Dennis Priestley

About Dennis Priestley

Dennis Priestley (born 16 July 1950) is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC (now PDC) world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He is nicknamed "The Menace", after the cartoon character Dennis the Menace, and reflects this by wearing red and black, and using red and black flights.

Embassy World Championship:

Priestley won the 1991 Embassy World Championship, after beating Eric Bristow 6-0 in the final. He had defeated defending champion Taylor in his quarter-finals and 1988 champion Bob Anderson in his semi-final. He won the 1992 Winmau World Masters and also picked up many BDO Open events between 1991 and 1993.

WDC World Darts Championship:

Priestley won the inaugural WDC World Darts Championship in 1994. This high point was surrounded by several wins on the WDC's new professional circuit (including the Skol Matchplay, UK Matchplay, Antwerp Open, and Samson Darts Classic) in 1993 and 1994. 

Dennis Priestley Achievements

World Championship:

BDO(1991): Winner

PDC(1994): Winner 

World Masters:

BDO(1992): Winner

PDC Premier Events:

World Championship-Winner (1994)

World Matchplay-Runner Up(1994, 1995, 1996)

Championship League-Winners Group 7th: 2011

US Open/WSoD-Winner(2009)

Tournament Wins:

Antwerp Open-1994, 1995

Australian Masters-1992

Australian Open Players Championship-2010

British Classic-1997

British Gold Cup-1991, 1992

British Open-1993

British Pentathlon-1992

Canadian Open-1993, 1994

Gem City Open-1996

Golden Harvest North American Cup-1996

Le Skratch Montreal Open-2003, 2005

PDC UK Matchplay-1993, 1994

PDC US Open-2009

PDC World Pairs-1995

UK Open South West Regional Final-2007

Vauxhall Spring Pro-2006

Welsh Open-1992

World Champions Challenge-1991

November 1994 to April 1995 WDC World Ranked 1