Ben Robb
{{short description|New Zealand darts player (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Ben Robb
| image =
| fullname =
| nickname = "Big Rig"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|24|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/ben-robb |title=Ben Robb|publisher=Mastercaller.com |accessdate=8 August 2019}}
| birth_place = Rangiora, New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Canterbury, New Zealand
| since = 2008
| darts = 24g One80
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "Dangerous" by Royal Deluxe
| BDO = 2018–2019
| PDC = 2019–
| WDF = 2018–
| currentrank = {{WDF Rankings|Ben Robb}}
| BDO World =
| World Masters = Last 32: 2024
| World Darts Trophy =
| PDC World = Last 96: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| UK Open =
| European =
| Premier League =
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| Alan King Memorial| 2023
| John Wilkie Memorial| 2021, 2024
| New Zealand Masters | 2023
| New Zealand Open | 2022, 2024
| North Island Masters| 2021
| South Island Masters| 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
| Taranaki Open| 2022
| Ted Clements Memorial| 2022
}}
DPA Pro Tour
{{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| DPA Pro Tour (Barooga)| 2019
| DPA Pro Tour (Brisbane)| 2019, 2020
}}
DPNZ Pro Tour
{{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Auckland)| 2022 (x2), 2024
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Christchurch)| 2022 (x2), 2023 (x2)
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Dunedin)| 2022, 2023
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Hamilton)| 2023
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Nelson)| 2023 (x2)
| DPNZ Pro Tour (Wellington)| 2024
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Darts}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF World Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Esbjerg | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF Asia-Pacific Cup}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Seoul | Men's singles}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Seoul | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalBronze | 2018 Seoul | Team event}}
}}
Ben Robb (born 24 October 1988) is a New Zealand professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Career
Robb made his television debut in the 2018 Auckland Darts Masters, but lost to Simon Whitlock.
Robb subsequently competed in the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters, losing in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 6–0.{{Cite web |url=https://dartsnews.com/van-gerwen-after-completing-whitewash-win-over-robb-i-cant-really-complain/ |title=Van Gerwen after completing whitewash win over Robb: 'I can't really complain' |date=2019-08-09 |website=Darts News |language=en-US |access-date=2019-08-14}}
In the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters, he beat Whitlock 6–4 before losing to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals. In January 2022 Robb participated in the PDC Qualifying School without success.{{Cite web |title=2022 PDC Qualifying School final entries, exemptions & info confirmed |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/01/06/2022-pdc-qualifying-school-final-entries-exemptions-info-confirmed |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=PDC}}
World Championship results
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- 2020: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 0–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 1–3)
- 2023: First round (lost to Mickey Mansell 1–3)
- 2024: First round (lost to Richard Veenstra 0–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Connor Scutt 0–3)
Performance timeline
| class=wikitable style="width:25%; margin:0" | ||||||
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="28" align="left" |PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" align="left" | {{nowrap|World Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | ||||||
| colspan="20" align="left" |PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" align=left | {{nowrap|World Cup}}
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| | ||||||
| colspan="10" style="text-align:left" |WDF Major/platinum events | ||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Masters
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" | DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 4R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| |
References
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External links
- {{Dartsdatabase|id=65862|name=Ben Robb}}
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Category:New Zealand darts players
Category:Professional Darts Corporation associate players
Category:Sportspeople from Rangiora
Category:PDC World Cup of Darts team New Zealand
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