Wayne Jones
Personal information
NicknameThe Wanderer
Born (1965-04-24) 24 April 1965
Wolverhampton, England
Home townLondon, England
Darts information
Playing darts since1983
Darts21 Gram Target
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO1988–2002
PDC2002–
Current world ranking222 Decrease 17 (3 January 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter-finalist: 2002
World MastersRunner up: 1999
World TrophyQuarter-finalist: 2002
Int. Darts LeaguePreliminary group stage: 2007
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi-finalist: 2006
World MatchplayQuarter-finalist: 2010
World Grand PrixQuarter-finalist: 2010
UK OpenQuarter-finalist: 2003, 2008
Grand SlamSemi-finalist 2010
European Ch'shipRunner up 2010
US Open/WSoDLast 16 2007
PC FinalsQuarter-finalist 2010
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2019
WSDT major events – best performances
World MastersLast 16: 2022
Other tournament wins
Border Classic 2008
Midlands Open 2009, 2010
PDC Challenge Tour England 2017 (x3)

Wayne Jones (born 24 April 1965) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. He uses the nickname The Wanderer for his matches.

Career

Jones started his career in the British Darts Organisation in the late 1980s and reached the final of the British Open in 1990 (losing to Alan Warriner and the British Classic in 2000 (losing to Ritchie Davies) - but his best achievement was reaching the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters in 1999 when Andy Fordham ended his hopes of a first major title.

He didn't make it to the Lakeside Country Club for the BDO World Championship until 2001, losing to Andy Fordham in the second round. He made it to the quarter-finals of the 2002 event by beating Tony Eccles and Ted Hankey but lost 1–5 to Martin Adams.

He then switched to the PDC and made his debut at their version of the World Championship in 2004. In 2006 he produced his best ever World Championship performance by reaching the semi-finals before losing to Peter Manley. In August 2010, he made his first PDC televised final appearance in the European Championships, losing to Phil Taylor. However this had guaranteed him a place in the Grand Slam of Darts in his home town of Wolverhampton in 2010 and 2011. At the 2010 tournament he produced quite a big upset in the quarter-finals by beating Scotland's number one Gary Anderson, having trailed throughout the match, his never give up attitude earning him the last three legs to take victory 16–15 in a thriller. By reaching the semi-finals of this competition where he lost to James Wade, it also guaranteed himself a place in the Grand Slam of darts for an extra year in 2012. He was beaten by James Wade in the semi-finals.

In 2012 he reached the last 16 of the PDC World Championship for the first time since 2006. He comfortably beat Scott MacKenzie and Roland Scholten, before being whitewashed, 0–4, to defending champion Adrian Lewis.[2][3][4] At the Dutch Darts Masters, Jones produced an upset by beating Phil Taylor 6–5 en route to the quarter-finals, before losing to Paul Nicholson in the semi-finals.[5] After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Jones was 32nd in the Order of Merit, gaining the final spot for the Players Championship Finals.[6] He produced a big shock by whitewashing number one seed Dave Chisnall 6–0 in the first round,[7] before bowing out of the tournament 7–10 to Peter Wright.[8]

Jones lost in the first round of the 2013 World Championship to Dutchman Jerry Hendriks 3–0, after being narrowly edged out of each set by two legs to three.[9] He was whitewashed 5–0 by James Wade in the second round of the UK Open.[10] Jones reached his first semi-final on the Pro Tour in almost a year in September's eighth Players Championship but was beaten 6–1 by Ian White.[11] He continued his form by reaching another semi later in the month at the German Darts Masters in a run which included wins over Michael van Gerwen and Gary Anderson, before Mervyn King beat him 6–4.[12] His recent surge in form saw him qualify for the World Grand Prix, where he faced King again and this time beat him by two sets to nil. Jones won the first set of his next match against Dave Chisnall but lost 3–1.[13] Jones was involved in a deciding leg in the first round of the Players Championship Finals and left 36 only for his opponent Brendan Dolan to take out 126 on the bull to defeat him 6–5.[14]

Jones lost 3–2 to Kevin McDine in the first round of the 2014 World Championship as he missed a total of 26 darts at doubles during the match.[15] He dropped out of the top 32 on the Order of Merit afterwards as he was ranked number 33.[16] Jones suffered a surprise 5–3 defeat to Jason Hogg in the second round of the UK Open.[17] The only other major event Jones could qualify for during the year was the World Matchplay where he lost 10–3 to Andy Hamilton in the first round.[18] He failed to advance beyond the last 16 of any event during 2014.[19]

At the 2015 World Championship, Jones took a 2–1 set advantage over Dean Winstanley but lost the final two sets by three legs to one in a 3–2 defeat. It was his third first round exit in a row at the event.[20] Jones lost in the second round of the UK Open 5–2 to Joey ten Berge.[21] Three last 16 exits were the furthest he progressed in any tournament in 2015.[22] Jones qualified for the Grand Slam, but lost each of his group fixtures against Michael Smith, Andy Fordham and Adrian Lewis.[23]

Jones had played in every World Championship since 2005, but failed to qualify for the 2016 edition as he had dropped outside the last 32 on the Order of Merit, failed to win enough money on the Pro Tour and lost in the quarter-finals of the qualifier.[24] A fifth successive second round exit in the UK Open occurred after he lost 6–5 to Andy Jenkins.[25] His first quarter-final since 2013 came at the seventh Players Championship courtesy of defeating Ross Smith 6–1, Simon Whitlock 6–3, Vincent van der Voort 6–0 and Ian White 6–1. However, Jones lost 6–2 to Dave Chisnall.[26] Jones dropped out of the top 64 during the year and played in Q School to try and earn a new Tour Card.[27] He reached the last 32 on the third day, but over the course of event he did not win enough points and will not be able to play in the full schedule of PDC events in 2017.[28]

However, Jones won back his tour card in 2018 after topping the Challenge Tour Order of Merit in 2017, which gave him another two years on the full PDC Circuit. Jones qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, his first world championship in four years, as a qualifier on the ProTour Order of Merit. He drew the South-African born Devon Petersen in the first round. Jones went 2-0 down in sets but managed to level the match at 2-2, however Jones then missed six match darts in a last leg decider and lost the match 3–2 in sets.

Wayne Jones lost his Tour Card at the end of 2021 & Didn't manage to win it back at 2022 PDC Q School. As of this Wayne Jones was eligible to take part in the World Senior Events, He entered the qualifiers for the 2022 World Seniors Darts Masters and qualified on the 2nd day beating Robert Rickwood 6-4, When at Lakeside he beat Roland Scholten in the preliminary round 4-1 before losing in the Last 16 to Martin Adams 4-2

World Championship performances

BDO

PDC

Career finals

Major finals: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 1999 World Masters England Andy Fordham 1–3 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2010 European Championship England Phil Taylor 1–11 (l)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Career statistics

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Prel. DNQ DNP NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held

Performance timeline

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNQ 2R QF No longer a BDO player
World Masters 4R DNP F 2R 3R DNP No longer a BDO player
British Professional QF DNP Not held
World Darts Trophy Not held QF DNP Not held
International Darts League Not held DNP Prel. Not held
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship NYF DNP 3R SF 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R
UK Open Not held QF 3R 4R 4R 6R QF 4R 5R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R
World Matchplay Not held DNP 1R 1R 1R QF 2R DNQ 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix Not held DNP 1R DNQ 1R 1R 2R QF 1R DNQ 2R DNQ
European Championship Not held 1R 1R F 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts Not held RR DNQ SF 2R RR DNQ RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals Not held 2R QF 1R 2R 2R 1R DNQ 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals Not held DNQ 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking Non-PDC - - - - 28 23 25 23 13 14 30 31 37 44 63 103 93 73 95

References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "World Championship - Night One". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "World Championship - Night Eight". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "World Championship - Day 11". PDC. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Whitlock Claims Dutch Masters Win". PDC. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Minehead Qualifiers Confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "White Claims Maiden Title". PDC. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Brilliant Beaton Claims German Title". PDC. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix Day Four". PDC. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF First Round". PDC. 9 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. 14 December 2013.
  16. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 7 March 2014.
  18. ↑ "2014 World Matchplay Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  19. ↑ "Wayne Jones 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Wayne Jones 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "2015 Grand Slam Of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "Wayne Jones' 11-year worlds run over". Express & Star. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  26. ↑ "Price Is Wright For Gerwyn in Barnsley". PDC. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  27. ↑ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Entries". PDC. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  28. ↑ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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