Phil Taylor

Nick Name

: The Power

Born

:13 Aug,1960

Age

:59 years, 0 months

Location

:Burslem, England, United Kingdom

Debut On

:1988

Website

: http://www.philthepower.com/

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About Phil Taylor

Philip Douglas 'Phil' Taylor (born 13 August 1960) is an English professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is widely regarded as the best darts player of all time.He has won 209 professional tournaments which include an unprecedented 83 major titles and a record 16 World Championships.He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records). No darts player has a winning record in matches against him.

He has won the PDC Player of the Year award six times (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012) and has twice been nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, in 2006 and 2010, finishing as runner-up in the latter.He was the first, and to date, the only person to hit two nine-dart finishes in one match, in the 2010 Premier League Darts final against James Wade.He has hit a record 10 televised nine-dart finishes (and 18 overall) and is currently ranked world number two in the PDC Order of Merit.

Taylor played in competitions organised by the British Darts Organisation (BDO) until 1993. Amidst growing disenchantment with the BDO, he was among 16 top players who broke away to form their own organisation, the World Darts Council, now known as the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Taylor had the nickname "The Crafty Potter" in the early 1990s, reflecting his status as the protégé of Eric Bristow (who was nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney"). However, Taylor soon achieved success in his own right which ensured that this nickname did not last long. In July 1995, Taylor was given the nickname "The Power" by Sky Sports production manager, Peter Judge, during the 1995 World Matchplay in Blackpool. Judge told Taylor that he should have a nickname and subsequently, he was nicknamed "The Power" after Judge stepped on an empty CD case of Snap!'s "The Power".

Career statistics:

BDO:

1990: Winner (beat Eric Bristow 6–1)

1991: Quarter-finals (lost to Dennis Priestley 3–4)

1992: Winner (beat Mike Gregory 6–5)

1993: Second round (lost to Kevin Spiolek 1–3)

PDC:

1994: Runner-up (lost to Dennis Priestley 1–6)

1995: Winner (beat Rod Harrington 6–2)

1996: Winner (beat Dennis Priestley 6–4)

1997: Winner (beat Dennis Priestley 6–3)

1998: Winner (beat Dennis Priestley 6–0)

1999: Winner (beat Peter Manley 6–2)

2000: Winner (beat Dennis Priestley 7–3)

2001: Winner (beat John Part 7–0)

2002: Winner (beat Peter Manley 7–0)

2003: Runner-up (lost to John Part 6–7)

2004: Winner (beat Kevin Painter 7–6)

2005: Winner (beat Mark Dudbridge 7–4)

2006: Winner (beat Peter Manley 7–0)

2007: Runner-up (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 6–7)

2008: Quarter-finals (lost to Wayne Mardle 4–5)

2009: Winner (beat Raymond van Barneveld 7–1)

2010: Winner (beat Simon Whitlock 7–3)

2011: Quarter-finals (lost to Mark Webster 2–5)

2012: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–4)

2013: Winner (beat Michael van Gerwen 7–4)

2014: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 3–4)

2015: Runner-up (lost to Gary Anderson 6-7)

Phil Taylor Achievements

PDC Player of the Year: 2006, 2008–2012

PDC Fans' Player of the Year: 2007–2011

Best PDC Pro Tour Player/Floor Player: 2008, 2009

PDPA Players' Player of the Year: 2008, 2009

PDC Nine-Dart Club: 2006, 2007, 2008, -2008, 2009(x2), 2010, 2011, -2011, 2012 Gold Pin Badge(Televised)/-Silver Pin Badge(Non-Televised)

PDC Hall of Fame: 2011

BBC Sports Personality of the Year (Runner Up): 2010

Antwerp Darts Trophy-2008

Antwerp Open-1997, 1998

Australian Open-2012

Battle of the Champions-1997

Berlin Open-1993

Bobby Bourn Memorial-2003–2008

British Pentathlon-1990, 1991

Canadian Open-1988

Center Parcs Masters-1996

Champion Vs Champion-1999, 2004

China Telecom Cup-2004

Dartgala Hengelo-2005, 2005, 2005

Denmark Open-1990

DPA Tournament of Champions-2012

Eastbourne Pro-2002

Finnish Open-1990

German Darts Championship-2007, 2009

Gleneagle Irish Masters-2009

Hemeco Open Rosmalen-2009, 2011

IRL Open Autumn Classic-2004, 2005

Isle of Man Open-1990

Jersey Festival of Darts-1990, 1999

Jocky Wilson Cup-2009

Killarney Pro Tour-2009

London Masters-2008

Masters of Darts-2005

MDA Face Off-2010

Montreal Open-2001, 2002

Munich Open-2006

News of the World Championship-1997

North American Cup-2000–2003

North American Open-1990, 1991

Open Lunteren-2011

PDC UK Masters-1994

PDC UK Matchplay-1996

PDC World Cup of Darts-2012, 2013

PDC World Pairs-1996

Pontins British Masters-1990

RTL7 Masters-2011

South African Masters-2007–2009

Sunparks Masters-1996

WDF Europe Cup-1990, 1992

WDF Europe Cup Pairs-1990

World Cricket Championship-2010:

2002-Achieves his first televised nine-dart finish (and the first live televised nine-darter in the UK) at World Matchplay

2004-Becomes first player to hit a second televised nine-dart finish

2005-Hit third televised nine-dart finish

2006-PDC Player of the Year

2007-Fourth televised nine-darter in IDL in the Netherlands

2007-Fifth televised nine-darter in 2007 UK Open at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton

2007-PDC Fans' Player of the Year

2008-Sixth televised nine-darter in 2008 UK Open

2008-Fans' Player of the Year, PDC Player of the Year and PDPA Player's Player of the Year

2009-PDC Player of the Year, PDPA Players’ Player of the Year, Fans’ Player of the Year and Best PDC Pro Tour Player

2010-Inaugural inductee into Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame.Hit two televised nine-dart finishes in Premier League Final against James Wade.Scored world record televised average of 118.66 against Kevin Painter in UK Open

2012-Hits ninth televised nine-darter in the Premier League against Kevin Painter.

2014-Hits tenth televised nine-darter in the World Matchplay against Michael Smith.

World Series of Darts Events:

Perth Darts Masters-2014

Sydney Darts Masters-2013, 2014

UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers:

UK Open Regional (IRL)-2002, 2004

UK Open Regional (MID)-2008, 2009

UK Open Regional (NWE)-2008

UK Open Regional (SWE)-2009

UK Open Regional (SOU)-2003, 2007, 2009

UK Open Regional (WAL)-2002, 2004, 2006