Darius Labanauskas

Darius Labanauskas
Darius Labanauskas
Personal information
Nickname	"Lucky D"
Born	26 July 1976 (age 45); Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR
Home town	Garliava, Lithuania
Darts information
Playing darts since	2004
Darts	24 Gram Cosmo
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Infinity 2008" by Guru Josh Project
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2006–2018
PDC	2018–
Current world ranking	43 (15 January 2022)
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2017
World Masters	Last 16: 2015, 2016
World Darts Trophy	Quarter Final: 2016, 2018
Finder Masters	Quarter Final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2020
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2021
UK Open	Last 32: 2021
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2020
Players Ch'ship Finals	Last 32: 2019, 2021
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2020
Other tournament wins
Adeficator Open	2016
Baltic Cup Open	2013
Denmark Open	2016
Estonian Masters	2017
Estonian Open	2012, 2013, 2015
Hal Open	2016
Latvia Open	2017, 2018
Lithuania National Ch'ships	2009, 2011, 2012
Lithuania Open	2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018
PDCNB Finland	2019
PDCNB Iceland	2019
PDCNB Latvia	2019
PDCNB Lithuania	2018 (x2)
PDCNB Sweden	2019
Polish Open	2015
Riga Masters	2014
Riga Open	2014, 2015
Trakai Castle Cup	2014

Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1.

Career[]

BDO[]

Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Champion and won the Lithuania Open in 2011 and 2013. He also won the Baltic Cup Open in 2013, the Estonian Open in 2012 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the Trakai Castle Cup, the Riga Open and the Riga Masters. He was runner-up in the WDF Europe Cup singles in 2014, losing to Irishman in the final. 2014 also saw him reach the final of the Estonian Open, Finnish Open and Baltic Cup Open.

His performances in 2014 helped Labanauskas qualify for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship outright via his world ranking. He was beaten by Robbie Green in the first round despite hitting a 167 checkout during the match.

Consistent qualification for the BDO World Championship paid off in 2017 as he reached the quarter-finals before losing 5–2 to eventual champion Glen Durrant.

PDC[]

In 2018 Labanauskas competed on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour, finishing in the top two to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.^[2] Here he beat Matthew Edgar and Raymond van Barneveld before going out to Adrian Lewis in the last 32 with prize money of £25,000.

This run was followed by PDC European Q-School, where a disappointing first three days in Hildesheim were followed by a fantastic run all the way to the final on Day 4, where Labanauskas beat Vincent van der Meer 5–3 in the final to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time.^[3]

World Championship results[]

BDO[]

2015: First round (lost to Robbie Green 1–3)
2016: Preliminary round (lost to Seigo Asada 1–3)
2017: Quarter-finals (lost to Glen Durrant 2–5)
2018: First round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2–3)

PDC[]

2019: Third round (lost to Adrian Lewis 0–4)
2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 2–5)
2021: Second round (lost to Simon Whitlock 2–3)
2022: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 1–3)

Performance timeline[]

PDC

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC					3R	QF	2R	1R
UK Open	Non-PDC					1R	3R	5R
World Grand Prix	Non-PDC					DNQ		2R
European Championship	Non-PDC					DNQ	1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC					2R	1R	2R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP					1R	2R	2R
World Series of Darts Finals	NH	Non-PDC				DNQ	2R	DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ	1R	PR	QF	1R	Non-BDO		NH
BDO World Trophy	DNQ	1R	QF	2R	QF	PDC	NH
Winmau World Masters	2R	6R	6R	3R	DNQ	PDC	NH
Zuiderduin Masters	DNQ	RR	RR	QF	DNQ	NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	12 (BDO)	13 (BDO)	3 (BDO)	18 (BDO)	37 (BDO)	52	43	43

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	RU	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

Nine-dart finishes[]

Darius Labanauskas's televised nine-dart finishes
Date	Opponent	Tournament	Method
18 December 2021	Mike De Decker	PDC World Darts Championship	T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18

References[]

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
^ Murphy, Chris. "Labanauskas wins Tour Card". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

External links[]

Darius Labanauskas player profile at Darts Orakel

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[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[2] Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

[3] Murphy, Chris. "Labanauskas wins Tour Card". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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