Graham Filby

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Graham Filby
Personal information
Full nameGraham John Filby
NicknameThe Detornator
Born (1970-05-29) 29 May 1970 (age 53)
Beaufort West, South Africa
Home town Bellville
Darts information
Playing darts since1999
DartsC3 Target Carrera
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2013–2016
Other tournament wins
SAPDO Gauteng Classic 2013

Graham John Filby (born 29 May 1970) is a South African professional darts player.

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Career

Filby won three matches in reaching the final of the South African qualifier for the 2014 PDC World Championship, where he lost 9–3 against Devon Petersen. [1] In June 2014, Filby and Petersen teamed up to represent South Africa at the World Cup of Darts. They averaged 97.40 in a doubles match 5–3 win over Germany in the first round and then beat Singapore to face the number one seeds of Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis in the quarter-finals. [2] Petersen lost 4–3 to Taylor, meaning Filby had to win his match against Lewis to send the tie into a deciding doubles contest, but he was beaten 4–2. [3]

Filby entered PDC Qualifying School in 2015 and, despite reaching the last 32 on the first day, he could not advance past the last 128 in the last three days to fall short of earning a tour card. [4] At the World Cup, Filby and Petersen survived a match dart from Finland to win 5–4 before losing their singles matches against Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld of the Netherlands in the second round. [5] In the 2016 event they were defeated 5–1 by Singapore. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "2013 PDC World South Africa Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC . Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals". PDC . Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC . Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Day Two". PDC . Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "2016 PDC World Cup of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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