Mark Barilli

**Mark Barilli** (born 14 November 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He took part in the WDF World Cup. He played six times at the WDF World Darts Championship, but never won a single match at this stage.

## Career

Barilli started playing darts when he was just 20 years old, and seven years later he made his debut at the 2000 World Masters. He finished his participation in the second round, where he was defeated by Jarkko Komula. At his third participation of this event during 2005 World Masters, he made it to the fourth round, where he lost to Brian Woods. A year later, he played his way to the final at the British Open and had previously beaten Gary Anderson. Several good tournaments he was invited to the 2007 Zuiderduin Masters, where he failed in the group-stage and lost to Co Stompé and Andy Fordham.

He then celebrated his first tournament victory at the Scottish Masters in 2008. A year later he played his first 2009 BDO World Darts Championship but lost to Simon Whitlock on his debut match. That same year, he represented Scotland at the 2009 WDF World Cup. The closest he came to a medal position was in the team competition, which the Scottish men's team finished in the quarter-finals. In 2010, he lost in the first round match of 2010 BDO World Darts Championship to Tony West. Shortly afterwards he won again the Scottish Masters. At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he lost to Martin Phillips. Barilli then qualified as an amateur for the 2012 UK Open and made it to the third round.

In the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship, Barilli for the fourth time lost first round match, this time against Scott Mitchell. In 2014, he switched to Professional Darts Corporation, which he succeeded straight away from PDC Q-School. In the first Pro Tour event of this season, Barilli made it to last phase, which meant he qualified for the 2014 UK Open, but only made it to the second round. He also took part in the 2015 UK Open and advanced to third round. He also debut at the 2015 International Darts Open. There he won his debut first round match against Daniel Zygla, but lost in the second round to Steve Beaton. Despite an unsuccessful season, he regained his card at the PDC Q-School in 2016, but without significant success.

He took part in the 2019 UK Open as an amateur and lost his opening game to Diogo Portela. He was able to qualify for the 2019 German Darts Grand Prix and the 2019 Austrian Darts Open. In both cases he lost in the first round. At the last PDC Challenge Tour event of 2019, he won his first and last Professional Darts Corporation tournament. In October 2021, he won the Hungarian Classic. Barilli also advanced to the Malta Open semi-finals and Czech Open final match, where he lost to Andy Baetens. Despite this, he managed to qualify for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. There he lost to Rory Hansen in the first round.

In June 2022, he advanced to the final of the Dutch Open, where he lost to Jelle Klaasen. This is his best result at an international event achieved so far. In 2023, he played in the second round of the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship for the first time, but it was due to seeding. However, he lost to Jim Widmayer after a poor performance. In 2024, Barilli will compete in the World Seniors Darts Tour.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2009: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–3) (sets)
* 2010: First round (lost to Tony West 1–3)
* 2011: First round (lost to Martin Phillips 0–3)
* 2013: First round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to Rory Hansen 0–2)
* 2023: Second round (lost to Jim Widmayer 0–3)