Gibraltarian
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professional
darts
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player who has played in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
Career
Duo qualified for the
2010 PDC World Darts Championship
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via the European Order of Merit. He became the first darts player from
Gibraltar
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to qualify for either version of the
World Darts Championship
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. In the first round, he was whitewashed 3–0 by
Vincent van der Voort
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.
He currently plays for and Captains the College 501 team in the Gibraltar Darts Association league. In the 2009/10 season he achieved a first by winning all four major domestic ranking tournaments, as well as numerous other tournaments. He served several years as Treasurer of the Gibraltar Darts Association.
Duo represented Gibraltar with
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in the
2012 PDC World Cup of Darts
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The Netherlands were the defending champions after th ...
and together they were beaten 5–4 by Denmark in the first round, with Duo missing two darts for the match. During the rest of 2012 he won six tournaments on the Gibraltar Darts Association tour.
In January 2013, Duo entered Q School in an attempt to win a two-year PDC Tour Card and was one match away from doing so on the fourth and final day, but lost to
Steve Coote
Stephen Coote (born 19 September 1970) is an English professional darts player. He won the German Open in 1999. He is not a full-time professional and works as a fireman.
BDO career
Coote made his televised debut at the 1999 Winmau World Mast ...
6–0. Duo played in his third
World Cup of Darts
The PDC World Cup of Darts is a team darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was one of the three new tournaments introduced into the PDC calendar in 2010. It is broadcast live by Sky Sports.Gibraltar Darts Trophy but was thrashed 6–0 by Gary Anderson in the first round. In the final of the Iberian qualifier for the 2014 World Championship, Duo was narrowly beaten 10–9 by
Julio Barbero
Julio Barbero Gonzalez (born 2 September 1970) is a Spanish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2008, Barbero won the Spanish Federation Cup by beating Antonio Alcinas. His firs ...
.
At the 2014 World Cup of Darts, Duo and Parody were beaten 5–2 by Sweden in the opening round.
In August 2015, Dylan Duo was disciplined by the Darts Regulation Authority for "Threatening behaviour and failure to mark" at the Gibraltar Qualifier for the PDC World Cup. He was fined £350.
At the 2017 World Cup, Duo and Parody lost 5–2 to England in the opening round.
Duo Quit the PDC in January 2020.
World Championship results
PDC
*2010: First round (lost to
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...