James Hurrell

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James Hurrell
Personal information
Nickname"Hillbilly"
Born (1984-07-07) 7 July 1984 (age 39)
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Home town Moreton-in-Marsh, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts23g Mission
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" by The Woolpackers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010–2020
PDC 2024–
WDF 2010–2023
Current world ranking 94 Steady2.svg (3 March 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2022
World Masters Quarter Final: 2017
World Trophy Last 16: 2017
Finder Masters Group Stages: 2015
Dutch Open Last 16: 2022
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
BDO International Open 2017
Belfry Open 2022
British Internationals 2015, 2017, 2022
British Pentathlon 2013
Finnish Masters 2015
Isle of Man Classic 2022
Italian Grand Masters 2022
Police Masters 2016, 2017
Scottish Open 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
WDF World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Esbjerg Men's team
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's overall

James Hurrell (born 7 July 1984) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup medalist. In January 2022, he became the leader of the World Darts Federation ranking and held this position until November 2022.

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Career

BDO

Hurrell reached the Last 32 of the 2015 World Masters, he played Martin Phillips and lost 3–2 in sets. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and was beaten by Larry Butler in the preliminary round, During 2016 he hit a 9 dart finish against Daniel Day. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship but withdrew before the tournament started.

Despite the Pandemic causing obvious delays. Hurrell has come back well and is currently world number 1 in the World Darts Federation world rankings. He has won the Isle of Man Classic beating young prospect Luke Littler. He has also reached the final of the Welsh Open (Darts) losing to Cameron Menzies in October 2021 and the Italian Masters losing to Richard Veenstra. He was the number 6 seed in the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship which took place in April 2022 where he lost 4–0 (s) to Cameron Menzies, averaging 88.77, in the quarter-finals, However he is having a good 2022 so far by picking up the Isle of Man Classic & Scottish Open.

PDC

Hurrell competed for a tour card at the 2020 Q School to join the Professional Darts Corporation. Hurrell finished outside the rankings needed to get a PDC Tour Card.

He earned a tour card for the first time at the 2024 Q School. [2]

Personal life

Hurrell also plays club cricket for Moreton-in-Marsh.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

Performance timeline

Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open DNP 2R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ PR 1R DNQNH QF 2R PDC
World Masters 1R DNQ 1R PR 5R 5R QF 2R DNQNH RR NHPDC
World Trophy DNQ 2R 1R NH
Dutch Masters DNQ RR DNQNH
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking--------------


PDC European Tour

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2024 BDO
1R		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO
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. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". www.pdc.tv. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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