Matthew Edgar (born 28 August 1986) is an English

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player currently competing in

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(PDC) events.

Career

2011

Edgar joined the PDC in 2011, and qualified for the

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. He defeated

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, Andy Pearce and

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on the way to the last 32, where he lost 5–9 to

Andy Boulton Andy Boulton (born 22 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He is nicknamed X-Factor. Career Boulton made his televised debut in the PDC UK Open in 2005 startin ...

2012

In January 2012, he entered the

Pro Tour 'Q School' qualifying tournament. On the first day, Edgar lost to Darren Whittingham 6–4 at the final stage. After four days playing in the event in Barnsley, Edgar gained his professional tour card for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. His best results of 2012 came in two UK Open Qualifiers, where he lost in the last 16 to Johnny Haines and

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respectively. These results helped him to reach the

for the second time where he was beaten in the second round by

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. He could not advance beyond the last 32 in any of the rest of the events he played in the year.

2013

Edgar went into 2013 ranked world number 81, and reached his first PDC quarter-final at the eighth UK Open Qualifier where he was edged out 5–6 by

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. He was seeded 50th for the

itself, meaning he began at the second round stage, with a 5–4 win over

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. He faced reigning champion Robert Thornton in the third round and led 6–4, before going on to lose 7–9. Edgar also qualified for two European Tour events during the year, losing in the first round of the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and beating

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6–1 at the

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before being defeated 6–2 by Paul Nicholson in the second round.

2014

Edgar began 2014 outside of the world's top 64 and entered Q School in an attempt to win his place back, coming closest on the third day when he advanced to the last 32 but lost 5–2 to Darron Brown. Edgar only had PDPA Associate Member status for the year ahead which allowed him to compete in UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. He qualified for the

and lost 5–3 to Spain's

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in the second round. Edgar was a runner-up in the first

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event of the year when he lost 5–4 to Jamie Robinson, but he went one better in the fourth event by claiming the title with a deciding leg victory over

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. He came within a match of qualifying for both the

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and 2015 World Championship but was beaten on both occasions.

2015

On the second day of 2015 Q School, Edgar won seven matches ending with a 5–0 whitewash of

to earn a new two-year tour card. He reached the quarter-finals of the third UK Open Qualifier, but was edged out 6–5 by

. Edgar also suffered a narrow defeat in the second round of the

, 5–4 against Jason Mold. The only European Tour event he could qualify for this year was the International Darts Open and he beat

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6–5, but was thrashed 6–0 by

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in the second round.

2016

A last 16 showing in the final

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saw Edgar enter the

at the second round stage and he beat Mark Wilson 6–4, before losing 9–3 to Mark Webster. He had two last 16 finishes in Players Championship events, before reaching the quarter-finals for the only time this season at the final one by defeating

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, Wayne Jones,

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and

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, before losing 6–2 to

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. It was this result which saw Edgar make his debut in the

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and he lost 6–3 to

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in the first round.

2017

With his tour card status now expired, Edgar entered the 2017 Q School and finished 13th on the Order of Merit, just one point shy of reclaiming his place. A host of injuries including a broken hand restricted the amount of entries available through the year which included missing out on qualification for the PDC UK Open for the first time in his career. There were positive signs in the Summer when a second Challenge Tour title came beating

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5–2 in the final at Arena MK.

2018

Edgar re-gained his PDC Tour Card at 2018 Q school. Coming back onto the tour, he started with back-to-back last 16 runs in the UK Open Qualifiers held in Wigan and became a seed for the UK Open 2018. There, where he reached the 4th round for the 2nd time in his career, missing out 10–7 to Steve West following a 10–4 win over John Henderson in round 3. Edgar made his return to the European Rour in April 2018, going down 6–2 to Steve West in

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. Edgar did enough on the Players Championship circuit to qualify for the 2018 Players Championship Finals where he met

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in the first round and lost 6–2. He also managed to qualify for the

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through the ProTour.

2019

In the

, Edgar played

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in the first round and lost 3–1 despite winning the first set. Edgar started the year off placed world number 68, so to maintain his tour card for next season he needed to jump 4 places in the rankings. He played in the 2019 UK Open where he made the third round before losing to

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6–3. He qualified again for the

that year and played Dave Chisnall in the first round. He lost 6–2.

2020

Edgar hadn’t managed to do enough on the tour to qualify for the 2020 World Darts Championship. He entered the last chance qualifier and managed to come through it with wins over Tytus Kanik, Gary Eastwood and

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, before beating Adam Hunt 7–4 to book his place at Alexandra Palace. However, he lost to

once again. He was unable to achieve qualification for a 3rd year running for the

, however the day after the Players Championship Final at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, he qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship via the UK Tour Card Holder Qualifiers, beating Josh Payne 7-2 in the last 8 to confirm his place in his 3rd successive World Championship Finals.

2021

Edgar finally progressed past the 1st round of the World Championship in the

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edition by beating

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3-0. In round 2, he lost 3-1 to

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2022

Matthew returned to PDC Q-School looking to regain his tour card. During the first 3 days, Edgar picked up 0 points, which left him needing to reach the Final on Day 4 as a minimum. The day brought the best out in Edgar, and he progressed to the Semi-Finals, the highlight being a 106.35 average against

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in the Last 64. Unfortunately for Matt, he lost against

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in the Semi-Final, leaving him outside of the Tour Card spots in the Q-School Order of Merit.

Practice and personal life

Edgar practices with former world championship runner-up

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. He has previously worked for

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as a sports coach. Edgar also runs a YouTube channel dedicated to darts called "Edgar TV", where he regularly answers questions raised by followers and chronicles his journeys through various PDC competitions. Before starting his darts career, Edgar was a

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and trained in

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World Championship results

PDC

*2019: First round (lost to

1–3) *2020: First round (lost to

0–3) *2021: Second round (lost to

1–3)

Performance timeline

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar, Matthew 1986 births Living people English darts players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders