Mark Jones (darts player)

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Mark Jones
Personal information
Nickname"Little Man"
Born (1970-04-21) 21 April 1970 (age 54)
Dudley, England
Home town Brierley Hill, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2000
Darts26 Gram Copper Tungsten
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Weapon of Choice" by Fatboy Slim
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2004-2005
PDC 2005–2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2013
UK Open Last 64: 2011
Other tournament wins
Gibraltar Open 2004

Mark Jones (born 21 April 1970) is an English former professional darts player.

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Career

Jones made his television debut at the 2011 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. He lost out 4–9 Colin Osborne in the last 64 earning himself £1,000 in the process. Jones best result to date was reaching the semi-finals at the 2012 UK Open Qualifier 3 in March, defeating the likes of Vincent van der Voort and Jelle Klaasen before losing 6–4 to Brendan Dolan.

Jones qualified for the 2013 World Championship by finishing 46th on the ProTour Order of Merit, [1] claiming the 15th of 16 places that were awarded to the highest non-qualified players. [2] In his first appearance at the World Championship he lost to Brendan Dolan 3–0 (sets) in the first round, winning just a single leg. [3] Jones failed to qualify for the 2013 UK Open as he finished 142nd on the Order of Merit, outside of the top 96 who claimed their places. [4] He had a disappointing year as he played the full PDC calendar but couldn't advance past the last 32 in any event. [5] Jones began 2014 ranked 65th on the Order of Merit, just outside the top 64 who retained their places for the year ahead and he therefore entered Q School in a bid to regain his tour status. [6] [7] However, he could only win two matches during the four days to only have PDPA Associate Member status for 2014 which gave him entry to UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. [8] Jones played all 16 of the Challenge Tour tournaments with his best finishes coming in the last two events when he was a losing quarter-finalist. [9]

A last 32 appearance in the sixth qualifier helped Jones play in the first round of the 2015 UK Open, but he lost 5–3 to Jason Wilson. [10] He has now not played in a PDC event since May 2015. [11]

Outside of darts

Jones is a plasterer by trade. [12]

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC . Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Van Gerwen's Five Alive With Whitewash!". PDC . Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mark Jones 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC . Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "2014 PDC Tour Card Qualifying School Entry List". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Mark Jones 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "2015 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mark Jones 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "UK will be wide Open for Mark Jones". Express and Star. 8 June 2012.
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