Darius Labanauskas
| Darius Labanauskas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Lucky D" | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976年07月26日) 26 July 1976 (age 48) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Garliava, Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 24g Cosmo Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Infinity 2008" by Guru Josh Project | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2006–2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2019–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC ) 104 Steady (23 March 2025)[1] (WDF) 81 Decrease 4 (17 February 2025)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2015, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Quarter Final: 2016, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Quarter Final: 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2019, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 16: 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adeficator Open 2016 Baltic Cup Open 2013 Denmark Open 2016 Estonian Masters 2017 Estonian Open 2012, 2013, 2015 Hal Open 2016 Kaunas Open 2024 Latvia Open 2017, 2018, 2024 Lithuania Championship 2009, 2011, 2012 Lithuania Open 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 MODUS Super Series 9 2024 PDC Challenge Tour 2025 (x3) Polish Open 2015 Riga Masters 2014 Riga Open 2014, 2015 Trakai Castle Cup 2014
PDCNB Pro Tour PDCNB Denmark 2024 PDCNB Finland 2019, 2022 PDCNB Iceland 2019, 2024 PDCNB Latvia 2019, 2022 (x3) PDCNB Lithuania 2018 (x2) PDCNB Sweden 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Darius Labanauskas (born 26 July 1976) is a Lithuanian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In 2015, he was ranked WDF world number one.
He is a two-time world championship quarter-finalist, reaching the last eight at the 2017 BDO World Championship and the 2020 PDC World Championship.
Career
[edit ]BDO
[edit ]Labanauskas is a three-time Lithuania National Champion and won the Lithuania Open in 2011 and 2013. He also won the Baltic Cup Open in 2013, the Estonian Open in 2012 and 2013, and in 2014 he won the Trakai Castle Cup, the Riga Open and the Riga Masters. He was runner-up in the WDF Europe Cup singles in 2014, losing to Irishman David Concannon in the final. 2014 also saw him reach the final of the Estonian Open, Finnish Open and Baltic Cup Open.
His performances in 2014 helped Labanauskas qualify for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship outright via his world ranking. He was beaten by Robbie Green in the first round despite hitting a 167 checkout during the match.
Consistent qualification for the BDO World Championship paid off in 2017 as he reached the quarter-finals before losing 5–2 to eventual champion Glen Durrant.
PDC
[edit ]In 2018 Labanauskas competed on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Pro Tour, finishing in the top two to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] Here he beat Matthew Edgar and Raymond van Barneveld before going out to Adrian Lewis in the last 32 with prize money of 25,000ドル.
This run was followed by PDC European Q-School, where a disappointing first three days in Hildesheim were followed by a fantastic run all the way to the final on Day 4, where Labanauskas beat Vincent van der Meer 5–3 in the final to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time.[4]
World Championship results
[edit ]BDO
[edit ]- 2015: First round (lost to Robbie Green 1–3)
- 2016: Preliminary round (lost to Seigo Asada 1–3)
- 2017: Quarter-finals (lost to Glen Durrant 2–5)
- 2018: First round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2–3)
PDC
[edit ]- 2019: Third round (lost to Adrian Lewis 0–4)
- 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 2–5)
- 2021: Second round (lost to Simon Whitlock 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 1–3)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Ross Smith 1–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Ryan Joyce 1–3)
Performance timeline
[edit ]| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | Prel. | QF | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | DNQ | 1R | QF | 2R | QF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 2R | 6R | 6R | 3R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zuiderduin Masters | DNQ | RR | RR | QF | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 12 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Championship | 3R | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | 3R | 5R | 5R | 4R | DNQ | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | 2R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | RR | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | 52 | 43 | 43 | 52 | 74 | 140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
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| 2018 | DNQ | ADO 2R |
DNQ | GDT 2R |
DDO 3R |
EDM 2R |
GDC 1R |
DDC 2R |
DNQ | |||||
| 2019 | Did not qualify | ADO 3R |
Did not qualify | GDT 1R | ||||||||||
| 2020 | DNQ | EDG QF |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 2R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 1R |
Did not qualify | HDT 1R |
DNQ | |||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | CDO 1R |
DNQ | GDO 1R |
DNQ | |||||||||
| 2024 | Did not qualify | ADO 2R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2025 | BDO 1R |
EDT DNQ |
IDO |
GDG |
ADO |
EDG |
DDC |
EDO |
BSD |
FDT |
CDO |
HDT |
SDT |
GDC |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
Nine-dart finishes
[edit ]| Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method |
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| 18 December 2021 | Belgium Mike De Decker | PDC World Championship | T20, 2 x T19; 3 x T20; T20, T17, D18 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Magnussen, Mads Plagborg. "Ally Pally-tickets will be decided today". PDC Nordic & Baltic. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Chris. "Labanauskas wins Tour Card". PDC. Retrieved 6 January 2018.