Neil Duff (born 22 July 1972) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He is a World Champion, having won the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. He has also won several international World Darts Federation tournaments. In January 2022, he was number one in the World Darts Federation international ranking. He is the first ranking leader in history from Northern Ireland. As of March 2024, he is once again the leader of the World Darts Federation ranking.
| Neil Duff | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Duffman" | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1972 Ballyclare, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Ballyclare, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g RedDragon | ||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Dj Krissy - Welcome to the party | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2006–2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2006– | ||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 2  (14 November 2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Winner (1): 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||
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Career
editDuff reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 One80 World Masters after beating Dave Parletti and Gary Stone, before losing to John O'Shea 4–1.
Duff won the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, defeating Thibault Tricole in the final, becoming the first Northern Irish world darts champion.[2]
World Championship results
editWDF
edit- 2022: Winner (beat Thibault Tricole 6–5)
- 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to Chris Landman 3–4)
WSDT
edit- 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to Robert Thornton 1–3)
Career finals
editWDF major finals: (1 title)
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| World Championship (1–0) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
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| Winner | 1. | 2022 | World Darts Championship | Thibault Tricole | 6–5 (s) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
References
edit- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "Darts results: Neil Duff wins Lakeside final to become first World Champion from Northern Ireland". Sporting Life. Retrieved 10 April 2022.