Graham Usher | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Graham Usher | ||
Nickname | The Gambler | ||
Born | 14 June 1973 Middlesbrough, England | ||
Home town | Scarborough, England | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2008 | ||
Darts | 21g Perfect Nine | ||
Laterality | Left-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2009– | ||
WDF | 2019 | ||
Current world ranking | 82 1 (12 June 2024) [1] | ||
WDF major events – best performances | |||
World Masters | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
UK Open | Last 32: 2024 | ||
World Series Finals | Last 24: 2023 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Graham Usher (born 14 June 1973) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
In 2009, Usher qualified for the 2009 UK Open as the Holsten Pils qualifier in Batley; he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant in the first round. [2]
In 2019 Usher participated in 2019 World Masters, [3] where he reached the quarter-finals and lost 2–4 by sets to Mario Vandenbogaerde. [4]
In 2022 he player in MODUS Super Series, where he hit a nine-dart leg in July in a match against Dan Read. He was defeated by Conan Whitehead in the October 2022 MODUS Super Series. [5]
Usher qualified for a PDC tour card for the first time at the 2023 Q-School, defeating Adam Warner on the second finals day. [6]
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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UK Open | 1R | DNQ | 3R | 5R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | Not held | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | PDC | QF | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 122 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2023 | BSD 2R | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO 1R | CDO DNQ | EDG 1R | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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