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Kyle Anderson
Personal information
Full nameNoel James Kyle Anderson[1]
Nickname"The Original"
Born(1987-09-14)14 September 1987
Subiaco, Western Australia
Died24 August 2021(2021-08-24) (aged 33)
Home townPerth, Western Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since1993
DartsShot 23g Kyle Anderson The Original O.G
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Solid Rock" by Street Warriors featuring Shannon Noll
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006–2012
PDC2012–2021
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 72: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
World MatchplayLast 16: 2016
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2016
UK OpenQuarter Final: 2016
European Ch'shipSemi Final: 2017
PC FinalsLast 64: 2017, 2018, 2019
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2017, 2018
Other tournament wins
Canberra DPA Event 2012
Coolbellup Open 2010
DPA Australian Matchplay 2013
DPA Pro Tour 2020
DPA WA Open 2011
Japan Open 2010
Mittagong RSL Open 2013 (x2)
Nerang Open 2013
Oceanic Masters 2012
Sydney Masters Qualifier 2014
Victoria Open 2013 (x2)
Warilla Bowls Club Open 2013

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2017

World Series of Darts

Auckland Darts Masters 2017
Other achievements
2013 Hits his first televised Nine-dart finish at the World Championships against Ian White

2015 Breaks into the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

2015 Hits a world record average of 134.84 in the fifth Players Championship[2]

2016 Breaks into the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit for the first time

2017 Wins the 2017 Auckland Darts Masters to claim his first ever televised championship.

2017 Nine-dart finish at the European Championship against Michael van Gerwen
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Australia
WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Palmerston Team event
Gold medal – first place 2010 Tokyo Team event
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Tokyo Men's pairs

Noel James Kyle Anderson (14 September 1987 – 24 August 2021) was an Australian professional darts player who played within the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) from 2012 to 2021. He won the 2017 Auckland Darts Masters tournament.

Career

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He started playing darts at the age of six and had competed in tournaments since he was nine. He first became interested in the game watching his father play. Anderson was an Aboriginal man of Noongar origin.[3][4] Anderson qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Oceanic Masters.[5] He lost to Steve Beaton 3–0 in the first round after he missed two opportunities to take each of the opening two sets.[6] Anderson dominated in the DPA's 2013 Australian Grand Prix season by winning seven events to top the Order of Merit. This secured him a place in the Sydney Darts Masters and the 2014 World Championship.[7][8] He was drawn to play against 16–time world champion Phil Taylor in Sydney, but was defeated 6–1.[9] At 2–1 down to Ian White in the first round of the World Championship, Anderson became the seventh player to throw a nine-dart finish in the history of the event. It was the second nine darter in less than an hour, after Terry Jenkins had also hit one, meaning the £30,000 prize money was shared. However, it was the last leg that he won during the match, as he was defeated 3–1. Anderson stated after the match that he hoped his performance would help raise the profile of darts in Australia.[10]

Anderson entered the 2014 Q School in an attempt to earn a two-year PDC tour card and succeeded on the first day by winning seven matches, culminating in a 5–3 win over Keegan Brown. He stated that if he could get sponsorship he would move to the UK to play the full schedule of events,[11] which he did a few months later by moving to Nottingham.[12] Anderson qualified for his first UK Open but lost 5–4 against Kevin McDine in the opening round.[13] He reached the semi-finals of a PDC event for the first time in April at the sixth Players Championship by beating seven-time major winner James Wade 6–3 in the quarters. Anderson faced Ian White and lost 6–1, with his solitary leg coming via a 140 checkout.[12] In the opening round of the Perth Darts Masters he was whitewashed 6–0 by Michael van Gerwen.[14] A week later, Anderson came from 3–0 down against Raymond van Barneveld at the Sydney Darts Masters to win 6–5 and set up an all Australian quarter-final with Simon Whitlock.[15] Anderson stormed into a 3–0 lead, and went on to record the most significant win of his career 8–3.[16] His run came to an end when he lost 10–4 to Phil Taylor in the semi-finals.[17] A further quarter-final appearance at the 16th Players Championship followed, but Anderson lost 6–1 against Stephen Bunting.[18]

2015

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Anderson defeated Steve Beaton 3–0 in the first round of the 2015 World Championship, a complete reversal of their meeting at the same stage of the event two years prior.[19] Anderson lost three consecutive sets from 2–1 ahead in the next round against Andy Hamilton to exit the tournament with a 4–2 defeat.[20] He entered the top 64 on the Order of Merit for the first time after the event as he was ranked world number 55.[21] Anderson had a good UK Open as he saw off Terry Temple, as well as recent defectors from the BDO Alan Norris and James Wilson to play Mervyn King in the fifth round.[22] Anderson led 8–7, but his scoring power deserted him as he was unable to set up a match winning double in the next two legs to be edged out 9–8.[23] One semi-final and two quarter-final showings on the Pro Tour has seen Anderson qualify for the World Matchplay through the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[24] In his debut in the event he was 8–7 behind James Wade with all 15 legs going on throw. Anderson missed four darts for the next leg and would lose 10–7.[25] He received an invite to the World Series of Darts Finals and exited in the first round 6–4 against Dave Chisnall.[26]

2016

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A 3–0 win over Brendan Dolan saw Anderson whitewash a seeded player in the first round of the World Championship for the second year in a row.[27] He was 2–0 ahead of Vincent van der Voort in the second round, but went on to be eliminated 4–2.[28] Anderson reached his first major PDC quarter-final at the UK Open by defeating Andy Hamilton, James Wilson and Benito van de Pas.[29] In the quarter-final he was thrashed 10–0 by Jelle Klaasen.[30] At the second Players Championship event he came close to playing in his first Pro Tour final, but was edged out in the semi-finals 6–5 by Michael van Gerwen after missing one match dart.[31] Anderson and Simon Whitlock knocked out Germany and Denmark at the World Cup to meet the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. After Whitlock lost to Van Gerwen it meant Anderson needed to beat Raymond van Barneveld to keep Australia in the event and he did so 4–3. In the deciding doubles match, the Dutch pair threw an 11 dart leg to win 4–3.[32]

In the quarter-finals of the Austrian Darts Open, Anderson knocked out Van Gerwen 6–4 and then went 4–1 up on Phil Taylor and for the second time that year missed one match dart to reach the final as Taylor won 6–5.[33] After seeing off Vincent van der Voort 10–4, Anderson and Van Gerwen met again, this time in the second round of the World Matchplay, with the world number one winning 11–3.[34] He also reached the second round of the World Grand Prix by beating Cristo Reyes 2–1 in sets, but lost 3–1 to Gary Anderson.[35] In the European Championship, Anderson defeated Dave Chisnall and James Richardson before losing 10–5 to Peter Wright in the quarter-finals.[36] Anderson was then forced to withdraw from the Players Championship Finals and the 2017 World Championship due to being unable to obtain a UK Visa.[37]

2017: Auckland Masters triumph

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Anderson returned to the UK in time for the start of the 2017 season.[38] He won his first Players Championship title at the 17 event of the 2017 PDC Pro Tour, beating Kevin Painter in the final.[39] He then went on to win the 2017 Auckland Darts Masters, his first televised title, beating Corey Cadby to win the event.[40]

Anderson made the semi-final of the 2017 European Championship, and hit a nine-dart finish against Michael van Gerwen before losing in a last-leg decider.[40]

2018–2021

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Anderson continued playing on the tour through 2018 and 2019, but was unable to win another event. After beginning the 2020 season, he returned to Australia in March following the suspension of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic and did not return to the tour, choosing to resign his card prior to the start of the 2021 tour[41] so that he could stay with his family for the birth of his second child.[42]

Personal life and death

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Kyle’s older brother Beau is also a professional Darts player, however, Beau left the PDC Tour in 2017.

Kyle came from an Aboriginal background and was extremely proud of this. This was reflected in his nickname ‘The Original’ (Short for Aboriginal).

Anderson moved from Australia to Nottingham, England, when he became a professional darts player.[43] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he returned to Australia.[43] Anderson was a diabetic, and also had COVID-19 in 2020.[44]

His death was announced on 24 August 2021; he was 33 years old.[45] The cause of death was kidney failure,[46] for which he had been in hospital receiving treatment.[47]

Following their victory at the 2022 World Cup of Darts, Australia’s players Simon Whitlock and Damon Heta dedicated their success to Anderson who had represented his country in the tournament four times before his death.

World Championship results

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PDC

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Source:[48]

Career finals

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PDC World Series finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2017 Auckland Darts Masters Australia Corey Cadby 11–10 (l)

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
PDC World Championship 1R 1R 2R 2R DNP 2R 3R 2R
UK Open DNQ 1R 5R QF 3R 4R 4R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R 2R 1R 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 2R 1R DNQ
European Championship Did not qualify QF SF 1R DNQ
Players Championship Finals Did not qualify DNP 1R 1R 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNQ QF 2R SF 2R DNP
World Series of Darts Finals Not held 1R DNQ 2R 2R 1R DNP
Year-end ranking - 84 40 30 23 23 41 60
Performance Table Legend
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

Source:[49]

Nine-dart finishes

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Kyle Anderson televised nine-dart finishes
Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
14 December 2013 England Ian White PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £15,000
29 October 2017 Netherlands Michael van Gerwen European Championship 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 £25,000

Source:[49]

References

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