Zoran Lerchbacher

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Zoran Lerchbacher
Personal information
Nickname"The Hypercane"
Born (1972-05-30) 30 May 1972 (age 52)
Graz, Austria
Home town Knittelfeld, Austria
Darts information
Playing darts since1994
Darts21g Target
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Wake Me Up" by Avicii
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2008–2011
PDC 2011–2022
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 128: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2018
UK Open Last 64: 2017, 2018
PC Finals Last 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
PDC World Qualifying 2016
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
EDF European Ch'ship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Podčetrtek Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Podčetrtek Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Podčetrtek Men's cricket

Zoran Lerchbacher (born 30 May 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player from Graz, currently playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

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Career

Lerchbacher qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and won 4–1 in the preliminary round against Ben Ward. [1] He then went out in a 3–0 loss to Michael van Gerwen. [2] Lerchbacher was able to score a slightly higher average than Van Gerwen, [2] but was only able to win one leg in the match. [1] [2] He entered Q School to try and win a tour card to compete on the PDC tour and lost in the final round of the fourth day 5–1 to Joe Murnan. [3] Nevertheless, Lerchbacher had done enough to finish tied second on the Q School Order of Merit to seal his place on the PDC for 2014 and 2015. [4] He had a disappointing first year on tour as his deepest runs were three last 64 defeats. [5]

In 2015 Lerchbacher, attempted to qualify for six European Tour events and was successful at the final attempt in the European Darts Matchplay, but lost 6–1 to Darren Johnson. [6] After his tour card expired Lerchbacher again entered Q School, but one last 32 exit over the four days was not enough to stay on tour. [7]

Lerchbacher qualified for three European Tour events in 2016, losing 6–5 from 3–0 up in the first round of the Dutch Darts Masters to James Richardson. [8] At the Austrian Darts Open he beat Jeffrey de Zwaan 6–4, before being whitewashed 6–0 in the second round by Jelle Klaasen. [9] Lerchbacher advanced to the same stage of the European Darts Trophy by seeing off Joe Murnan 6–2 and lost 6–5 to Terry Jenkins. [10]

A 10–1 thrashing of Dietmar Burger in the final of the East European Qualifier saw Lerchbacher play in the 2017 World Championship. [11] He saw off Simon Stevenson 2–1 in the preliminary round and then lost 3–0 to Robert Thornton in the first round. [12]

His best professional run came at the 16th Players Championship on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour: Six (four of them 6–5) wins en route saw him reaching his first PDC final. Players Lerchbacher beat included Mark Webster, Robert Thornton and Steve Beaton, before he fell to Joe Cullen 6–4 in the final.

At the 2018 World Championship he reached the second round after beating Mervyn King 3–2 in sets.

Lerchbacher fell off the Pro Tour at the end of 2019, and after a year without a Tour Card in 2020, he was successful at European Q School in February 2021 to turn professional again.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20092010
BDO World Championship DNPDNQ
World Masters 2R DNP

PDC

Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
PDC World Championship DNQDNP 1R DNQ 1R 2R DNQ 2R DNQ
UK Open DNP 2R DNS 3R DNP 1R 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R DNQDNPDNQ
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNPNHDNP 1R QF DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking18510812620692616176-89133

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References

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