Matt Campbell (darts player)
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| Matt Campbell | |||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Full name | Matthew Campbell | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Ginja Ninja | ||||||||||||
| Born | 29 September 1989[1] Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Home town | Hamilton, Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Darts | 22 Gram Galaxy Barrel Design Signature Barrels | ||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "I Feel Good" by Pitbull ft. Anthony Watts and DJWS | ||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
| PDC | 2019– | ||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 137  (28 November 2021)[2](WDF) 26  9 (23 September 2021)[3] | ||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2020, 2021, 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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Matt Campbell (born 29 September 1989) is a Canadian professional darts player from Hamilton, Ontario he is currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career[]
Campbell plays tournaments mainly in North America, in 2019 he won ADO Syracuse Open where he defeated Darin Young in the final. On CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.[4] He played Mark McGeeney of England in the first round, but lost by three sets to one, averaging 88.33 in the match.[5] On CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.He played Scott Waites of England in the first round, but lost by three sets to two. In 2021,he won three European Challenge Tour tournaments,and topped the rankings,thus,he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2022/2023,a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and a place at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts.
World Championship results[]
PDC[]
- 2020: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)
- 2021: First round (lost to Scott Waites 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–3)
Performance timeline[]
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| PDC World Championship | 1R | 1R | 1R |
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | QF | 1R |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||
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| DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References[]
- ^ https://mastercaller.com/players/matt-campbell
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Long shot Canadian, the 'Ginger Ninja,' in London seeking world darts title". 13 December 2019.
- ^ https://dartsnews.com/mark-mcgeeney-beats-matt-campbell-to-set-up-ricky-evans-meeting-at-world-darts-championship/
External links[]
- Player profile on Matt Campbell from Dartsdatabase
- 1989 births
- Professional Darts Corporation associate players
- Canadian darts players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
- PDC World Cup of Darts Canadian team