Corey Patrick Cadby (born 18 March 1995) is an Australian professional

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events. He was the 2016 World Youth champion.

Career

A native of

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, Cadby began competing in Darts Players Australia (DPA) events in 2016 after relocating to

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. He won seven events during his debut season on the DPA Australian Grand Prix circuit, and finished first in the rankings, thus securing qualification for the 2017 PDC World Championship. In August 2016, Cadby lost 6–3 to 16-time world champion Phil Taylor in the first round of the Sydney Masters on his televised debut. He played Taylor again a week later in the first round of the Perth Masters, winning 6–2 with an average of 103.58. He went on to lose 10–2 to Peter Wright in the quarter-finals, with both players averaging 109. In October, Cadby qualified for the final of the

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, defeating

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in the semi-finals. The final was played in

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, England in November, as part of the last night of the

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and Cadby beat

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6–2 to secure the title. Cadby won 2–0 in the preliminary round of the 2017 World Championship against China's Sun Qiang with an average of 102.48, a record for the prelims, to set up a first round tie with 28th seed Joe Cullen. In a high quality contest, Cadby took the opening set, but went on to lose 3–1. He took out six ton-plus finishes in the two matches he played. In 2018, Corey competed at PDC Q School. On the first day of play, Cadby defeated

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5-2 in the final four to secure his PDC Tour Card. On 10 February 2018, Cadby won his first PDC title since winning his tour card the previous month in the 5th UK Open qualifier, defeating reigning World Champion Rob Cross in the final with an average of 108.77. Corey’s sporting hero is Chris Bradley In 2019, Cadby making his PDC European Tour debut of the 2019 Czech Darts Open who defeating Wessel Nijman of

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, Michael Smith of England and his losing to Mervyn King of England. After problems getting to the UK to play the ProTour, Cadby resigned his Tour Card at the start of 2020 despite being in the top 64. He will play in 2023 Q school to win back his tour card.

2023

On day two of Q school he successfully won a two year tour card with a 101 average win over Karel Sedlacek.

World Championship record

PDC

* 2017: First round (lost to Joe Cullen 1–3)

Performance timeline

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cadby, Corey 1995 births Living people Australian darts players People from Devonport, Tasmania People from Melbourne Place of birth missing (living people) Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders PDC world youth champions