Simon Whatley

Simon Whatley
Personal information
Nickname	Chopper
Born	(1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 Yeovil, England
Home town	Yeovil England
Darts information
Darts	22g Nickel Tungsten
Laterality	Right-handed
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2002-2002, 2010-2011
PDC	2002-2008
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters	Last 32: 2002
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-Finals: 2004
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2003, 2004
Desert Classic	Quarter-Finals: 2002
UK Open	Last 16: 2008
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
British Teenage Open	1991

Simon Whatley (born 25 February 1973 in Yeovil) is an English darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.

Career

He began with a very good 2002 campaign, reaching the quarter-finals of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, beating Dennis Smith in the last 16, losing to Lee Palfreyman. The same year he played in the Winmau World Masters, a BDO major, beating 1997 Masters champion Graham Hunt in the first round, before losing to Ronnie Baxter. He then joined the PDC full-time and played in the 2003 UK Open, reaching the last 32 stage by beating Barrie Bates and losing to Shayne Burgess who was runner-up to Phil Taylor. He also played in the 2003 World Matchplay, losing in the first round to Jamie Harvey. He rounded off a good year by playing in the 2004 PDC World Darts Championship, defeating Henry O'Neill, former World Champion Richie Burnett and Lionel Sams to reach the quarter-finals, losing to Wayne Mardle. His follow-up year was disappointing, suffering an early exit at the 2004 UK Open, losing to Andy Keen in the second round, followed by a second first-round exit at the World Matchplay, losing to Alan Warriner. He played at the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the second round to Mark Holden. He then had a poor run of form which him fail to progress in the major tournaments and drop outside the top 100 as a result. However he hit back to form in the 2008 UK Open, reaching the last 16 of the tournament and climb up to 79 in the world rankings.

World Championship Results

PDC

• 2004: Quarter Finals (lost to Wayne Mardle 1-5)
• 2005: 2nd Round (lost to Mark Holden 0-3)

External links

• Profile and stats on Darts Database