Michael Unterbuchner

Michael Unterbuchner (born 23 May 1988) is a German darts player. He reached the semi-finals of the World Championship on two of his three appearances.

Michael Unterbuchner
Personal information
Nickname"T-Rex"
Born (1988-05-23) 23 May 1988
Munich, Germany
Home townLandsberg am Lech, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
DartsJochen Weißmann Handmade 21,4g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Bangarang" by Skrillex
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2015–2020
PDC2021 Q School
WDF2015–
Current world ranking(WDF) 256 37 (13 December 2020)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi Final: 2018, 2019
World MastersLast 16: 2018
World Darts TrophyRunner Up: 2018
Finder MastersLast 24 Group: 2017, 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand SlamQuarter Final: 2018
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Swiss Open2018

Career

In 2017, Unterbuchner reached the last 48 of the World Masters. He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers and played David Cameron in the preliminary round, winning 3–2. Unterbuchner became the first German player to reach a semi-final at a World Championship, as well as the first to win a last 16 match at a World Championship, when he caused an upset by beating No. 3 seed Jamie Hughes 3–2 in the first round, No. 14 seed Martin Phillips 4–2 in the second round, and No. 11 seed Richard Veenstra 5–4 in the quarter final. Unterbuchner played No. 2 seed and BDO Nr. 1 Mark McGeeney in the semi-finals where he lost 4–6.

World Championship results

BDO

Career finals

BDO major finals: 0 (1 runner-up)
Legend
BDO World Trophy (0-1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2018 BDO World Trophy Glen Durrant 7–10 (l)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline
Tournament2017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNP SF SF 2R
BDO World Trophy DNP F 1R NH
Winmau World Masters L48 L16 DNP NH
Zuiderduin Masters RR RR NH
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ QF DNQ
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 F lost in the final W won the tournament

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.


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