Darius Labanauskas

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Darius Labanauskas
Personal information
Nickname"Lucky D"
Born (1976-07-26) 26 July 1976 (age 47)
Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
(now Lithuania)
Home town Garliava, Lithuania
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts24 Gram Cosmo
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Infinity 2008" by Guru Josh Project
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2006–2018
PDC 2018–2024
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2017
World Masters Last 16: 2015, 2016
World Trophy Quarter Final: 2016, 2018
Finder Masters Quarter Final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2020
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2021
UK Open Last 32: 2021
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2020
PC Finals Last 32: 2019, 2021
World Series Finals Last 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Adeficator Open 2016
Baltic Cup Open 2013
Denmark Open 2016
Estonian Masters 2017
Estonian Open 2012, 2013, 2015
Hal Open 2016
Latvia Open 2017, 2018
Lithuania Ch'ship 2009, 2011, 2012
Lithuania Open 2011, 2013, 2015,
2016, 2018
Polish Open 2015
Riga Masters 2014
Riga Open 2014, 2015
Trakai Castle Cup 2014
PDCNB Tour 2018 (x2), 2019 (x4), 2022 (x4)
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
WDF World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Antalya Men's singles
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Kemer Men's pairs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Bucharest Men's singles

Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1.

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Career

BDO

Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Champion and won the Lithuania Open in 2011 and 2013. He also won the Baltic Cup Open in 2013, the Estonian Open in 2012 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the Trakai Castle Cup, the Riga Open and the Riga Masters. He was runner-up in the WDF Europe Cup singles in 2014, losing to Irishman David Concannon in the final. 2014 also saw him reach the final of the Estonian Open, Finnish Open and Baltic Cup Open.

His performances in 2014 helped Labanauskas qualify for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship outright via his world ranking. He was beaten by Robbie Green in the first round despite hitting a 167 checkout during the match.

Consistent qualification for the BDO World Championship paid off in 2017 as he reached the quarter-finals before losing 5–2 to eventual champion Glen Durrant.

PDC

In 2018 Labanauskas competed on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour, finishing in the top two to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. [1] Here he beat Matthew Edgar and Raymond van Barneveld before going out to Adrian Lewis in the last 32 with prize money of £25,000.

This run was followed by PDC European Q-School, where a disappointing first three days in Hildesheim were followed by a fantastic run all the way to the final on Day 4, where Labanauskas beat Vincent van der Meer 5–3 in the final to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time. [2]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 3R QF 2R 1R 2R
UK Open Non-PDC 1R 3R 5R 5R 4R
World Grand Prix Non-PDCDNQ 2R DNQ
European Championship Non-PDCDNQ 1R DNQ
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC 2R 1R 2R DNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNP 1R 2R 2R 1R RR
World Series of Darts Finals NHNon-PDCDNQ 2R DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R PR QF 1R Non-BDONH
BDO World Trophy DNQ 1R QF 2R QF PDCNH
Winmau World Masters 2R 6R 6R 3R DNQPDCNHPDC
Zuiderduin Masters DNQ RR RR QF DNQNH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking12 (BDO)13 (BDO)3 (BDO)18 (BDO)37 (BDO)5243435274


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
2R
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
2R
DDO
3R
EDM
2R
GDC
1R
DDC
2R
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
3R
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
1R
2020 BDC
DNP
GDC
DNQ
EDG
QF
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
1R
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
Performance Table Legend
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet founded#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsRUlost in the finalWwon the tournament

Nine-dart finishes

Darius Labanauskas's televised nine-dart finishes
DateOpponentTournamentMethod
18 December 2021 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mike De Decker PDC World Darts Championship T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18

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References

  1. Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. Murphy, Chris. "Labanauskas wins Tour Card". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2018.