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Tricia Wright | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | "The Wright Stuff" |
Born | 1 September 1958 Epping, Essex, England |
Home town | Mitcham, Surrey, England |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 1994 |
Darts | 29g Tungsten Slims |
Laterality | Right |
Walk-on music | "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" by New Kids on the Block |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 1994–2005, 2013–2020 |
PDC | 2005, 2020 Q School |
Current world ranking | (WDF W) NR (8 December 2024) [1] |
WDF major events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2018 |
World Masters | Semi Final: 2017 |
World Trophy | Last 16: 2018 |
Finder Masters | Runner Up: 2009 |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | (Women's) Runner Up: 2010 |
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2010 |
Desert Classic | Winner (1): 2006 |
Tricia Wright (born 1 September 1958) is an English former professional darts player from Mitcham in Surrey. Her nickname was The Wright Stuff.
Wright competed in the first PDC Women's World Championship final in 2010, losing 6-5 to Stacy Bromberg despite having four darts to win it. She played at the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, losing all 3 of her group matches to Raymond van Barneveld, Darryl Fitton and Colin Lloyd.
Since 2001 she has won over 50 amateur titles.
Wright was due to be one of three ladies to play on the 2011 PDC ProTour, along with Bromberg and Anastasia Dobromyslova but after the PDC decided to drop the Women's World championship and thus its qualification to the Grand Slam of Darts she decided to go back to the BDO without playing a single PDC event.
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | Zuiderduin Masters | ![]() | 0–2 (s) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2010 | PDC Women's World Championship | ![]() | 5–6 (l) |
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