| Graham Usher | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Graham Usher | ||
| Nickname | The Gambler | ||
| Born | 14 June 1973 Middlesbrough, England | ||
| Home town | Scarborough, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||
| Darts | 21g Perfect Nine | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2009– | ||
| WDF | 2019 | ||
| Current world ranking | 80  37 (3 January 2024)[1] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2009 | ||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2023 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Graham Usher (born 14 June 1973) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
In 2009, Usher qualified for the 2009 UK Open as the Holsten Pils qualifier in Batley; he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant in the first round.[2]
In 2014, he took part in Grand Slam Wild Card Qualifier, where he lost in last 12 to Matthew Edgar.
In 2019 Usher participated in 2019 World Masters,[3] where he reached the quarter-finals and lost 2–4 by sets to Mario Vandenbogaerde.[4]
In 2020, 2021 and 2022 consequently, he took his part in PDC Q-School three times, but failed to get a Tour Card. In these years he played in UK Challenge Tour; his biggest achievement there was in July 2022 on Challenge Tour 11 and in September 2022 on Challenge Tour 18, where he reached the semi-finals on both occasions, losing to Jelle Klaasen 4–5 and Patrick Peters 3–5 respectively.
In 2022 he player in MODUS Super Series, where he hit a nine-dart leg in July in a match against Dan Read. He was defeated by Conan Whitehead in the October 2022 MODUS Super Series. [5]
Usher qualified for a PDC tour card for the first time at the 2023 Q-School, defeating Adam Warner on the second finals day.[6]
Personal life
Apart from darts, Usher works for the NHS. His son Joe is also a darts player.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | DNQ | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | Not held | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | PDC | QF | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
External links
References
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "THolsten Qualifiers - Day One".
- ↑ "Graham Usher".
- ↑ "Graham Usher".
- ↑ "Conan Whitehead beats Graham Usher to win inaugural MODUS Super Series title".
- ↑ "Corey Cadby and Graham Usher latest to clinch PDC Tour cards at Q-School".