Gary Stone

**Gary Stone** (born 19 June 1981) is a Scottish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Gold medalist of the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup. He also took part in the WDF World Darts Championship four times.

## Career

Stone began his darts career at The Village Tavern in his hometown of Larkhall, reached the semi-finals of the weekly torunament. For 10 years he competed only at the local level. In 2008, he took part in the qualifying tournament for the Grand Slam of Darts. A year later, he made his debut at the 2009 World Masters and advanced to second round, where he was beaten by international favorite Scott Mitchell. During the 2010 World Masters, he also finished his participation in the second round, this time losing to John Walton. He also reached the second round stage at the 2012 World Masters.

Thanks to the international ranking, he qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship. In the first round he defeat Ron Meulenkamp by 3–0 in sets, but in the second round he lost to Martin Adams by 0–4 in sets. In the same year he reached the quarter-finals of the Welsh Classic and participate in the 2012 WDF Europe Cup where he took a gold medal in singles competition. At the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship, he lost to Steve Douglas in the first round.

In 2013, he won the amateur qualifier for the 2013 UK Open and he won his debut match against Maik Langendorf by 5–4 in legs. In the second round he lost to Dennis Smith. In the same season, Stone was part of the Scotland team that won gold in the men's team event at the 2013 WDF World Cup, with teammates Ross Montgomery, Craig Baxter and Alan Soutar. Scotland defeated United States by 9–7 in the final match. Stone also helped Scotland win silver in the overall competition.

In 2014, he surprisingly won the PDC Tour Card for next two years. In his first season at the highest level, he did not play very well, but during the qualifications for the PDC World Darts Championship he threw a nine-dart finish in the match which he play against John Bowles. He made his debut in the European Tour at the 2014 European Darts Open, losing 6–4 to Ryan de Vreede in the first round. He qualified for the 2015 German Darts Masters and overcame Rowby-John Rodriguez 6–4, before losing 6–2 to Michael van Gerwen. Stone also reached the second round of the 2015 Dutch Darts Masters by beating Dean Winstanley 6–4 with an average of almost 100, but then narrowly lost 5–6 to Steve Beaton. His PDC Tour Card expired in 2015.

In 2016, he qualified for the 2016 UK Open, where he beat Johnny Haines 6–5, before losing 6–2 to Jamie Caven in the second round. In the following years, he competed in PDC Challenge Tour tournaments, but without success. He also appeared at the 2016 World Masters, but was eliminated again in the second round. Since 2018, he play only at the World Darts Federation stage. During the 2018 World Masters, he advanced to the sixth round of the tournament, where he lost to Glen Durrant. In 2019, he won his first international tournament Swedish Classic and recorded fifth round at the 2019 World Masters, where he lost to Neil Duff.

He was qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship, where he narrowly lost in first round to Jim Williams. In 2023, Gary won the Romanian Classic. During 2023 WDF World Darts Championship he start as a seed player and he won his second round match against Ricky Nauman.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2012: Second round (lost to Martin Adams 0–4)
* 2013: First round (lost to Steve Douglas 1–3)
* 2020: First round (lost to Jim Williams 2–3)
* 2023: Third round (lost to Andy Baetens 1–3)

## References

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