eric john bristow has hit the most 180s in darts.
eric john bristow has hit the most 180s in darts.
who has hit the most 180s in darts?
eric john bristow
anderson held an early 3–1 advantage over phil taylor in the final, before the 16-time world champion won nine of the next ten legs to move 4–3 ahead. taylor then missed three darts to take the next set, allowing anderson to tie the scores at 4–4. in anderson's first visit to the board at the beginning of the ninth set he hit two treble 20s, but his third dart knocked them out of the bed to score nothing. he lost the leg and became distracted by a member of the audience shouting out to be two legs down, before punishing more missed darts from taylor to claim the set. anderson stood one set away from the title when he made it 6–4, but taylor quickly recovered to send the match into a deciding set. taylor had three darts to hold his throw in the second leg, but could not find the target as anderson took the final set without reply to win his first world championship 7–6. the match broke the record for 180s in a pdc final with 32, beating the 31 thrown during the 2007 final. anderson's total 180s during the whole tournament of 64 was also a record. the title saw him climb to world number three, his highest position to date. later in the month he was crowned the pdc player of the year, pro tour player of the year, fans' player of the year and players' player of the year at the annual awards dinner.
gary anderson (darts player)
the tournament resumed and the second round began on day six, which opened with a remarkable match between old pdc stalwart dennis smith and young kevin mcdine. in the deciding leg of the first set, smith missed darts to take the opener so mcdine stepped in to take it. the second set also went to a decider, and mcdine performed an 11 dart finish to open up a 2–0 lead. checkouts of 110 and 128 on the bull put mcdine 3–0 up and on course for a comfortable victory, but smith rallied in the fourth and began to hit top form as he broke mcdine's throw for the first time in the match to win the set. two fourteen darters and a fifteen dart finish ensured that smith continued his resurgence in the fifth set, and he levelled the match in the deciding leg of the sixth set. smith then led for the first time in the match as he took the opening leg of the deciding set, and he repeated mcdine's feat of a 128 checkout on the bull to go 2–0 up. from here there was only going to be one winner as smith landed double eight to complete a famous comeback. remarkably, smith hit thirty-one 140s (the most from one player in a single match) but no 180s, compared to mcdine's statistic of fifteen 140s and eight 180s. both players averaged above 90 in a match that would go down as a classic.
2009 pdc world darts championship