Peter Hudson (born 20 April 1984) is an English

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player. He joined the

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(PDC) in 2010 but failed to qualify for any of the television majors. Hudson earned a full

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card for the 2011 and 2012 seasons via the PDC's Qualifying School.

Career

In 2011, Hudson qualified for the

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. He made an appearance on the TV stage, coming back from 3–0 down to defeat

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4–3 in the last 96 stage, winning the decider with a ten-dart leg. However, he then lost to Peter Wright in the last 64 in an untelevised match. Also in 2011, Hudson came within one leg of qualifying for the PDC

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. He defeated Nathan Davies, Barrie Webb,

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and Mark Jones before losing his final qualifying match 4–3 against Ian White. Hudson's best result in 2012 was at the seventh Players Championship of the year, where he beat the likes of Mervyn King and Robert Thornton, before losing to

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6–1 in the quarter-finals. Hudson beat

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to reach the last 64 of the

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for the second successive year. There he played

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and lost 9–4. He qualified for three of the five new European Tour events, losing in the first round in two of them. In the other, the German Darts Masters he saw off

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6–4, before being defeated by reigning world champion

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6–1 in the second round. It was these results which largely contributed to Hudson qualifying for the

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by finishing 44th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the 13th of 16 spots that were awarded to non-qualified players. In his first appearance at the World Championship he lost to

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3–0 in sets in the first round, as he took just two legs during the match. Hudson was ranked world number 55 after the event. At the

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, Hudson lost 5–4 to Mark Lawrence in the second round. He qualified for three European Tour events during the year but lost in the first round on each occasion. His best results came in the second half of the season in the eighth and fifteenth Players Championship where he lost in the last 16 6–1 to Paul Nicholson and 6–3 to Michael Smith respectively. Hudson advanced to the third round of the UK Open for the third time in

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, but narrowly lost 9–8 against Ian White. At the penultimate Players Championship of 2014 he saw off Dan Russell, Peter Wright,

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and

to make the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time, which he lost 6–4 to White. He finished 2014 outside of the top 64 on the Order of Merit and did not enter Q School. Hudson qualified for the 2015 UK Open by winning the Riley's Sheffield qualifier, but lost 5–4 to Rob Smith in the first round. He claimed the first title of his career at the 14th

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event by beating Ryan Palmer 5–4. At the second UK Open Qualifier of 2016, Hudson advanced to his second ever PDC quarter-final and lost 6–3 to Phil Taylor. He was knocked out 6–4 in the second round of the

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. Six wins saw him reach the final of the fourth

event, where he lost 5–4 to Bryan de Hoog. A second last 16 appearance in a main tour event this year came at the 11th Players Championship and he was beaten 6–2 by

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. At the first UK Open Qualifier of 2017, Hudson defeated

6–4 to reach his first semi-final in a PDC event where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Peter Wright.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2013: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2022: First round (lost to

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2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson, Peter English darts players Living people 1984 births Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders