Mark McGeeney

Mark McGeeney
Mark McGeeney
Personal information
Nickname	"Gladiator"
Born	28 June 1972 (age 52); Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Home town	Stockport, Cheshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1991
Darts	22 Gram Unicorn Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Metalingus" by Alter Bridge
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2019
PDC	2019–2023; (Tour Card: 2019–2021)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Runner Up: 2018
World Masters	Runner Up: 2016, 2017
World Trophy	Semi Final: 2015
Finder Masters	Semi Final: 2018
Dutch Open	Winner (2): 2017, 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2020
UK Open	Last 64: 2021
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2017, 2018
PC Finals	Last 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
British Open	2015
England Classic	2014
German Open	2017
Hal Open	2017
Helvetia Open	2017
Isle of Man Classic	2018
Turkish Masters	2018
Turkish Open	2018
WDF World Cup Team	2015
WSDT Masters Qualifiers 2	2023
Other achievements
	Lincolnshire Open 2015; Weoley Castle Open 2010

Last updated February 02, 2025

Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where he won the Dutch Open on two occasions and was the runner-up at the 2018 BDO World Championship and the World Masters in both 2016 and 2017.

Career

BDO

In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beating Kevin Taylor in the final. In September 2014, he won the England Classic; he beat Sam Hewson in the quarter-final before beating Wesley Harms in the final. In April 2015, McGeeney won the Lincolnshire Open by beating Joshua Richardson in the Final. In September 2015, he won the British Open beating Scott Waites in the final.

McGeeney reached back-to-back Winmau World Masters finals, losing to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and won the Dutch Open.

In 2018, after two previous 2nd round losses, McGeeney reached the final of the BDO World Darts Championship against Durrant. McGeeney came from 6–4 down in sets to lead 2–0 in the decider, but eventually lost 7–6. He became only the second player in World Championship history after Mike Gregory in 1992 to miss championship darts (one at D18 and one at D9) and lose the match. The following month, McGeeney retained his Dutch Open title, beating Durrant 3–1 in sets in the final.

In 2019, at his last appearance at a BDO World Championship McGeeney was once again knocked out in the 2nd round.

PDC

McGeeney revealed in December 2018 that he would compete in the PDC's Q-School in 2019, due to the introduction of rules that allowed unsuccessful Q-School competitors to compete within the BDO.^[1] After losing out in the day one final to Harry Ward 5–2, he recovered to go all the way on day two, beating Carl Wilkinson 5–4 in the final to seal a two-year Tour Card.

McGeeney lost his PDC tour card at the end of 2021 having not managed to find his form since moving across from BDO, failing to reach the top 64 to secure an extension. He has been unable to regain a tour card at Q-School.

World Championship results

BDO

2016: 2nd round (lost to Scott Mitchell 3–4)
2017: 2nd round (lost to Scott Waites 2–4)
2018: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 6–7)
2019: 2nd round (lost to Conan Whitehead 0–4)

PDC

2020: 2nd round (lost to Ricky Evans 1–3)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 3 (3 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Winmau World Masters (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Runner-up	1.	2016	Winmau World Masters	Glen Durrant	3–6 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2017	Winmau World Masters	Krzysztof Ratajski	1–6 (s)
Runner-up	3.	2018	World Darts Championship	Glen Durrant	6–7 (s)

↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC										2R	DNQ
UK Open	DNP			PR	Did not participate					2R	3R	4R	DNP
Grand Slam of Darts	Did not participate							RR	RR	DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	Did not qualify						2R	2R	F	2R	PDC	NH	DNP
BDO World Trophy	Not held				DNQ	SF	2R	2R	2R	PDC	NH
Winmau World Masters	2R	2R	RR	3R	QF	6R	F	F	6R	PDC	NH		DNP	NH	DNP
Finder Darts Masters	Did not qualify							RR	SF	PDC	NH
WSDT Televised events
World Seniors Darts Masters	Not held												DNP	1R	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	156	75	65	139	-	-

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 3R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 1R	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNP

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG SF	WIG 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 4R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

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References

↑ McCosh, Edward. "BDO's Mark McGeeney to attend Q-School". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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[score-2] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

[1] McCosh, Edward. "BDO's Mark McGeeney to attend Q-School". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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