Matt Clark
Personal information
Nickname	Superman
Date of birth	April 4, 1968 (1968-04-04) (age 40)
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Home town	Walkden ,Greater Manchester, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1987
Darts	22g Elvan own design
Walk-on music	{{{music}}}
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1996 to 2004
PDC	2004 to present
Current World Ranking	38 (July 2008)
BDO Grand Slam Events - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter-finals 1996
World Masters	Last 32, 1996, 1998
World Darts Trophy	Last 32, 2002
Int. Darts League	Last 16 group, 2003
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32, 2006
World Matchplay	Quarter-finals 2008
UK Open	Last 32, 2006
Desert Classic	Last 16, 2006
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
US Open	Last 32, 2007
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
Canadian Open Open Holland	1999 2008

Matt Clark (born April 4, 1968 in Dartford) is an English darts player who competes for the Professional Darts Corporation and formerly played for the British Darts Organisation. He uses the nickname Superman for his matches.

Darting history

Matt Clark first started playing darts at the age of 19 at his local village pub,^[1] and after a few years was playing for the Kent county team. At the age of 24 he began moving towards pro darts attending the Dutch Open where he made the quarter finals of the pairs and singles competitions.

Clark appeared in the BDO World Darts Championship eight successive years, reaching the quarter-finals in 1996.

He switched to the PDC in 2004 and quickly reached the top 32 in the world rankings. He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 2007 as the number 31 seed, but lost in the first round to Mick McGowan. In 2008, Clark lost in the first round to Roland Scholten. Despite losing, Clark won more legs than Scholten, Clark winning 12 to Scholten's 10. However, he gained revenge on Scholten having qualified for the 2008 World Matchplay through the Players Championship Order of Merit and defeating him 10-4 in the first round. He continued to defeat veteran Peter Manley 13-6 in an upset and reached the quarter-finals, his best performance in the competition, before being defeated by defending champion James Wade.Prior to the Matchplay Event Matt lost 3 stone in weight which forced him to change his throwing stance.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1996: Quarter Final (lost to Les Wallace 1-4)
• 1997: 1st round (lost to Andy Fordham 2-3)
• 1998: 1st round (lost to Mervyn King 0-3)
• 1999: 1st round (lost to Paul Williams 2-3)
• 2000: 2nd round (lost to Chris Mason 2-3)
• 2001: 2nd round (lost to Kevin Painter 1-3)
• 2002: 1st round (lost to Marko Pusa 1-3)
• 2003: 1st round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1-3)

PDC

• 2006: 2nd round (lost to Phil Taylor 1-4)
• 2007: 1st round (lost to Mick McGowan 1-3)
• 2008: 1st round (lost to Roland Scholten 2-3)

In Total Matt has appeared in 11 consecutive World Championships either with the BDO or the PDC.

References

External links

• Matt Clark's official website

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NAME	Clark, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH	1968-04-04
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dartford, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH	,