Tony David

Darts player infobox
playername = Tony David


fullname =
nickname = The Deadly Boomerang
dateofbirth = birth date|1967|9|11|mf=y
cityofbirth = Townsville, Queensland
countryofbirth = Australia
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
hometown = Townsville, Queensland
homecountry = Australia
since = 1993
darts = 23g Formula Sports Tony David
music = Down Under by Men At Work
BDO = 1999
PDC =
currentrank = 13 (WDF, Feb 2008)
BDO World = Winner 2002
World Masters = Semi finalist 2004
World Darts Trophy = Winner 2002
Int. Darts League = Finalist 2004
PDC World =
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Grand Prix =
UK Open =
Vegas =
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tournament =Doeland Grand Masters
Australian Masters
Australian Grand Masters
Pacific Masters
French Open
Coronation Open
Queensland Zone 7 Open
Coolbellup Open
Central Coast Classic
New Zealand Open

resultyears = 2002
1996, 2000, 2001
2002, 2008
2003
2003
2003
2003
2004
2006
2006

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Tony David (born September 11, 1967 in Townsville, Queensland) [ [http://www.dfadarts.org/pages/profiles/profile_tonydavid.htm Profile from Darts Federation Australia DFA] ] is a and is the only Australian player to have been a senior singles world champion. David won the 2002 Embassy World Championship, one version of darts world titles. He plays with the nickname The Deadly Boomerang

He started playing darts at the age of 25 and progressed into the Queensland State team in 1995. Four years later, he made the Australian WDF World Cup team for the first time.

Tony has haemophilia, which requires that he take medication frequently. On top of this, his throwing action is slightly limited by the condition, as he cannot bring his arm back as far as most players due to the blood circulation.

He made his first trip to the Lakeside Country Club in 2001 to play in the Embassy World Championship, losing to Andy Fordham 0-3 in the first round. In only his second attempt at the World Championship, and as a 66/1 outsider before the tournament began, he went all the way to the title beating Ritchie Davies, Marko Pusa, Bob Taylor and a tight semi-final against Martin Adams 5-4. He was a slight favourite for the title going into the final due to his results, and went on to beat Mervyn King, who was much higher in the world rankings, 6-4 in the final to become the first Australian player to win the title.

Later in 2002, he won the World Darts Trophy (WDT) in the Netherlands, one of the British Darts Organisation's other Grand Slam titles. He also reached the semi-finals of the WDT in 2003 and 2004 losing both times to Raymond van Barneveld.

The defence of his world title in 2003 started creditably, but ended with a heavy loss 0-5 at the quarter-final stages to Welshman Ritchie Davies. After that defeat, David has failed to win another match at the Lakeside event. He went out in the first round in 2004 to Darryl Fitton and in 2005 to Tony Eccles. He failed to qualify for the 2006 or 2007 events. He returned to Lakeside in 2008 but lost in the first round to Gary Robson.

BDO World Championship Results

* 2001: 1st round (lost to Andy Fordham 0-3)
* 2002: Won (beat Mervyn King 6-4)
* 2003: Quarter Final (lost to Ritchie Davies 0-5)
* 2004: 1st round (lost to Darryl Fitton 2-3)
* 2005: 1st round (lost to Tony Eccles 2-3)
* 2006: "Did Not Qualify"
* 2007: "Did Not Qualify"
* 2008: 1st round (lost to Gary Robson 1-3)

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