Graham Usher (darts player)

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Graham Usher
Personal information
Full nameGraham Usher
NicknameThe Gambler
Born (1973-06-14) 14 June 1973 (age 51)
Middlesbrough, England
Home town Scarborough, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts21g Perfect Nine
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2009–
(Tour Card 2023–2024)
WDF 2019
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
PDC Q-School 2023

Graham Usher (born 14 June 1973) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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Career

In 2009, Usher qualified for the 2009 UK Open as the Holsten Pils qualifier in Batley; he lost Glen Durrant 6–3 in the first round. [1]

Usher participated in the 2019 World Masters, [2] where he reached the quarter-finals but lost there to Mario Vandenbogaerde 4–2 in sets. [3]

In 2020, 2021 and 2022 consequently, he took his part in PDC Q-School three times, but failed to get a Tour Card. In these years he played on the Challenge Tour. On the 2022 Challenge Tour he reached the semi-finals at Challenge Tour 11 and Challenge Tour 18, losing to Jelle Klaasen 5–4 [4] and Patrick Peters 5–3 respectively. [5]

In 2022 he played in the 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. [6]

Usher qualified for a PDC Tour Card for the first time at the 2023 Q-School, defeating Adam Warner on the second finals day. [7] Usher reached the fifth round of the 2024 UK Open, which won him his biggest haul at a single event with £5,000 in ranking money, but did not earn enough ranking money during his two years on the Pro Tour to reach the Top 64 and keep his Tour Card, falling short with £32,250 in ranking money. [8] Usher has said he plans to go to Q-School in 2025. [9]

Performance timeline

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open 1R DNQ 3R 5R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals Not heldDNQ 1R DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters PDC QF NHPDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking--------------122

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
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

Key

Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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References

  1. ↑ "THolsten Qualifiers - Day One". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Graham Usher".
  3. ↑ "Graham Usher".
  4. ↑ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
  5. ↑ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
  6. ↑ "Conan Whitehead beats Graham Usher to win inaugural MODUS Super Series title".
  7. ↑ "Corey Cadby and Graham Usher latest to clinch PDC Tour cards at Q-School". Sky Sports. 14 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ranking summary (Order of Merit) Graham Usher Tour Card". DartsRankings.
  9. ↑ Wood, Kieran (29 August 2024). ""These lads, it's their job. I've got another job" - Graham Usher reflects on the unrelenting toughness of the PDC Pro Tour and announces plans for Q-School in 2025". DartsNews.
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