Graham Usher (darts player)

Graham Usher
Personal information
Full nameGraham Usher
NicknameThe Gambler
Born (1973-06-14) 14 June 1973 (age 51)
Middlesbrough, England
Home townScarborough, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts21g Perfect Nine
LateralityLeft-handed
Walk-on music"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2009–
(Tour Card 2023–2024)
WDF2019
Current world ranking85 Decrease 1 (24 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersQuarter Final: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 32: 2024
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Q-School 2023

Graham Usher (born 14 June 1973) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

In 2009, Usher qualified for the 2009 UK Open as the Holsten Pils qualifier in Batley; he lost Glen Durrant 6–3 in the first round.[2]

Usher participated in the 2019 World Masters,[3] where he reached the quarter-finals but lost there to Mario Vandenbogaerde 4–2 in sets.[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 on the Challenge Tour. On the 2022 Challenge Tour he reached the semi-finals at Challenge Tour 11 and Challenge Tour 18, losing to Jelle Klaasen 5–4[5] and Patrick Peters 5–3 respectively.[6]

In 2022 he played in the 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.[7]

Usher qualified for a PDC Tour Card for the first time at the 2023 Q-School, defeating Adam Warner on the second finals day.[8] Usher reached the fifth round of the 2024 UK Open, which won him his biggest haul at a single event with £5,000 in ranking money, but did not earn enough ranking money during his two years on the Pro Tour to reach the Top 64 and keep his Tour Card, falling short with £32,250 in ranking money.[9] Usher has said he plans to go to Q-School in 2025.[10]

Performance timeline

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open 1R DNQ 3R 5R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals Not held DNQ 1R DNQ
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
Winmau World Masters PDC QF NH PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 122

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

Key

Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "THolsten Qualifiers - Day One". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Graham Usher".
  4. ^ "Graham Usher".
  5. ^ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
  7. ^ "Conan Whitehead beats Graham Usher to win inaugural MODUS Super Series title".
  8. ^ "Corey Cadby and Graham Usher latest to clinch PDC Tour cards at Q-School". Sky Sports. 14 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Ranking summary (Order of Merit) Graham Usher Tour Card". DartsRankings.
  10. ^ Wood, Kieran (29 August 2024). ""These lads, it's their job. I've got another job" - Graham Usher reflects on the unrelenting toughness of the PDC Pro Tour and announces plans for Q-School in 2025". DartsNews.