Andy Callaby (born 10 March 1965) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career Callaby made his first appearance in a PDC tournament by qualifying for the 2004 World Grand Prix, when he made an instant impact by defeating then-defending champion Phil Taylor in the first round, a result frequently cited as one of the biggest shocks in darts history. Callaby then went on to defeat former world champion Dennis Priestley to reach the quarter finals, before being defeated by eventual finalist Alan Warriner-Little.
This appearance proved to be his only televised appearance in 2004, but he would return to a major tournament at the 2005 UK Open, losing in the third round to Andy Belton., before qualifying for the Las Vegas Desert Classic, where his run to the last sixteen saw him defeat Mark Dudbridge before falling to finalist Wayne Mardle.
Having failed to qualify for that year's World Championship, his next major appearance would be a return to the UK Open in 2006, in which he equalled his best major result in running to the quarter-finals, defeating John Part in the fifth round before losing out 11-5 to Alan Tabern. He would also return to the World Grand Prix later that year, but despite beating Kevin Painter in the first round, he was unable to repeat his 2004 heroics, losing out in the next round, once again to an eventual finalist, Terry Jenkins.
His last PDC major appearance was in 2007, losing in the fifth round of the UK Open. He continued to play sporadically on the PDC Pro Tour until 2010.
Performance timeline Source:
Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 UK OpenDNQ3RQF5R World Grand PrixQFDNQ2RDNQ Las Vegas Desert ClassicDNQL16DNQ
PDC 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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 2004Did not participateROTL64EDIDNP 2005IOWSFIOWL64BLADNPNEWL32DUBDNPIRVL64LISL64LISL64 2006Did not participateBLAL128NEWL256DUBL32IRVL64LISDNP 2007Did not participateLVEL128BLAL256Did not participate 2008Did not participate 2009DONL32Did not participateIRVL128Did not participateDUBL64Did not participateIRVL128IRVL128 2010GIBDNPSWIL128DERL128GLAL128GLAL128WIGL64CRADNPBARL128DERL128WIGL128DNPBARL64BARL128Did not participateCRAL128CRAL128Did not participateBARL128BARL128DERDNP
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