Tony O'Shea

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Tony O'Shea (born 9 May 1961)[1] is an English professional darts player. His squat figure has resulted in the nickname "Silverback". O'Shea has reached the finals of seven British Darts Organisation (BDO) major darts tournaments, but to date has never won one. He also acted as a regular commentator for televised BDO coverage.

Darts career

BDO

In 2002, O'Shea made his debut at the BDO World Championship, narrowly losing to former Masters champion Colin Monk 3–2.[1] O'Shea returned the following year and beat former champion Ted Hankey 3–2 in the first round, before once again being beaten by Monk 3–2 – this time in the deciding leg of the deciding set. Two years thereafter he reached the semi-finals after a winning streak defeating Gary Anderson, Gary Robson and Ted Hankey before he eventually went out against Mervyn King 5–1. Later that year he had his best chance to date of winning a major title, as he led King 5–3 in the final of the Winmau World Masters before King recovered to win 6–5.[1]

O'Shea managed to achieve a televised nine-dart finish against Adrian Lewis during the International Darts League on 9 May 2007 which made the tournament the first in darts history to witness two perfect legs. The occasion was made even sweeter as he was celebrating his 46th birthday. In the 2008 World Championship, O'Shea defeated Steve Farmer in the first round, but was defeated by Winmau World Masters champion Robert Thornton in the second round.[1]

O'Shea won the 2008 Welsh Masters, only his second tournament victory.[1] In the 2009 BDO World Championship, O'Shea defeated Anderson in the quarter-finals, his best friend Darryl Fitton in the semi-final, but was once again second-best in a major final as he lost to Hankey 7–6.[1]

O'Shea entered the 2009 Winmau World Masters as the number one seed but despite 3–0 wins over Dave Prins and eighth seed Joey ten Berge, he lost in the semi-finals to defending champion Martin Adams who successfully retained his title. O'Shea then won the WDF World Cup men's singles title with victory over ten Berge in the final.[1]

O'Shea entered the 2010 BDO World Championship as the number one seed. He had a tough first round against World Masters runner up Robbie Green but came through it 3–2.[1] He then saw off Stephen Bunting 4–0 to reach his fourth Quarter-final. He managed a 5–1 victory over Robert Wagner in the quarter finals and went on to meet Dave Chisnall in the semi-final who had beaten Fitton in the first round, former Masters champion Tony West in the second round, and defending champion Hankey in the quarter-final. O'Shea, despite taking the first two sets, was beaten 6–3 by eventual finalist Chisnall.[1]

O'Shea won all three group games in the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, defeating Vincent van der Voort 5–1, James Wade 5–1 and Justin Pipe 5–4. He then lost 10–7 to Terry Jenkins in the second round.[1]

In contrast in 2010 where he was world number one, O'Shea came into the 2011 BDO World Championship as the number eight seed and suffered a shock first round loss to Ross Smith.[1]

O'Shea was seeded at the 2012 BDO World Championship, O'Shea put his successful run in the tournament down to his work with professional sports mind coach and hypnotherapist Stephen McKibben from Belfast. He beat Steve West in the first round, hitting a 140 checkout and 142 checkout in consecutive legs at the end of the match, before defeating Ross Montgomery in the second round. He then beat defending champion Martin Adams 5–2 in the quarter-finals, hitting a 170 checkout in the fourth set and thanked mind coach Stephen McKibben for enabling him to at last beat Martin Adams in a major tournament. O'Shea followed this up with a 6–5 victory over Dutch débutant Wesley Harms to reach his second World Championship final, where he was defeated by another Dutch débutant, Christian Kist, 7–5. [2]

In October 2012, O'Shea reached his sixth major final at the 2012 Winmau World Masters, and was beaten by Stephen Bunting.[1]

Tony O'Shea reached his third World Championship final in 2013 after a high quality run. He struggled badly in the final, losing to Scott Waites 7–1 with an average of 81.90. O'Shea became the first man to lose his first three BDO World Championship finals, and only the second player to lose his first three world finals in either the BDO or PDC after Peter Manley.[1]

World Championship results

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BDO

WSDT

  • 2022: First round (lost to Kevin Painter 2–3)
  • 2023: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 0–3)
  • 2025: Second round (lost to Derek Coulsen 0–3)

Career finals

[1]

BDO major finals: 7 (7 runners-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–3)
Winmau World Masters (0–2)
World Darts Trophy (0–1)
International Darts League (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2002 World Darts Trophy Template:Flagicon Tony David 0–6 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2004 Winmau World Masters Template:Flagicon Mervyn King 6–7 (s)
Runner-up 3. 2005 International Darts League Template:Flagicon Mervyn King 11–13 (s)
Runner-up 4. 2009 World Championship Template:Flagicon Ted Hankey 6–7 (s)
Runner-up 5. 2012 World Championship Template:Flagicon Christian Kist 5–7 (s)
Runner-up 6. 2012 Winmau World Masters Template:Flagicon Stephen Bunting 4–7 (s)
Runner-up 7. 2013 World Championship Template:Flagicon Scott Waites 1–7 (s)

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WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

[1]

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2009 World Cup Singles Template:Flagicon Joey ten Berge 7–3 (l)

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
BDO World Championship DNP 1R 2R SF 1R QF 1R 2R F SF 1R F F 1R 1R 1R 1R DNQ 1R
BDO World Trophy Not held 1R 1R 2R DNQ 2R DNQ
International Darts League Not held QF RR F RR SF Not held
World Darts Trophy Not held F 1R QF 1R 2R 1R Not held
World Masters QF 2R 2R 1R F 1R 4R QF SF SF 6R 3R F 5R 3R 1R 4R 6R 2R DNP
Finder Darts Masters DNP SF SF QF RR NH RR SF RR SF RR QF QF SF QF RR DNP RR NH
Grand Slam of Darts Not held DNQ QF 2R RR RR QF RR DNQ

Nine-dart finishes

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Tony O'Shea televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
9 May 2007 Template:Flagicon Adrian Lewis International Darts League 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 Opel Tigra Twin Top

References

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External links

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