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James Hubbard (born 24 July 1992) is an English darts professional player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. ==Career== Hubbard reached the final of the 2012 PDC World Youth Championship. He beat Michael van Gerwen in the final at the O2 Arena in London on 17 May 2012. As a result of reaching the final, he received a PDC Pro Tour card for 2012. Hubbard's title also earned him an invitation to the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts. He lost against Phil Taylor, Mervyn King and Steve Beaton in the group stage. In May 2012, Hubbard earned a place in the German Darts Championship by defeating Andrew Gilding and Kevin Dowling in the UK qualifier.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC European Tour Berlin UK Qualifier Results )〕 In the first round of the event in Berlin he pulled off the best result of his career to date by knocking out reigning two-time world champion Adrian Lewis 6–4.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Champs Day One )〕 He continued his run by defeating Peter Wright in round two, before losing to his practice partner Mervyn King 6–4 in the last 16.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Darts Champs Round Three )〕 Hubbard also qualified for the third European Tour event, the European Darts Open in Düsseldorf. He beat Andy Hamilton in the first round,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=European Darts Open Day One )〕 and Steve Brown in the second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=European Darts Open Day Two )〕 After defeating Mark Walsh 6–3 in the last 16, a result which secured his qualification for the 2012 World Matchplay, Hubbard shed tears of joy on the stage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=European Darts Open Round Three )〕 He then lost to Richie Burnett 6–2 in the quarter-finals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Superb Barneys Euro Glory )〕 Hubbard played Wes Newton in the first round of the World Matchplay and was beaten 10–5.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Betfair World Matchplay - Night Four )〕 In October, he saw off Denis Ovens 6–2 in the opening round of the Dutch Darts Masters, before losing 6–4 to Andy Jenkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results )〕 Hubbard qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts again thanks to his 2011 World Youth Championship title, but lost all of three Group C games against Simon Whitlock, Dean Winstanley and Kevin Painter to finish bottom of the table.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 Grand Slam Of Darts Results )〕 Hubbard qualified for the 2013 World Championship, his first, by finishing 34th on the 2012 ProTour Order of Merit, claiming the fourth of sixteen spots that were available to non-qualified players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers )〕 He lost the opening six legs of his first round match against Richie Burnett to be two sets down, but with the crowd heavily favouring Hubbard, Burnett's form dropped substantially and Hubbard was able to level the match at 2–2. However, the Welshman's experience eventually told as he took the deciding set by four legs to two.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ladbrokes WDC Day Two )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wayne Jones and Andy Smith lose first round matches at the World Championships )〕 Hubbard was ranked world number 52 after the event. He lost 5–3 to Andy Smith in the second round of the UK Open.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday )〕 He had a disappointing year overall as he could not win beyond the last 32 of any ranking tournament. Hubbard advanced to the third round of the UK Open for the second time of his career in 2014, but was thrashed 9–1 by world number one Michael van Gerwen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Coral UK Open - Friday Evening )〕 At the fifth Players Championship, Hubbard enjoyed notable 6–0 and 6–4 victories over Wes Newton and Van Gerwen in reaching his first semi-final on the PDC tour, which he lost 6–1 to Brendan Dolan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dolan Wins Second Title Of The Year )〕 Hubbard won the eighth Youth Tour event of the year by beating Reece Robinson 4–2 in the final.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Youth Wins For Van Den Bergh And Hubbard )〕 Hubbard was ranked world number 74 at the start of 2015, meaning he had to enter Q School in order to win his place back on tour. However, he was unable to progress past the last 64 on any of the four days to fall short of earning a new tour card.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=PDC Qualifying School Day Four )〕 Hubbard failed to qualify for the UK Open, but played in all 32 of the Challenge and Development Tour tournaments, reaching one quarter-final in the final Development Tour event where he was knocked out 4–3 by Josh Payne. The only European Tour event he reached was the European Darts Trophy, where he lost 6–1 to Rowby-John Rodriguez in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2015 PDC European Darts Trophy Results )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Hubbard (darts player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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