Michael Rosenauer (born 13 July 1966) is a German professional
darts
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player who plays in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
Career
Rosenauer created controversy when he chose to play in the
2008 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2008 Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship was the 15th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place between 17 December 2007 and 1 January ...
, having won qualification for the
2008 BDO World Darts Championship. Rosenauer claimed one of the places for the event at the Lakeside, but at the same time, he topped the German Darts Corporation Order of Merit, which grants a place in the PDC World Championship and in the end, he withdrew from the BDO World Championship to play in the PDC version instead. He went on to lose in the first round to
Mervyn King.
In 2012, Rosenauer earned a place in the
European Tour Event 1 in
Vienna
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by defeating Alexander Tauber and
Tomas Seyler in the European qualifier. He played
Richie Burnett in the first round and lost 4–6. Rosenauer also qualified for the
second European Tour event in June, with wins over Karsten Kornath and
Jyhan Artut in the Home Nation Qualifier. He beat world number 8
Andy Hamilton in the first round 6–4, before losing to
Dave Chisnall
David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...
1–6 in round two. Rosenauer lost to
Ronnie Baxter
Ronnie Baxter (born 5 February 1961) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He used the nickname "The Rocket" for his matches. Baxter was known for his fast robotic throwing a ...
1–6 in the first round of the
2012 European Championship. In an attempt to reach the
2013 World Championship, Rosenauer was defeated 5–6 by Dragutin Horvat in the quarter-finals of the Central European Qualifier. Rosenauer was ranked world number 78 after the event, outside of the top 64 who retain their tour cards for 2013.
In the next two years Rosenauer curtailed his darts schedule and only competed in European Tour events. In 2014 he qualified for the
European Darts Open,
European Darts Grand Prix and
European Darts Trophy, losing in the second round of the first two and the opening round of the latter. He did attempt to qualify for the
2015 UK Open but could not win enough games. Rosenauer qualified for the
European Darts Open, but lost 6–5 to
Jamie Lewis in the first round.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2008: Last 64 (lost to
Mervyn King 2–3) (sets)
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
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1966 births
German darts players
Living people
Sportspeople from Gütersloh
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
British Darts Organisation players