John Scott (darts player)

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John Scott
Personal information
NicknameGnasher
Born (1981-02-17) 17 February 1981 (age 43)
Harrow, London, England
Home town Harrow, London
Darts information
Playing darts since1997
Darts19g "Dogs of War - WAR 4"
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2017–2020
PDC 2004–2016
WDF 2017–
Current world ranking (WDF) 45 Decrease2.svg 16 (14 November 2023) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2023
World Masters Last 128: 2019, 2022
World Trophy Last 32: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 96: 2018
Other tournament wins
Estonia Open 2019
Estonia Masters 2019
Kaunas Open 2022
Reykjavik Games 2022
Tallinn Open 2023
Lithuania Open 2023

John Scott (born 17 February 1981 in Harrow, London) is an English darts player currently playing in World Darts Federation events. His nickname is Gnasher.

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Career

Scott made his major debut at the 2012 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. He lost out 4–2 to Brian Woods in the preliminary round. [2] He qualified via the UK Open Order of Merit in tied 96th place with a total of £600 - winning £200 in three of the eight qualifying events. [3] Scott also qualified for the Austrian Darts Open by defeating Mark Hylton in the qualifying event. He lost 6–5 in the first round of the main event to Denis Ovens. [4]

In 2013, Scott once again qualified for the 2013 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, making his televised debut in a 5–2 defeat to James Hubbard. [5] Soon after, Scott qualified for the German Darts Championship, defeating Adrian Gray and Lee Palfreyman in the qualifying event. He lost 6–5 to Arron Monk in the first round. [6]

His tour card status expired at the beginning of 2014 and he was unsuccessful at Q School as he couldn't advance beyond the last 64 on any of the four days. Scott played in 14 of the 16 Challenge Tour events throughout the year with a solitary last 16 run being his best result. [7]

In 2015, Scott was once again unsuccessful in regaining his Tour Card status at Q-School, but managed to qualify once again for the German Darts Championship, defeating Matt Padgett, Kevin Painter and Mark Walsh in the qualifying event, but losing first round to Maik Langendorf in the main event. [8] He played in all 16 Challenge Tour events this year, reaching the last 16 once. [9]

Despite not attending the PDC Q-School in January 2016, Scott took part in the amateur Riley's qualifying events for the 2016 UK Open, where he won through from the London Victoria venue to make the finals in Minehead. [10] He drew Dean Winstanley in the first round, and was narrowly defeated 6–5. [11]

In 2017, Scott made a return to the darts circuit, this time taking part in a handful of BDO tournaments, but the year ended with defeat in the last 32 of the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship qualifying event in Bridlington.

After some good early form in 2018, including reaching the semi-finals of the Romanian Classic, he broke into the top 100 in the World Rankings, and also qualified for the 2018 UK Open, winning the amateur qualifying event in London Victoria once again. [12] At the finals in Minehead, Scott registered his first major tournament victory, defeating Darren Johnson 6-4, before he lost to Jason Lowe in the last 96.

Despite not managing to qualify for Lakeside, John did qualify for the World Masters where he lost first round to Australia's Justin Thompson. Shortly after this, he reached his first ranking final at the Latvia Open, losing 2-6 to Darius Labanauskas [13] and this result propelled him into the top 50 in the World Rankings for the first time.

2019 saw John claim his first BDO ranking title, winning the Estonia Open in Tallinn. He followed it up the very next day with a win of the Estonia Masters. [14] In June 2019, Scott moved into a career high position of number 2 in the World Darts Federation rankings and continued his good form by qualifying for the 2019 BDO World Trophy, defeating Ted Hankey in the qualifiers before losing 3-5 to Wayne Warren in the main event last 32.

Despite a slow start after the enforced break during the Coronavirus pandemic, John missed out on qualification at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship by one place in the rankings. January 2022 then saw him win his third WDF ranking title, winning the Reykjavik International Games in Iceland, moving him back up to 12th in the world rankings. Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the WDF on IOC advice suspended Russian players from the World Championship and this enabled Scott to play in the World Championship for the first time where he was defeated 0-2 by Johnny Haines in the last 48.

In May 2022, Scott won his fourth ranking title at the Kaunas Open in Lithuania, defeating Dennis Nilsson 5-0 in the final. He followed this up in 2023 with his seventh ranking final at the Faroe Islands on in March, then a fifth ranking title at the Tallinn Open in April, and a sixth the Lithuania Open in May [15]

Personal life

John is an Arsenal fan and has had a season ticket since 1995.

World Championship results

WDF

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References

  1. ↑ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "2012 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "2012 UK Open Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 PDC Austrian Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "2013 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "German Darts Championship Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "John Scott 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "German Darts Championship Day One". PDC . Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "John Scott 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Final Rileys Qualifiers Win UK Open Spots". PDC . Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC . Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ten Players Complete Rileys Qualifiers". PDC . Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "Labanauskas and de Graaf reign supreme in Riga". BDO . Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Double Delight for Scott in Estonia". BDO . Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Results of Lithuania Open Men 2023". DartsWDF. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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