Full name Chris Dobey BDO 2013–2015 World Masters Last 32: 2014 Other name Hollywood | Nickname Hollywood PDC 2015– Parents Gordon Dobey Current world ranking 42 | |
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Walk-on music All of the Lights by Kanye West Home towns England, Bedlington, Northumberland Similar Justin Pipe, Alan Norris, Daryl Gurney, Benito van de Pas, Ian White | ||
2016 players championship 15 chris dobey vs michael smith
Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
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Career
His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to Nathan Aspinall. At the 11th Players Championship of the year he had deciding leg victories over Jan Dekker, Kim Huybrechts and Max Hopp to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was defeated 6–2 by Mark Webster. Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins.
At the 2016 German Darts Masters, Dobey saw off Ben Davies 6–1 and then averaged 100.64 in a win over Robert Thornton and 102.25 whilst beating Dave Chisnall 6–4. In his first PDC quarter-final he averaged over 100 again, but lost 6–5 to world number one Michael van Gerwen having led 5–4. At the 19th Players Championship Dobey beat Stephen Bunting 6–3 to reach the semi-finals and took out a 120 finish after Adrian Lewis had missed match darts to play in his first professional final, which he lost 6–4 to Simon Whitlock. He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated 6–2 by Joe Cullen in the first round. Dobey also played in the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time and wins over Lewis and Scott Mitchell saw him advance to the knockout stage, where he hit a ten dart leg to move 9–5 up on Jamie Hughes. However, Hughes closed the deficit to force a deciding leg which Dobey took to advance to his first major quarter-final, but he was outclassed by James Wade who won 16–5.
His performances gave him a PDC Pro Tour spot in the 2017 World Championship, where he beat Justin Pipe 3–1 in the first round. In the second round he lost 4–2 to Dave Chisnall.
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