Richie Burnett

Darts player infobox
playername = Richie Burnett


fullname =
nickname = The Prince of Wales
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|02|07
cityofbirth = Cwmparc, Rhondda
countryofbirth = Wales
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
hometown = Cwmparc, Rhondda
homecountry = Wales
since =
darts =
BDO = 1995 to 1999
PDC = since 1999
currentrank = 57 (Jan 2008)
BDO World = Winner 1995
World Masters = Winner 1994
PDC World = Quarter Final 2002, 2003
Matchplay = Runner-up 2001
Grand Prix = Last 16 2000
UK Open = 6th round 2007
Vegas = Quarter Final 2004
tournament = Denmark Open
Dutch Open
Welsh Open
resultyears = 1994
1994
1994, 1995

Richie Burnett (born February 7, 1967 in Cwmparc, Rhondda) is a former World Champion, Welsh .

BDO career

Burnett won the 1995 BDO World Darts Championship beating Raymond van Barneveld by 6 sets to 3 in the final. He also reached the final in 1996, losing to Steve Beaton and 1998 - when he lost to Barneveld in an epic final which went right down to 6-6 in sets Barneveld winning 4-2 in legs.

Burnett had already won the 1994 Winmau World Masters when he clinched the Embassy title in 1995 to become the seventh player to have won both titles, and only the fourth to hold them at the same time.

PDC career

After a defeat in the first round of the 1999 BDO World Championship, Burnett switched to the Professional Darts Corporation circuit, where his overall record is not as good as his time with the BDO.

Burnett did manage to reach the final of the World Matchplay in 2001. His best results in the PDC World Championship were when reaching the Quarter Finals in 2002 and 2003. His world ranking has steadily fallen and he was barely in the top 50 by the end of 2006. As a result he now has to qualify for all the major PDC tournaments.

Despite having to play four matches to get there, Burnett managed to qualify for the televised stages of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, but subsequently lost in the first round to Alex Roy.

World Championship Results

BDO
* 1995: Winner (beat Raymond van Barneveld 6-3)
* 1996: Runner-Up (lost to Steve Beaton 3-6)
* 1997: Second Round (lost to Leo Laurens 0-3)
* 1998: Runner-Up (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 5-6)
* 1999: First Round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 0-3)

PDC
* 2001: Second Round (lost to Keith Deller 2-3)
* 2002: Quarter-Finals (lost to Colin Lloyd 4-6)
* 2003: Quarter-Finals (lost to Kevin Painter 2-5)
* 2004: Third Round (lost to Simon Whatley 3-4)
* 2005: Third Round (lost to Mark Dudbridge 3-4)
* 2007: First Round (lost to Alex Roy 0-3)

External links

* [http://www.richieburnett.com/ Richie Burnett official web site]