| Terry Jenkins | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Jenkins in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | "Tucker" "The Bull" | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-09-26)26 September 1963 (age 62) Ledbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Unicorn Signature | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Wooly Bully" bySam the Sham &The Pharaohs preceded opening to "Supermoon" byGarden Centre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1993–2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2003–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter-final:2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Quarter-final:2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Int. Darts League | Group Stage:2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Semi-final:2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Runner-up:2007,2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Runner-up:2006,2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Runner-up:2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Runner-up:2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Runner-up:2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Runner-up:2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Desert Classic | Runner-up:2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter-final:2011,2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Quarter-final:2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WSDT major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Semi-final:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Quarter-final:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 20:2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships (x6)
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Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professionaldarts player who was nicknamedthe Bull,[1] having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches.[2] He reached a peak ranking of world number four in thedarts world rankings and was a runner-up in nine majorPDC televised finals.
It is a common myth[citation needed] that Jenkins is one of only a few people to exclusively play in theProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) when, in fact, Jenkins played in theBritish Darts Organisation (BDO) before, playing various opens from the early 1990s, and even reaching the quarter-finals of the World Masters in 2003. Jenkins began to climb up the Professional Darts Corporation world rankings during 2005 by producing good performances in the tour events, which are played away from the television cameras. He won the Primus Masters in 2005[citation needed] and added the Antwerp Open[3] and the Open Hotel Zwartwater[4] titles in 2006. Jenkins also played in several BDO events in the early stages of his career, including theWinmau World Masters where he once eliminatedTony O'Shea in the non-televised stages of the tournament. He is also often in attendance for the BDO World Championship, although he has never played in the competition.[5]
In October 2006, he started to reproduce this form in front of the cameras by reaching the quarter-finals of the2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic and the final of the2006 World Grand Prix in Dublin, Ireland. Despite losing the final toPhil Taylor, he had just managed to achieve enough ranking points to reach sixth place in theworld rankings and secured a place in the lucrative2007 Premier League.
Terry qualified for the semi-finals of the2007 Premier League Darts and beat world championRaymond van Barneveld in the semi-final. He lost toPhil Taylor in the final but he received his biggest career cheque of £40,000 for his run. It was around this time that he started to become a crowd favourite. He continued to perform well away from the cameras by winning twoPDPA Players Championships in 2007 – the Antwerp Darts Trophy[6] in April (along with a successful defence of his Antwerp Darts Open[7] the same weekend) and the Isle Wight Players Championship at Hayling Island.[8] He also reached the final of the Las Vegas Players Championship, losing toRaymond van Barneveld.[9] Then less than a week later he lost heavily to Raymond in the Final of theLas Vegas Desert Classic 13–6 in legs. Terry's good form continued into the World Matchplay where he reached the final after beating Taylor in a superb display of clinical finishing. Terry also played well after failing to hit a perfect 9 darter after missing treble 19 for double 12 during the closing stages of the match. After beating Taylor in the semi-finals, Jenkins lost at the final hurdle toJames Wade, in an 18–7 thrashing. He was also chosen to play in theGrand Slam of Darts where he lost in the quarter-finals toAndy Hamilton.
Jenkins lost to Shepherd in the first round of the2008 PDC World Championship, a result which saw him lose confidence which saw his best form desert him on occasions. He finished 7th in the2008 Premier League Darts and then suffered a number of early round exits in major tournaments. To add to his poor run of form, Jenkins was knocked out in the first round of the2008 European Championship Darts, byCarlos Rodriguez of Spain, who was then ranked 91 in the world. Despite not having a great year, Jenkins remained at No. 5 in the world. Jenkins had a good tournament at the2008 Grand Slam of Darts reaching the final of the event before losing 18–9 to Taylor.
2009 was a good year for Jenkins. He started the year winning the Bobby Bourn Memorial Players Championship.[10] Despite not making the top 4 in the2009 Premier League Darts, he made the quarter-finals of both the2009 Las Vegas Desert Classic and2009 UK Open Darts. His best performance of the season came at the2009 World Matchplay Darts where he lost in the final toPhil Taylor. As a result, Jenkins' entry into the2010 Premier League Darts was guaranteed. Jenkins' good form continued in the2009 World Grand Prix Darts, reaching the semi-final, losing again to Taylor. He got through to the semi-finals of the2009 Grand Slam of Darts following a sensational 10–9 win overJames Wade in the 2nd round and then defeatedRobert Thornton in the quarter-finals before he was beaten in the semis byScott Waites.
Jenkins made the third round of the2010 PDC World Darts Championship, beatingPaul Nicholson 3–2 in the first round,Darin Young 4–0 in the second round, before losing toSimon Whitlock 4–2 in the third round. He made the second round of the2010 Players Championship Finals where he gavePhil Taylor an almighty scare but narrowly lost a terrific match 8–7. However, the2010 Premier League Darts was the worst of his career so far with Jenkins finishing in last place. His performances in floor tournaments turned out to be been less than impressive, having lost several early round matches to relatively unknown players. Jenkins's poor form continued into the2010 World Matchplay Darts with a 10–6 first round defeat toSteve Brown, who was ranked No 49 in the Order of Merit at the start of the match. The defeat saw Sky Sports' punditRod Harrington heavily criticise Jenkins live on air for being a lazy exhibition player, comments Harrington had been making throughout the Premier League campaign, despite the fact that Jenkins was the third highest prize money earner in 2009.[citation needed] Jenkins reaction to those comments[citation needed] saw him reach the semi-final of the2010 European Championship Darts, losing narrowly again to Phil Taylor in a classic 11–10, but showing a welcome return to form. Jenkins had a decent2010 Grand Slam of Darts, beatingTony O'Shea in the 2nd round before succumbing to a final leg decider toJames Wade. Following hisGrand Slam of Darts quarter final defeat to Wade, Jenkins said in an interview that he believed players raise their game when they play him, as an example,Raymond van Barneveld struggled for form during the Premier League campaign, but managed to beat Jenkins twice and hit a nine darter against him.
Terry Jenkins made a nervy start to the2011 World Championship, narrowly beating Bradford bornJoe Cullen in the first round 3 sets to 2. He initially led 2–0 and 1–0 in the third set against the darts before Cullen won 6 of the next 9 legs. Jenkins then beatSteve Brown 4–1 and followed this with a very convincing 4–0 victory overMark Walsh. Reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament Jenkins beatWes Newton completing his first televised 170 checkout in the process to progress to the semi-finals. He ended the tournament at the semi-final stage with a 6–2 loss toGary Anderson. Following this Terry qualified as a wildcard for the 888.comPremier League Darts and opened his Premier League campaign with an 8–6 victory overRaymond van Barneveld. In week 2 he lost toGary Anderson 8–4 throwing just over a 91 average, with Gary throwing a 102.21 average. In week 3 he lost toPhil Taylor while throwing a poor average of 85.61. He continued his poor form in an 8–1 defeat toSimon Whitlock in the fourth week of the 2011 Premier League of Darts.[11]In the fifth week Terry Jenkins won against The Welshman Mark Webster 8–4. Then in week six The Bull lost narrowly to The Machine James Wade 8–6. Then in week seven Terry performed well against the world champion Adrian Lewis the final result was 7–7 the first draw of the 2011 premier league. In week seven in Cardiff Terry Jenkins lost to the Aussie Simon Whitlock 8–3 but The Bull hit four 180's he's currently sixth in the888poker.com darts premier league. In week eight in Aberdeen Terry lost to Gary Anderson 8–3. Terry went out in the first round of the2011 World Matchplay to Steve Beaton losing 3–10. In the2011 European Championship Jenkins beatMark Webster 6–4 in the first round of the competition but lost againstPaul Nicholson in the second round 10–4.
Jenkins dropped just two sets as he made it through to the quarter-finals of the2012 World Championship, beatingJoe Cullen,Co Stompé andJustin Pipe.[12] He played defending championAdrian Lewis in the last 8 and looked to be heading tamely for the exit as he went 3–0 down, with only 2 legs to his name. However, he managed to regain some form, as Lewis lost his, to level match at 3–3. The comeback could not be turned into a triumph though, as Lewis won 6 of the last 8 legs to end Jenkins' hopes of winning his first major title.[13]
In May, Jenkins won his first tournament for three years at the seventh UK Open Qualifier of the season. He defeatedAndy Hamilton 6–3 in the final.[14] At theUK Open itself he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost 5–10 toPhil Taylor.[15] Jenkins played in his thirdWorld Matchplay semi-final in July, following wins overKim Huybrechts (11–9),Raymond van Barneveld (13–10) andAdrian Lewis (16–12).[16][17] He facedJames Wade and missed six darts at 15–15 to move a leg away from the final and instead he was beaten 15–17.[18] Back to back first round defeats in major tournaments followed at theWorld Grand Prix andEuropean Championship and Jenkins failed to qualify from his group at theGrand Slam of Darts as he only won one of his three games.[19][20] After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Jenkins was 13th on the Order of Merit, which qualified him for thePlayers Championship Finals where he facedMervyn King in the first round.[21] Jenkins missed three darts for the match in the deciding leg, as he lost 5–6.[22]
Jenkins defeatedSteve Brown andJohn Part to ease into the last 16 of the2013 World Championship, where he facedAndy Hamilton.[23] Jenkins won the first set but went on to lose 4–1, despite hitting 13 180's and averaging 100.39.[24] He dropped to world number 16 after the tournament.[25] Jenkins qualified for theUK Open by finishing 16th on the Order of Merit.[26] He enjoyed wins overJim Walker (9–7) andKim Huybrechts (9–6) to play world number twoMichael van Gerwen in the last 16.[27] Jenkins lost the first six legs of the match and was beaten 9–3.[28] He thrashedAndy Smith 10–3 at theWorld Matchplay to face Taylor in round two. The last player to beat Taylor in the tournament was Jenkins in 2007 and he almost did so again as from 9–5 down he rallied to lead 10–9 and 11–10, before being edged out 14–12.[29]Jenkins finished top ofgroup 4 in theChampionship League having won six of his seven games and then beatGary Anderson 6–1 in the semi-finals and Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final despite the Dutchman hitting a nine darter.[30] However, in theWinners Group he could only win one match to finish bottom of the table.[31]
Jenkins twice fought back from a set down in the first round of the2014 World Championship againstPer Laursen to level the game and then threw anine-dart finish in the second leg of the decider. At two legs all Jenkins missed two darts to break throw and then missed another three in the next leg as Laursen hit double nine to eliminate him. Jenkins became the sixth player to throw a nine darter in the history of the event and also took out a 170 finish during the match.[32]
In March, Jenkins reached his eighth major PDC final at the UK Open. He beatJames Wade 9–8 in the last 16,Brendan Dolan 10–4 in the quarter-finals, and sensationally beat world number one and world championMichael van Gerwen 10–8 in the semi-finals.[33] He was beaten 11–1 byAdrian Lewis (who averaged over 109) in the final. His run earned him £25,000 and secured his place in the top 20 on thePDC Order of Merit.[34] Jenkins averaged 105.85 againstRobert Thornton in the final of the eighthPlayers Championship, but was defeated 6–4.[35] He won his first ranking title in two years at the 10th event by beatingStephen Bunting 6–3 in the final.[36] Jenkins' second major final of the year came at theEuropean Championship where he lost 11–4 to Van Gerwen, meaning he has now reached nine major finals without being crowned the champion.[37] At thePlayers Championship Finals he knocked out Van Gerwen for the second time in a major event this season with a 10–7 success, butWes Newton defeated Jenkins 10–5 in the quarter-finals.[38]
From level at 1–1 againstMichael van Gerwen in the third round of the2015 World Championship, Jenkins lost a trio of sets in deciding legs to be defeated 4–1.[39] In theMasters, he advanced to the quarter-finals after beatingPhil Taylor 10–7 in his first-round game, but then lost 10–3 toRaymond van Barneveld.[40] Jenkins reached his first European Tour final at theGibraltar Darts Trophy by eliminating reigning championJames Wade 6–2, but would lose 6–3 to Van Gerwen.[41] He let a 5–2 lead overMensur Suljović turn into an 11–9 loss in the first round of theWorld Matchplay.[42] In September, on his 52nd birthday, Jenkins won his first title of the year at the 15thPlayers Championship by beatingPeter Wright 6–4 with an average of 108.02.[43] He qualified for the firstWorld Series of Darts Finals and a pair of 6–5 victories overChris Dobey andGary Anderson saw him reach the quarter-finals, where he lost 10–6 toAdrian Lewis.[44]
Jenkins could only win four legs in his second round match withMark Webster at the2016 World Championship in a 4–0 loss.[45] He was beaten 9–5 byPeter Wright in the fourth round of theUK Open and 11–5 byGary Anderson in the second round of theWorld Matchplay.[46][47] Jenkins also met Anderson in the final of the 12thPlayers Championship and he was edged out 6–5.[48] His first round match withJames Wade at theWorld Grand Prix went to a deciding leg which Jenkins won, before losing 3–1 toBenito van de Pas in the second round.[49]
Jenkins announced that after the2017 World Championship he would be semi-retiring from the PDC circuit, as travelling for the events like those on the European Tour was taking its toll on him and would instead do more exhibitions and practice sessions, as well as continuing his love of buying and selling antiques.[50][51] In the second round he recovered from 3–1 down toBenito van de Pas to level at 3–3 and then missed one match dart at double 20 to seal the comeback win and was defeated 4–3.[52] As a result of playing fewer tournaments, Jenkins did not qualify for the 2018 World Championship.
Since November 2018, Jenkins has not participated in any professional darts tournament.
Jenkins made hisPDC World Darts Championship debut in2005, losing his opening game toRonnie Baxter. In2006, he was seeded 15 and won his first match against Jimmy Mann before falling in the last 32 toAndy Hamilton, who also ended Jenkins hopes in the2007 World Championship, this time at the quarter-final stage by 5 sets to 4. In2008, Jenkins fell at the first hurdle to 21-year-old qualifierKirk Shepherd who went on to reach the final of the competition (losing toJohn Part). Jenkins had led 2–1 in sets and had seven darts to win the match in the fourth set, but missed all of them. Jenkins suffered a second successive first round exit in the2009 World Championship, losing to another qualifier inDennis Smith. Jenkins managed to break hisAlexandra Palace hoodoo (which included becoming the first player to ever be whitewashed in the2007 Premier League Darts byColin Lloyd), in the2010 PDC World Championship by beatingPaul Nicholson 3–2 in a tense affair. He then beatDarin Young in the 2nd round 4–0 before losing to eventual runner-upSimon Whitlock 4–2 in the 3rd round. In2011, he made a tense start to his World Championship bid, beatingJoe Cullen 3–2 in sets after winning the first 7 legs. He followed that up with a convincing 4–1 victory overSteve Brown. He went on to defeatMark Walsh andWes Newton before losing 6–2 toGary Anderson in the semi-finals. Jenkins made the quarter-finals in2012, where he lost 3–5 toAdrian Lewis.[13]
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
BDO
| Tournament | 1996 | 1998 | 2003 | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 2R | 4R | QF | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Darts Trophy | DNP | QF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Darts League | DNP | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNP | 3R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | QF | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||
| UK Open | 3R | 3R | 4R | 5R | QF | 4R | QF | 3R | 4R | QF | 5R | F | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | F | 2R | F | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNP | 1R | F | F | SF | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||
| European Championship | Not held | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | Not held | QF | F | SF | QF | QF | RR | DNQ | 2R | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Not held | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 3R | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League Darts | Not held | DNP | F | 7th | 5th | 8th | 7th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Not held | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | Not held | QF | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Past major events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Las Vegas Desert Classic | RR | DNQ | QF | F | 2R | QF | Not held | |||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | NR | NR | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 71 | ||||||||
| Legend |
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| World Matchplay (0–2) |
| World Grand Prix (0–2) |
| Grand Slam (0–1) |
| Premier League (0–1) |
| UK Open (0–1) |
| European Championship (0–1) |
| Las Vegas Desert Classic (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 2006 | World Grand Prix |  Phil Taylor | 4–7 (s) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2007 | Premier League | Phil Taylor | 6–16 (l) |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2007 | Las Vegas Desert Classic |  Raymond van Barneveld | 6–13 (l) |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2007 | World Matchplay | James Wade | 7–18 (l) |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2007 | World Grand Prix | James Wade | 3–6 (s) |
| Runner-up | 6. | 2008 | Grand Slam | Phil Taylor | 9–18 (l) |
| Runner-up | 7. | 2009 | World Matchplay | Phil Taylor | 4–18 (l) |
| Runner-up | 8. | 2014 | UK Open | Adrian Lewis | 1–11 (l) |
| Runner-up | 9. | 2014 | European Championship | Michael van Gerwen | 4–11 (l) |
| Legend |
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| Other (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | Gibraltar Darts Trophy | Michael van Gerwen | 3–6 (l) |
| Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method | Prize |
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| 14 December 2013 |  Per Laursen | World Championship | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 | £15,000 |