Mickey Mansell | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Michael Mansell | ||||||
Nickname | "Clonoe Cyclone" | ||||||
Born | 31 August 1973 Dungannon, Northern Ireland | ||||||
Home town | Clonoe, Northern Ireland | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 1993 | ||||||
Darts | 22 Gram Cosmo Darts | ||||||
Laterality | Left-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Maniac 2000" by Mark McCabe | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2006–2010 | ||||||
PDC | 2010– (Tour Card: 2011-) | ||||||
Current world ranking | 52 ![]() | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 128: 2006 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023, 2024 | ||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2014 | ||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2013, 2019 | ||||||
PC Finals | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
Players Championships
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MichaelMansell (born 31 August 1973) is a Northern Irish darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Mansell is a left handed player who throws his darts in a looping motion.
In October 2010, Mansell reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Dublin. [2] A week later, he qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Stephen Byrne to win the Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay. [3] He was beaten 0–4 in the preliminary round by New Zealand's Preston Ridd.
Mansell qualified for the 2011 PDC Pro Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third day of the Pro Tour's Q School. [4]
On 2 May 2011, Mansell won his place in the UK Open in June. He finished inside the top 96 after the 8 UK Open qualifiers were held. [5] At the tournament he lost in the last 64 to James Wade 2–9. [6]
He represented Northern Ireland with Brendan Dolan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by the Netherlands 0–4, having beaten Denmark in the second round. [7] Mansell had a good season in the new European Tour events by qualifying for three of the five tournaments. [8] He lost in the last 32 of the European Darts Open, and in the last 16 of both the German Darts Championship (beat Jamie Caven and Dean Winstanley, before losing to Wes Newton) and the German Darts Masters (beat Mervyn King and Paul Nicholson, before losing to Adrian Lewis). [9] [10] Mansell played in his first World Grand Prix in October as he was one of the two Irish qualifiers. He was beaten by Paul Nicholson 0–2 in sets, averaging just 64.48 in the event where a double must be hit to start and end every leg. [11]
Mansell qualified for the 2013 World Championship by taking the 14th place of the 16 that were available through the ProTour Order of Merit for the highest non-qualified players. [12] In his second World Championship he lost to 15-time winner Phil Taylor 0–3 in the first round, as Mansell won only one leg during the match and averaged 78.46. [13] Mansell was ranked world number 51 after the tournament. [14] In his second World Cup of Darts with Brendan Dolan the pair were beaten 4–5 in the last 16 by the Croatian duo of Robert Marijanović and Tonči Restović. [15] Mansell reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time since October 2010 in May at the third Players Championship, but lost 4–6 to Paul Nicholson. [16] Mansell beat Co Stompé and Conan Whitehead to face Michael van Gerwen in the fourth round of the UK Open, which he lost 3–9. [17] Mansell was again a qualifier for the World Grand Prix and had a superb opportunity to achieve the biggest win of his career to date as he had three match darts against world number four Simon Whitlock in the deciding leg of the final set but missed them all. [18] Mansell later revealed how this match impacted his darts for the subsequent year ahead as every time he played it was on his mind. [19] At the Dutch Darts Masters he beat Tonči Restović and Gino Vos, before losing 6–4 to Kim Huybrechts in the third round. [20]
Mansell beat Ben Burton and Dean Stewart to reach the third round of the 2014 UK Open but there lost 9–1 to James Wade. [21] In June, Mansell and Dolan beat Peter Wright and Robert Thornton from Scotland in the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Darts. In the semis, Dolan edged world number one Michael van Gerwen 4–3, but Mansell lost 4–0 to Van Barneveld to send the match into a deciding doubles game in which the Dutch pair averaged an incredible 117.88 to progress with a 4–0 whitewash. [22] He won his first match at the World Grand Prix in three attempts by eliminating Ian White 2–0 (sets). [19] Mansell then met Gary Anderson in the second round and won the first set, but was ultimately beaten 3–1 after losing nine successive legs. [23]
Mansell suffered a 3–0 loss to Kim Huybrechts in the first round of the 2015 World Championship. [24] Mansell and Dolan met the Netherlands' Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld for the second successive year at the World Cup, this time in the quarter-finals. Dolan lost 4–2 to Van Gerwen, but Mansell defeated Van Barneveld 4–3 meaning a doubles match was required and, just like last year, Northern Ireland were thrashed 4–0. [25] Mansell qualified for four European Tour events and was knocked out in the second round in all of them. [26]
Mansell's four World Cup appearances in a row ended in 2016 after Daryl Gurney overtook him as Northern Ireland's second highest player on the Order of Merit, behind Brendan Dolan. [27] Three last 32 and three last 16 exits saw him qualify for the expanded Players Championship Finals and he lost 6–3 to Kim Huybrechts in the first round. [28] Mansell dropped out of the top 64 during 2016 and so played in 2017 Q School, where he finished sixth on the Order of Merit to reclaim his PDC place. [29]
Mansell lost his Tour card after season 2021, battling with injuries during that year. Immediately he regained his Tour card in PDC UK Q-School 2022 via UK Q-School Order of Merit, where he placed on 11th place with 6 points. [30]
In the opening 2024 PDC Players Championship series event of 2024, Mansell defeated Josh Payne 6–2 in legs. In his second round match against Krzysztof Ratajski, Mansell hit a nine-dart finish, en route to another 6–2 victory. In the third round he defeated Daryl Gurney 6–5. In the last 16, Nick Kenny beat Mansell 6–5.
In the 2024 PDC World Championship, Mansell faced fellow Northern Ireland player and his close friend Brendan Dolan. It was arguably the best game of the second round but unfortunately for Mansell, Dolan prevailed as the 3-2 victor.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | PR | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Non-PDC | 3R | 3R | 4R | 3R | DNQ | 1R | 5R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 4R | |||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | NH | QF | 2R | SF | QF | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 2R | DNP | 1R | DNP | 1R | PDC | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 269 | 149 | 90 | 57 | 44 | 42 | 50 | 62 | 95 | 63 | 58 | 54 | 69 | 77 | 56 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2012 | ADO DNQ | GDC 3R | EDO 2R | GDM 3R | DDM DNQ | ||||||||
2013 | UKM DNQ | EDT DNQ | EDO DNP | ADO DNQ | GDT 1R | GDC DNQ | GDM 1R | DDM 3R | |||||
2014 | GDC DNQ | DDM QF | GDM 1R | ADO DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDT 1R | |||||
2015 | GDC DNQ | GDT DNQ | GDM 2R | DDM DNQ | IDO 2R | EDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | EDM 2R | EDG 2R | ||||
2016 | DDM DNP | GDM DNP | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | EDG DNQ | GDC 1R | |||
2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | GDT DNQ | EDM 1R | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDG 1R | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | |
2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNP | ADO DNP | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO 1R | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT 2R |
2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC 1R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 2R | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO 1R | GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC DNQ | EDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | DDC 2R | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO 3R | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM 2R | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 1R |
2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG 2R | ADO | BSD | DDC | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
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 |
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2024 | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | LEI | LEI |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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