Matthew Campbell (born 29 September 1989) is a Canadian professional

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(PDC) events. Campbell won the 2024 North American Darts Championship. He also won three titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, and five titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Campbell has been the runner-up in a Players Championship event twice, in

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. His best major performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2022 Players Championship Finals.

Career

In 2019, Campbell won the ADO Syracuse Open where he defeated Darin Young in the final. On the CDC Pro Tour, he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the

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. He played Mark McGeeney in the first round and lost the match 3-1. On the 2020 CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the

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, where lost 3-2 to

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in the first round. In 2021, he won three PDC European Challenge Tour tournaments and topped the ranking, thus he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2022/2023, a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and a place at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. He played in Group F at the Grand Slam and lost all three matches to Mensur Suljovic,

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, finishing last in his group. He faced

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in the first round of the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Campbell won the first set, but eventually lost 1-3 and was eliminated. The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship saw Campbell win his first match at the competition, defeating Lourence Ilagan 3–2 in the first round. He followed up his first victory with a 3–2 win over thirteenth

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in the second round. He was defeated 4–1 by

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in the third round. In 2024, Campbell won the North American Darts Championship by defeating Stowe Buntz 6–4 in the final. The result would've allowed him to automatically qualify for both the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. However, under PDC Rule 3.9, Campbell was not eligible to do so, as he held his Tour Card for more than two years. Despite this setback, Campbell still managed to qualify for the World Championship through the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, where he defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–1 and Andy Baetens 6–3 before beating Mervyn King in their quarter's final 7–6 in a deciding leg. Campbell won his first-round match 3–2 against

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but was eliminated by Ryan Searle in the second round.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2020: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3) * 2021: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

1–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 0–3) * 2024: Third round (lost to

1–4) * 2025: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Matt 1989 births Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Canadian darts players Living people Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario PDC World Cup of Darts Canadian team