Mark W. Robinson (born 7 November 1963 in

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player who played in the

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events.

Career

Robinson played in his first professional tournament in BDO 1997 which was the News of the World Championship & PDC World Pairs, he was beat in his first match by Colin Fowler 2-1 and his Team England

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. The next time he played in a professional tournament was 2002 when he played in the World Grand Prix in

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. Again, he lost in his first match to Alex Roy 2–1. The first World Championship he played in was the 2003 PDC World Championship. He was beat by Reg Harding in round one, 4–3. His first professional tournament win came in 2004 when he won the UK Open North West Regional Final by beating Mark Dudbridge 2–0 in the Final. He also beat

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5–4 in First round

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5–4 in Second round Vic Hubbard 5–4 in Third Round Steve Johnson in Quarter finals and Wayne Jones in the Semi finals by 2-1 of the tournament. His second and most recent tournament win came in 2009 when he won the Nottinghamshire Open by beating Neil Birkin in the final. Robinson quit the PDC in 2015.

Tournament record

Tournament wins

*Nottinghamshire Open: 2009 *UK Open North West Regional Final: 2004

Best performances in major tournaments

* PDC World Championship (last 40): 2003 * World Grand Prix (last 32): 2002 * World Matchplay (last 40): 2002, 2003 *

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(last 64): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 * News of the World Championship (last 32): 1997 * PDC World Pairs (Group last 16): 1997

World Championship results

PDC

* 2003: Last 40: (lost to Reg Harding 3–4)

References

External links

Mark Robinson player profile
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