Scott Mitchell (born 5 June 1970) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments. He is a former BDO World Champion, having won the 2015 World Championship. He is a two-time World Masters semi-finalist.
He also won a title on the PDC Challenge Tour, in 2020.
Darts career
Early career Before he made his mark in the BDO, Mitchell qualified for the 2007 UK Open, winning his first round match 8–4 against Brian Cathcart before losing out in the second round to 2006 Lakeside World champion Jelle Klaasen.
Mitchell won the England Classic and Swiss Open in 2009 which helped him qualify for the 2010 BDO World Championship as the 14th seed. However, he lost in the first round 3–2 to Daryl Gurney. Mitchell retained his Swiss Open title in 2010 and also won the Center Parcs Masters, and qualified for 2011 BDO World Championship as the 15th seed, however he was beaten in the first round 3–0 by Jan Dekker.
Mitchell was once again beaten in the first round at Lakeside in 2012, losing to defending champion Martin Adams who won the match 3–0. A year later, Mitchell played Mark Barilli, winning 3–2, but in the next round, Mitchell was beaten by Robbie Green 4–1.
2014 – Breakthrough year Mitchell started 2014 at Lakeside again reaching the second round for the second year running by beating Paul Hogan 3–2 in the first round. He was beaten by second seed James Wilson 4–2.
2014 was hugely successful for Mitchell. He won a host of tournaments including several that were televised on Eurosport namely Top of Ghent in Belgium and the Jersey Open. As well as being part of the England team that won the WDF Europe Cup – where Mitchell won the decisive leg in the final, Mitchell won the prestigious British Open. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters. After missing four match darts he lost 3–2 to Glen Durrant, who Mitchell beat in the Jersey Open final.
2015 – World Champion Mitchell's 2014 form saw him enter the world's top four and eventually culminated in him winning the 2015 World Championship. He defeated Tony O'Shea in a sudden death leg after going two sets each and 5–5 in legs. Mitchell then met Geert De Vos from Belgium in the last 16, it was a close fought match in the first four sets being two each with Mitchell taking the fifth set. With the score 2–1 in legs in the sixth set, De Vos missed double 5 to stay alive in the match and Mitchell hit double 20 to edge out De Vos 4–2 and progress through to the last 8. Brian Dawson was Mitchell's opponent in the quarter-finals, "Scotty Dog" winning 5–2. Mitchell beat Jeff Smith 6–0 in the semi-final. In the final Mitchell played three-time winner Martin Adams, and won 7–6.
As a result of winning the tournament Mitchell reached number one in the BDO Men's ranking.
PDC He started competing in the Professional Darts Corporation at the start of 2020. After winning one of the first Challenge Tour events, Mitchell was invited to compete on the Players Championship circuit in 2020.
On 17 February 2021, he won a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School.
He lost his card at the end of 2022 after not qualifying for the World Championship, finishing 70th on the Order of Merit.
Personal life
Mitchell still works full-time on the family farm in rural Dorset and as a freelance landscape gardener. He has been married to Sharon (born 1969) since 1991 and together they have two children.
He is also a fan of speedway team Poole Pirates, and has their logo on his left sleeve.
Outside darts
Although Mitchell has played darts competitively from a young age, Scott has had other sporting interests that fitted in with his dart life. He has represented his secondary school in both basketball and football. On reaching 18 years old, Scott applied for his Amateur MotorCycling Association racing licence, and raced motocross competitively for the Christchurch and district A.M.C.A. club from 1988 to 1995. On retiring from motocross, Scott went back to football, playing for his local teams Burley F.C., but mostly for the "Badgers", Bransgore F.C., from 1995 to 2006, winning most-improved player in 2002, and later becoming the team's manager. It was after then that Scott's darts career started to take off, and football had to take a "back seat". He supports his local side, A.F.C. Bournemouth.
World Championship Performances
BDO 2010: First round (lost to Daryl Gurney 2–3) 2011: First round (lost to Jan Dekker 0–3) 2012: First round (lost to Martin Adams 0–3) 2013: Second round (lost to Robbie Green 1–4) 2014: Second round (lost to James Wilson 2–4) 2015: Winner (beat Martin Adams 7–6) 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Richard Veenstra 3–5) 2017: Second round (lost to Geert De Vos 2–4) 2018: Second round (lost to Andy Baetens 2–4) 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Jim Williams 3–5) 2020: Semi-finals (lost to Wayne Warren 3–6)
PDC 2022: First round (lost to Chris Landman 0–3)
WSDT
2023: Second round (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3) 2024: Second round (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–3)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.Winner 1. 2015 World Championship Martin Adams 7–6 (s)
Performance timeline Mitchell's performance timeline is as follows: BDO Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020BDO Ranked televised events DNQ 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R W QF 2R 2R QF SF World TrophyNot held QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 2RNH World Masters 5R 4R 3R 3R 3R 6R 2R QF 5R SF 5R SF 4RNH DNQ RR QF SF RR RR RRSFSFQFNHCareer statisticsYear-end ranking32044146127111544421
WSD Tournament 2023 2024WSD Televised events World Championship2R2R World Matchplay1RDNP
PDC Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2021 2022 2024PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipBDODNQ 1RDNQ UK OpenBDO 4R 2R 4R Grand Slam RR RR RR RRDNQ BDO 2RDNQ Career statisticsSeason-end ranking (PDC)Not ranked7570190
European Tour Tournament 2023Hungarian Trophy2R
Players Championships Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2020Not a Tour card holderBAR1RBARDNPWIG2RWIG2RWIG3RWIG3RBAR1RBAR3RMIL1RMIL2RMIL3RMIL1RMIL2RNIE2RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE3RCOV1RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1R 2021BOL2RBOL1RBOL2RBOL1RMILQFMIL4RMIL4RMIL3RNIE2RNIE1RNIEQFNIEQFMIL1RMIL4RMIL1RMIL1RCOV3RCOVQFCOV3RCOV2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR3RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2R 2022BAR1RBAR1RWIG2RWIG3RBARDNPNIE1RNIE2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR4RWIG1RWIG1RNIE3RNIE2RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R 2023Did not participateHIL1RHIL2RLEI1RLEI2RDid not participateBAR2R
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