Wayne Warren
{{Short description|Welsh darts player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Wayne Warren
| image =
| fullname =
| nickname = "Yank"{{cite web|url=https://mastercaller.com/players/wayne-warren|title=Players – Wayne Warren|work=Mastercaller|access-date=16 January 2019}}
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1962|06|12|df=y}}}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Tynewydd, Wales
| since = 1985
| darts = 17.5g Red Dragon Signature
| laterality = Right Handed
| music = "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
| BDO = 2003–2020
| PDC =
| WDF = 2003–2022
| currentrank =
| BDO World = Winner (1): 2020
| World Masters = Quarter Finals: 2018
| World Darts Trophy = Quarter Finals: 2015
| Zuiderduin Masters = Quarter Finals: 2018
| PDC World =
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| UK Open =
| Grand Slam = Group Stage: 2019, 2020
| Premier League =
| Seniors World = Last 16: 2022
| tournament = Antwerp Open
BDO Gold Cup
{{Nowrap|BDO International Open}}
Romanian Classic
Slovak Masters
WDF Europe Cup Team
| resultyears = 2019
2014
2012
2020
2020
2014
| achievement = 2014 Glamorgan Open
| updated =
}}
Wayne Warren (born 12 June 1962) is a Welsh former professional darts player who competed in World Darts Federation (WDF). He was the last BDO World Darts Champion. He is the oldest player to become world champion.{{cite news|publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=16 October 2020|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/darts/2020/0112/1105998-warren-claims-bdo-world-title-after-win-over-williams|title=Warren claims BDO title|date=12 January 2020}}
Darts career
=BDO=
Warren qualified for the 2005 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was the only Welshman in the field. He lost 3–0 in the first round to third seed Mervyn King. Warren has come close to qualifying for Lakeside on two occasions, falling two games short of qualifying for the 2008 World Championship in a loss to Mike Veitch who eventually qualified, and then falling at the same hurdle again in the qualifiers for the 2009 World Championship, losing to Robbie Green. Warren fell two games short once more of qualifying for the 2010 World Championship, losing to Irishman Martin McCloskey who eventually qualified.
Warren's best TV performance came in the 2015 BDO World Trophy, where he reached the quarter-finals, beating Madars Razma 6–4 and 2015 World Champion Scott Mitchell with ease 7–2. He fell at the Last-8 stage, losing a close game with Jeff Smith 8–7.{{cite web|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/bdo-world-trophy-men/2015/results|title=BDO World Trophy Men 2015 – Match results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=16 January 2019}}
Warren also qualified for the 2013 World Championship, but lost in the first round to Alan Norris.
In 2014, Warren won the BDO Gold Cup, beating Pip Blackwell in the final three sets to nil.{{cite web|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/bdo-gold-cup-men/2014/results|title=BDO Gold Cup Men 2014 – Match results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=16 January 2019}}
Warren reached the quarter-final of the 2018 World Championship, beating Wesley Harms 3–1 in an impressive showing in the 1st round; in the 2nd round, after a tough start, he defeated Willem Mandigers 4–2 to set up a quarter-final match against Mark McGeeney. Warren led McGeeney 4–3 in sets and led the eighth by a break of throw, but McGeeney took the set to a deciding leg, in which Warren hit a double-one attempting to hit a single 20 that would have given him one match dart. McGeeney won the set and ultimately the match 5–4.{{cite web|url=https://dartsnews.com/wayne-warren-causes-lakeside-shock-wesley-harms-crashes/|title=Wayne Warren causes Lakeside shock as Wesley Harms crashes out|date=7 January 2018|work=Darts News|access-date=16 October 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://dartsnews.com/mark-mcgeeney-prevails-yet-another-quarter-final-thriller/|date=13 January 2018|title=Mark McGeeney prevails in yet another quarter-final thriller|work=Darts News|access-date=16 October 2020}}
At the 2020 World Championship, Warren improved on his best performance by reaching the final, and beat fellow Welshman Jim Williams 7–4 to win the BDO world title.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51086187|access-date=16 October 2020|work=BBC Sport|title=BDO World Darts: Wayne Warren beats Jim Williams to win dramatic final|date=12 January 2020}} At 57, Warren was the oldest winner of either version of the world championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/51126679|first=Michael|last=Pearlman|access-date=16 October 2020|work=BBC Sport|title=BDO darts: Champion Wayne Warren to receive lowest prize since 1989|date=15 January 2020}} His prize winning fee of £23,000 was the lowest awarded to a world champion since 1989, as a result of the BDO's financial difficulties which led to it going into liquidation later in the year. Warren is therefore the last player to win the BDO version of the world championship, and became the World Darts Federation's number one ranked player as a result of his victory.
Style of play
Fellow players and commentators have commented on Warren's smooth and relaxing throwing style.{{cite web|url= https://www.dartsworld.com/if-god-threw-darts-he-would-throw-em-like-wayne-warren/|title=Warren Extends Red Dragon Deal!|access-date=8 March 2020|work=Darts World|date=6 March 2020}}
Personal life
Warren is an active player on the darts exhibition circuit.{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/19/wayne-warren-hints-pdc-switch-gutting-bdo-prize-money-fiasco-12267691/ |title=Wayne Warren hints at PDC switch after 'gutting' BDO prize money fiasco|access-date=16 October 2020|work=Metro|first=Phil|last=Haigh|date=19 February 2020}}
Away from darts, Warren works as a roofer and lives in Tynewydd, Rhondda Cynon Taf. He is sponsored by Red Dragon Darts.{{cite web|date=18 February 2020|first=C. J.|last=Harris-Hulme|url=https://www.dartsworld.com/warren-extends-red-dragon-deal/|title= "If God Threw Darts, He Would Throw 'Em Like Wayne Warren!"|access-date=8 March 2020}}
In 2001, Warren was involved in an incident in which he was splashed with boiling chip fat – suffering 20% upper body burns which gave him heavy scarring.{{cite news|publisher=Reach|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/its-top-darts-roofer-wayne-2015037|title=It’s top darts for roofer Wayne|date=27 December 2012|work=Wales Online|access-date=16 October 2020}}
World Championship performances
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=BDO=
- 2005: First round (lost to Mervyn King 0–3)
- 2013: First round (lost to Alan Norris 1–3)
- 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Mark McGeeney 4–5)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 0–4)
- 2020: Winner (beat Jim Williams 7–4)
=WDF=
- 2022: Third round (lost to Cameron Menzies 0-3)
Career finals
{{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2023}}
=BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)=
| class="wikitable"
! Legend |
| style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| World Championship (1–0) |
| class="wikitable"
!width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final !width="70"| Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets. |
| style="background:#e5d1cb;"
| style="background:#98FB98"| Winner | 1. | 2020 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jim Williams | 7–4 (s) |
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Performance timeline
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| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|WDF World Championship}}
| colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NYF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| BDO World Championship
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"| W | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | BDO World Trophy
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| Winmau World Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | 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:#ffebcd;"| QF | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Finder Darts Masters}}
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|Grand Slam of Darts}}
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NYF | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR | | | |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |
| style="background:#efefef;"
! colspan="8"|Performance Table Legend |
| style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNP
| Did not play at the event | style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | style="color:#ccc; text-align:center; width:30px;"|NYF | Not yet founded | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament |
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi-finals | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F | lost in the final | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W | won the tournament |
References
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External links
- [https://mastercaller.com/players/wayne-warren Wayne Warren Profile, results and stats] Profile on Mastercaller.com
- [http://www.DartsDatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=1937 Wayne Warren Profile and stats] Darts Database
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