Arron Monk (born 15 April 1990) is an English professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. He is the son of fellow former professional darts player and the 1996

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winner

Colin Monk Colin Monk (born 29 September 1967) is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. Career Monk won the Winmau World Masters in 1996, where he be ...

Career

Monk came to prominence with a group of young darts players at the 2010

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which included Joe Cullen, William O'Connor and

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. He defeated

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in the second round, whilst being cheered on by his father. In the third round, however he was defeated by the in-form

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, who went on to reach the semi-final. Monk also competed on the

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and won the New Kids on the Oche event –

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's last televised darts tournament – in 2008. On 3 January 2011, he won the final of the

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against

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, played before the final of the

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. As a result of reaching the final, he qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts.

2012 season

Monk qualified for his first PDC World Championship in

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by beating Joe Cullen in the PDPA Qualifier. He was perhaps unlucky with the draw for the first round as he played the winner of the previous weeks

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, and was beaten 3–1. In April, he earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in

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by defeating

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and Daniel Day in the UK qualifier. He played

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in the first round and lost 6–4. At the

Monk enjoyed a 9–8 victory over Painter, before losing to Paul Nicholson 9–3 in the last 32. He also qualified for the third European Darts Open with wins over Jack Hill and Chris Mason, but lost to Steve Brown 6–2 in the first round in

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. In October, Monk reached the semi-finals of a PDC event for the first time at the 13th Players Championship of the year. He defeated the likes of

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and Mark Webster, all of whom have won major titles in the past, before losing 6–1 to

. Monk then saw off

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and

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, to make the quarter finals of the firth European Tour Event of the year, the Dutch Darts Masters. Monk faced Paul Nicholson and lost 6–1 with an average of just 69.39. Monk qualified for the

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by finishing top of the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Order of Merit. He won two of his three group games to finish second in the table and qualify for the last 16 of a major tournament for the first time. He played

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and was beaten 10–5.

2013 season

Monk reached his second

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by finishing 35th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the fifth of sixteen spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. He lost 3–0 to Peter Wright in the first round. Monk was ranked world number 45 after the event. At the UK Masters he defeated Ian White and Mark Walsh both 6–4, before missing one match dart in the third round against Robert Thornton to lose 6–5. He was beaten 6–4 by Ricky Evans in the semi-finals of the Under-21 World Championship, and lost 5–2 to Gaz Cousins in the second round of the

. In total he reached the last 16 stage four times during the year but could not advance beyond this stage.

2014 season

Monk was beaten 3–0 by

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in the first round of the 2014 World Championship as he lost each set by three legs to one with an average of just 78.64. He lost 5–4 to Karl Merchant in the second round of the

. Monk had a disappointing year as he couldn't get beyond the last 32 of any event. The only European Tour event he could qualify for was the Austrian Darts Open and he was beaten 6–1 by

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in the first round.

2015 season

Monk received a ban from the DRA for reckless throwing of darts and did not play in an event until September 2015 and only won two matches in the nine tournaments he entered. He dropped to 145 in the world at the end of the year and could not win his place back on tour via Q School.

2016 season

Monk qualified for the

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and defeated Stewart Rattray 6−3 and Robert Thornton 6−4, before losing 9−5 to Phil Taylor in round three. He was knocked out in the semi-finals of the 13th

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event by Michael Barnard, but went one better later in the day at the 14th event by reaching the final where he lost 5−1 to

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World Championship results

PDC

* 2012: First round (lost to

1–3) * 2013: First round (lost to Peter Wright 0–3) * 2014: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2020: First round (lost to Jose Justicia 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

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Arron Monk profile at Unicorn-dartsManagement Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monk, Arron Living people Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders People from Andover, Hampshire English darts players 1990 births PDC world youth champions