Martin Atkins (darts player, born 1975)

Martin Atkins (born 4 April 1975) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation. He is sometimes referred to as Martin Atkins (Wigan) to avoid confusion with another player named Martin Atkins, who comes from Leeds.

Martin Atkins
Personal information
NicknameT'other
Born (1975-04-04) 4 April 1975
Wigan, England
Home townWigan
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Play Hard" by David Guetta Ft. Ne-Yo & Akon
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2010-2018
PDC2018–
Current world ranking125 6 (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 272: 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 32: 2020
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Antwerp Masters
PDC Challenge Tour
2017
2018

Career

After missing out on winning a PDC Tour Card in 2018, Atkins played the PDC Challenge Tour, and on the second day of competition, he won PDC Challenge Tour 3 by defeating Michael Barnard 5–4 in the final. Atkins qualified for the 2018 UK Open as an amateur Riley's qualifier, losing to fellow amateur Paul Whitworth 3–6.

He won a tour card at the 2020 Q-School, enabling him to compete on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour.

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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