified for the UK Open for the first time and defeated Steve Maish 4–2, before losing 4–1 to Arron Monk in the second round. ^[3] A year later he reached his first quarter-final on the Pro Tour at the first UK Open qualifier where he lost 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen. ^[4] Hunt then won a Challenge Tour title with a 4–2 victory over Ricky Evans and advanced to the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, where Michael Smith eliminated him 6–3. ^{[5] [6]} He went one better in the UK Open than last year as he lost in the third round 9–8 against Kevin McDine having led 4–1. ^[7] Hunt's performances on the Challenge Tour saw him finish fourth on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card from 2014. ^[8]

2014

In March, Hunt reached the third round of the UK Open for the second year in a row, but lost 9–5 to Paul Nicholson. ^[9] Later in the month he beat Michael van Gerwen to reach the last 16 of the fourth Players Championship, where he was defeated 6–5 by Magnus Caris. ^[10] Hunt was still competing in youth tournaments as well as the main professional tour and he won the ninth event with a 4–3 success over Rowby-John Rodriguez. ^[11] He entered the 2014 PDC World Youth Championship as the number 1 seed, but lost in the last 16 to Kevin Voornhout 6-4. At the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Hunt beat Mervyn King 6–3 and then survived 14 match darts from Dave Chisnall to edge him out 6–5 and reach his first European Tour quarter-final, but his run came to an end as Simon Whitlock defeated him 6–2. ^[12]

2015

At the 2015 UK Open, Hunt lost 5–4 to Alan Tabern in the first round. ^[13] He competed in the 2015 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6–2 to Bradley Kirk. He was knocked out in the first round of the International Darts Open and European Darts Matchplay and at the European Darts Trophy he beat Krzysztof Ratajski 6–5, before losing 6–1 to Michael van Gerwen in the second round. ^{[14] [15]} Hunt advanced to the last 16 of an event once this year, but he was defeated 6–1 by Mensur Suljović at the eighth Players Championship. ^[16]

2016

After the 2016 World Championship Hunt was 71st on the Order of Merit, narrowly outside the top 64 who remain on tour. ^[17] He therefore entered Q School, but could not advance beyond the last 64 on any of the four days to fall off the tour. ^[18] He therefore had to build his year on Challenge and Development Tour events winning one of each. He beat Dean Reynolds 4−2 in the fourth Development event and Jamie Bain 5−3 in the sixth Challenge event. ^{[19] [20]} Hunt also lost in the final of the sixth Development event 4−2 to Ross Twell. ^[21] He was the number 5 seed for the 2016 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6-5 in the first round to Sven Groen.

2017

Hunt finished third on the Development Tour Order of Merit, winning one event as well as being a three time runner up that year. By finishing third, he earned a two-year PDC Tour Card for 2018/2019 due to 2nd placed Dimitri van den Bergh already possessing a Tour Card by virtue of being in the world’s top 64. He was the number 4 seed for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship but lost 6-2 to Josh Payne in the second round.

2018

He came through the Tour Card Holders’ Qualifier on 26 November with victories over Terry Temple, Maik Langendorf, Bradley Brooks and Richie Burnett to reach the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. Hunt lost in the first round 3–0 to eventual quarter finalist Luke Humphries.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2019: First round (lost to Luke Humphries 0–3)
• 2021: Third round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 0–4)
• 2022: Second round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
PDC World Championship	Did not qualify								1R	DNQ	3R	2R
UK Open	DNQ	2R	3R	3R	1R	DNQ		1R	4R	1R	4R	3R
European Championship	Did not qualify										1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	Did not qualify									2R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify							1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	2R	2R	SF	QF	2R	1R	2R	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	125	114	115	94	70	-	112	98	80	59	42	79

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2013	UKM 1R	EDT DNP	EDO 1R	ADO DNP	GDT DNQ	GDC DNP	GDM DNQ	DDM DNP
2014	GDC DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDM DNP	ADO DNQ	GDT QF	EDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDT DNQ
2015	GDC DNQ	GDT DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNQ	IDO 1R	EDO DNQ	EDT 2R	EDM 1R	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC 1R	GDM DNQ	GDO 3R	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNP
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO 2R	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNP	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 1R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC 2R	EDG 2R	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT 2R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT 1R

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Prel.

DNQ

DNP

NH

EX

WD

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

References

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
2. "2011 PDC Youth Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
3. "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
4. "Van Gerwen Races To UK Open Qualifier Win". PDC.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
5. "2013 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
6. "2013 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
7. "Speedy Services UK Open - Friday". PDC . Retrieved 29 June 2014.
8. "2014 PDC Tour Card Holders Confirmed". PDC. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
9. "Coral UK Open - Friday Evening". PDC . Retrieved 29 June 2014.
10. "Imperious Taylor's Crawley Triumph". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
11. "Youth Wins For Van Den Bergh And Hubbard". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
12. "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Third Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
13. "2015 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
14. "Adam Hunt 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
15. "2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
16. "2015 PDPA Players Championship Coventry Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
17. "Order of Merit on 4 January 2016". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
18. "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
19. "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
20. "2016 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
21. "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

External links

• Adam Hunt player profile at Darts Orakel