{{short description|English darts player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2011}} {{Infobox darts player | image = Gary robson-1452008165.jpg | name = Gary Robson | image_size = 200 | caption = Robson in 2015 | fullname = | nickname = "Big Robbo" | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1967|6|19|df=y}}}} | birth_place = [[Cramlington]], England | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = [[Rothbury]], England | since = 1984 | darts = 22g Gary Robson g force darts | laterality = Right-handed | music = "Follow the Leader" by The Soca Boys | BDO = 1995–2020 | PDC = | WDF = 1995– | currentrank = {{WDF Rankings|Gary Robson}} | BDO World = Quarter Final: [[2007 BDO World Darts Championship|2007]], [[2009 BDO World Darts Championship|2009]], [[2011 BDO World Darts Championship|2011]] | World Masters = Quarter Final: [[2005 World Masters (darts)|2005]], [[2011 World Masters (darts)|2011]], [[2014 World Masters (darts)|2014]], [[2018 World Masters (darts)|2018]] | World Darts Trophy = '''Winner (1)''': [[2005 World Darts Trophy|2005]] | Int. Darts League = {{Nowrap|Quarter Final: [[2007 International Darts League|2007]]}} | Zuiderduin Masters = Runner Up: [[2014 Zuiderduin Masters|2014]] | PDC World = | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | UK Open = | Grand Slam = Group Stage: [[2018 Grand Slam of Darts|2018]] | Premier League = | tournament = England Masters<br>{{Nowrap|England National Ch'ships}}<br>England Open<br>Granite City Open<br>Isle of Man Open<br>Police Masters<br>Scottish Open | resultyears = 2014<br>2011, 2016<br>2011<br>2013<br>2007<br>2012<br>2024 | achievement = '''2011''' Garioch Masters<br>'''2010, 2011''' Tyne and Wear Open<br>'''2009''' West Brabant Open | updated = }}
'''Gary''' "'''Big Robbo'''" '''Robson''' (born 19 June 1967) is an English professional [[darts]] player who plays in [[World Darts Federation]] events.<ref>[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=169 Darts Database Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224908/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=169 |date=14 November 2018 }}.{{Retrieved | access-date=27 December 2010}}</ref>
==Career== Robson qualified twice for the World Championships, but was beaten in the first round on each occasion. He made it for a third time in [[2004 BDO World Darts Championship|2004]], but found himself 2–0 down in sets against [[Steve Coote]]. However, Robson recovered and took the match to a sudden death deciding leg, which he won. [[Bobby George]] commented that "you won't see browner darts in this tournament than that match".{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} Robson had another excellent performance in losing to 'Silverback' [[Tony O'Shea]] in the second round.
Robson's biggest tournament win so far was at the [[World Darts Trophy]] in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]]. He beat [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]] 6–4 in the 2005 final,<ref>[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=128 2005 World Darts Trophy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703044900/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=128 |date=3 July 2017 }}.{{Retrieved | access-date=27 December 2010}}</ref> averaging 91.5 for three darts, which was a fair way below his averages during his aforementioned performances in the 2004 World Championship.
Robson had to wait until [[2007 BDO World Darts Championship|2007]] to win another match at the World Championship, but his opponent for that match was pre-tournament favourite [[Michael van Gerwen]]. Robson won 3–2, although the teenage van Gerwen was not quite at his best form and looked nervous on some doubles. Robson did not have to wait long for his next win, as he made the quarter-finals for the first time in his career with a superb 4–3 win over former champion [[John Walton (darts player)|John Walton]], having been 3–1 down. Robson could have had a nine-dart leg, but missed his seventh treble. However, his run was ended by Dutchman [[Niels de Ruiter]]. Robson led 2–0 and 4–2 but ended up losing 5–4. This match included a leg which [[Tony Green]] and [[John Part]] touted as "probably the best in thirty years",{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} which Robson won to take the fifth set and lead 3–2.
Robson returned to the World Championship in [[2008 BDO World Darts Championship|2008]] where he was drawn against 2002 World Champion, [[Tony David]]. This was Robson's only win at the 2008 World Championship, as in the second round he came up against an in-form [[Darryl Fitton]]. Fitton averaged over 100 in a 4–0 victory.
In the [[2009 BDO World Darts Championship|2009 World Championship]], Robson reached the quarter-final for the second time, beating [[Stephen Bunting]] and [[Martin Atkins (darts player)|Martin Atkins]] before losing to [[Martin Adams]]. 2009 was not a good year for Robson as a whole and as a result, he was forced to qualify for the [[2010 BDO World Darts Championship|2010 Lakeside World Championship]].
Robson lost 3–0 in a first round clash with 2009 champion and 5th seed [[Ted Hankey]] at the 2010 BDO World Championship. The next year, Robson was seeded once more and cruised through to the quarter-finals for a third time by defeating Steve Douglas and [[Dave Chisnall]] for the loss of just one set. He then led [[Martin Phillips (darts player)|Martin Phillips]] 3–1 but was once again defeated 5–4.
Robson was knocked out of the 2012 World Championships in the first round losing 3–0 to Steve Douglas Gary was again knocked out in the first round in 2013 this time losing 3–1 to [[Garry Thompson (darts player)|Garry Thompson]]
===PDC=== He competed for a tour card at the 2020 Q school in an attempt to join the [[Professional Darts Corporation]], however he finished 164th and failed to win a tour card.<ref>[https://www.pdc.tv/qualifying-school-order-merit Qualifying School Order of Merit]</ref>
==World Championship results==
===BDO===
* 2001: 1st round (lost to [[Raymond van Barneveld]] 1–3) * 2003: 1st round (lost to [[Robert Wagner (darts player)|Robert Wagner]] 1–3) * 2004: 2nd round (lost to [[Tony O'Shea]] 2–3) * 2005: 1st round (lost to [[Darryl Fitton]] 1–3) * 2006: 1st round (lost to [[Gary Anderson (darts player)|Gary Anderson]] 1–3) * 2007: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Niels de Ruiter]] 4–5) * 2008: 2nd round (lost to [[Darryl Fitton]] 0–4) * 2009: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Martin Adams]] 4–5) * 2010: 1st round (lost to [[Ted Hankey]] 0–3) * 2011: Quarter-finals (lost to [[Martin Phillips (darts player)|Martin Phillips]] 4–5) * 2012: 1st round (lost to Steve Douglas 0–3) * 2013: 1st round (lost to [[Garry Thompson (darts player)|Garry Thompson]] 1–3) * 2014: 2nd round (lost to [[Robbie Green]] 1–4) * 2015: 2nd round (lost to [[Jeff Smith (darts player)|Jeff Smith]] 3–4) * 2016: 1st round (lost to [[Madars Razma]] 1–3) * 2018: 1st round (lost to [[Glen Durrant]] 0–3) * 2019: 1st round (lost to [[David Cameron (darts player)|David Cameron]] 1–3) * 2020: 1st round (lost to [[Ben Hazel]] 2–3)
==Career finals==
===BDO major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:80px;" | Outcome ! style="width:20px;" | No. ! style="width:50px;" | Year ! style="width:250px;" | Championship ! style="width:200px;" | Opponent in the final ! style="width:70px;" | Score<ref group=N name=score>(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.</ref> |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 2005 | [[World Darts Trophy]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} [[Mervyn King (darts player)|Mervyn King]] | 6–4 (s) |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | [[2014 Zuiderduin Masters|2014]] | [[Zuiderduin Masters]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jamie Hughes (darts player)|Jamie Hughes]] | 0–5 (s) |} {{reflist|group=N}}
==Performance timeline== {| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; margin:0" |- ! Tournament !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[BDO World Darts Championship|BDO World Championship]]}} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2001 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2005 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2007 BDO World Darts Championship|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2009 BDO World Darts Championship|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 BDO World Darts Championship|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 BDO World Darts Championship|1R]] |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[BDO World Trophy]] | colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[2014 BDO World Trophy|SF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 BDO World Trophy|2R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 BDO World Trophy|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 BDO World Trophy|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|[[International Darts League]]}} | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[International Darts League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[International Darts League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[International Darts League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 International Darts League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2007 International Darts League|QF]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[World Darts Trophy]] | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[World Darts Trophy|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[World Darts Trophy|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:lime;"|'''[[World Darts Trophy|W]]''' | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 World Darts Trophy|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 World Darts Trophy|RR]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[Winmau World Masters]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Winmau World Masters#Records|1R]] | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" |[[2001 World Masters (darts)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2003 World Masters (darts)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2004 World Masters (darts)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2005 World Masters (darts)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2006 World Masters (darts)|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 World Masters (darts)|5R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 World Masters (darts)|5R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2011 World Masters (darts)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2014 World Masters (darts)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 World Masters (darts)|5R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 World Masters (darts)|4R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 World Masters (darts)|4R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2018 World Masters (darts)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[Zuiderduin Masters|Finder Darts Masters]]}} | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[2007 Zuiderduin Masters|SF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2008 Zuiderduin Masters|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[2009 Zuiderduin Masters|SF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2010 Zuiderduin Masters|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2013 Zuiderduin Masters|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[2014 Zuiderduin Masters|F]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[Grand Slam of Darts]]}} | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Grand Slam of Darts|RR]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |}
'''Key''' {{TournLegend|RU=F}}
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.mib180.co.uk Official website for Gary Robson] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224908/http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=169 Gary Robson's profile and stats on Darts Database] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025653/http://www.dartswdf.com/aa_darts/features/lakeside2006brochure/ProgFile/LS2006P30.html 2006 Lakeside World Championship programme profile]
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