Peter Hudson (born 20 April 1984) is an English
darts
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player. He joined the
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) in 2010 but failed to qualify for any of the television majors. Hudson earned a full
PDC Pro Tour card for the 2011 and 2012 seasons via the PDC's Qualifying School.
Career
In 2011, Hudson qualified for the
2011 UK Open. He made an appearance on the TV stage, coming back from 3–0 down to defeat
Magnus Caris 4–3 in the last 96 stage, winning the decider with a ten-dart leg. However, he then lost to
Peter Wright in the last 64 in an untelevised match.
Also in 2011, Hudson came within one leg of qualifying for the PDC
Grand Slam of Darts
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. He defeated
Nathan Davies,
Barrie Webb,
Kevin McDine,
Keegan Brown and
Mark Jones before losing his final qualifying match 4–3 against
Ian White.
Hudson's best result in 2012 was at the seventh
Players Championship of the year, where he beat the likes of
Mervyn King and
Robert Thornton, before losing to
Ronnie Baxter 6–1 in the quarter-finals.
Hudson beat
Jamie Lewis to reach the last 64 of the
UK Open for the second successive year. There he played
Kim Huybrechts and lost 9–4. He qualified for three of the five new European Tour events, losing in the first round in two of them.
In the other, the
German Darts Masters he saw off
Alan Tabern 6–4, before being defeated by reigning world champion
Adrian Lewis 6–1 in the second round.
It was these results which largely contributed to Hudson qualifying for the
World Championship
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by finishing 44th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the 13th of 16 spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. In his first appearance at the World Championship he lost to
James Wade 3–0 in sets in the first round, as he took just two legs during the match. Hudson was ranked world number 55 after the event.
At the
2013 UK Open, Hudson lost 5–4 to Mark Lawrence in the second round. He qualified for three European Tour events during the year but lost in the first round on each occasion. His best results came in the second half of the season in the eighth and fifteenth Players Championship where he lost in the last 16 6–1 to
Paul Nicholson and 6–3 to
Michael Smith respectively.
Hudson advanced to the third round of the UK Open for the third time in
2014
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, but narrowly lost 9–8 against
Ian White. At the penultimate
Players Championship of 2014 he saw off
Dan Russell,
Peter Wright,
Benito van de Pas and
Kim Huybrechts to make the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time, which he lost 6–4 to White. He finished 2014 outside of the top 64 on the Order of Merit and did not enter Q School.
Hudson qualified for the
2015 UK Open by winning the Riley's Sheffield qualifier, but lost 5–4 to Rob Smith in the first round. He claimed the first title of his career at the 14th
Challenge Tour
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event by beating Ryan Palmer 5–4.
At the second
UK Open Qualifier of 2016, Hudson advanced to his second ever PDC quarter-final and lost 6–3 to
Phil Taylor. He was knocked out 6–4 in the second round of the
UK Open by
Dirk van Duijvenbode. Six wins saw him reach the final of the fourth
Challenge Tour
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event, where he lost 5–4 to Bryan de Hoog. A second last 16 appearance in a main tour event this year came at the 11th
Players Championship and he was beaten 6–2 by
Robbie Green.
At the first
UK Open Qualifier of 2017, Hudson defeated
Benito van de Pas 6–4 to reach his first semi-final in a PDC event where he was whitewashed 6–0 by
Peter Wright.
World Championship results
PDC
* 2013: First round (lost to
James Wade 0–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to
Ritchie Edhouse 2–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
References
External links
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English darts players
Living people
1984 births
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders