Mark McGeeney (born 28 June 1972) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where he won the Dutch Open on two occasions and was the runner-up at the 2018 BDO World Championship and the World Masters in both 2016 and 2017.
Career BDO In August 2010, McGeeney won the Weoley Castle Open, beating Kevin Taylor in the final. In September 2014, he won the England Classic; he beat Sam Hewson in the quarter-final before beating Wesley Harms in the final. In April 2015, McGeeney won the Lincolnshire Open by beating Joshua Richardson in the Final. In September 2015, he won the British Open beating Scott Waites in the final.
McGeeney reached back-to-back Winmau World Masters finals, losing to Glen Durrant and Krzysztof Ratajski in 2016 and 2017 respectively, and won the Dutch Open.
In 2018, after two previous 2nd round losses, McGeeney reached the final of the BDO World Darts Championship against Durrant. McGeeney came from 6–4 down in sets to lead 2–0 in the decider, but eventually lost 7–6. He became only the second player in World Championship history after Mike Gregory in 1992 to miss championship darts (one at D18 and one at D9) and lose the match. The following month, McGeeney retained his Dutch Open title, beating Durrant 3–1 in sets in the final.
In 2019, at his last appearance at a BDO World Championship McGeeney was once again knocked out in the 2nd round.
PDC McGeeney revealed in December 2018 that he would compete in the PDC's Q-School in 2019, due to the introduction of rules that allowed unsuccessful Q-School competitors to compete within the BDO. After losing out in the day one final to Harry Ward 5–2, he recovered to go all the way on day two, beating Carl Wilkinson 5–4 in the final to seal a two-year Tour Card.
McGeeney lost his PDC tour card at the end of 2021 having not managed to find his form since moving across from BDO, failing to reach the top 64 to secure an extension. He has been unable to regain a tour card at Q-School.
World Championship results BDO 2016: 2nd round (lost to Scott Mitchell 3–4) 2017: 2nd round (lost to Scott Waites 2–4) 2018: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 6–7) 2019: 2nd round (lost to Conan Whitehead 0–4)
PDC 2020: 2nd round (lost to Ricky Evans 1–3)
Career finals BDO major finals: 3 (3 runner-up) Legend World Championship (0–1) Winmau World Masters (0–2)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.Runner-up 1. 2016 Winmau World Masters Glen Durrant 3–6 (s)Runner-up 2. 2017 Winmau World Masters Krzysztof Ratajski 1–6 (s)Runner-up3.2018World Darts Championship Glen Durrant 6–7 (s)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 BDO Ranked televised events Did not qualify 2R 2R F 2R World TrophyNot heldDNQ SF 2R 2R 2RPDC World Masters 2R 2R RR 3R QF 6R F F 6RPDC Did not qualify RR SFPDC
PDC Tournament 2013 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021PDC Ranked televised events BDO2RDNQ UK OpenPrel.DNQ2R3R4R Grand SlamDNP RR RR DNQCareer statisticsYear-end rankingNR1621567565139
European Tour Tournament 2019European Grand Prix3REuropean Matchplay1R
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 2019WIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG4RBAR2RBAR1RWIGSFWIG3RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RWIG4RWIG3RBAR1RBAR1RHIL4RHIL1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RDUB4RDUB1RBAR1RBAR4R 2020BAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE1RNIE2RNIE1RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1R 2021BOL2RBOL1RBOL1RBOL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RNIEDNPNIEDNPNIEDNPNIEDNPMIL1RMIL1RMILDNPMILDNPCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2R
References
External links Mark McGeeney Official Website
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