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Wesley "Wes" Newton (born 27 August 1977 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He has been playing on the circuit since 2002 but waited until 2009 to turn professional and had won his first ranking event and entered the world's top eight within two years. He is yet to win a PDC major title having lost both of the finals he has reached. ==Darts career== Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2003 UK Open Results )〕 He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Open in 2003 and 2004 and reached the first final of his career at the Golden Harvest North American Cup, but lost 4–0 to John Part.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2004 Golden Harvest North American Cup Results )〕 Newton qualified for the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic and was beaten 2–1 by Wayne Mardle in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic Results )〕 His World Championship debut came in 2005 when he lost 3–0 to Gerry Convery in the second round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2005 PDC World Championship Results )〕 His first semi-final in a major event was at the 2005 Las Vegas Desert Classic where he knocked out George Walls, Mark Walsh and Ray Carver, before losing 4–0 to Phil Taylor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2005 Las Vegas Desert Classic Results )〕 Newton suffered a broken collarbone by slipping in the shower shortly after the event which kept him out of action for three months but returned to play in his first World Grand Prix, losing 3–0 in the second round to Colin Lloyd.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Classic Comeback For Wes )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2005 World Grand Prix Results )〕 His second attempt in the World Championship ended with a second round 4–3 defeat to Kevin Painter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2006 PDC World Championship Results )〕 He reached the semi-finals of the Las Vegas Desert Classic for the second successive year but was denied a place in the final as John Part beat him 4–2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2006 Las Vegas Desert Classic Results )〕 Newton's form saw him make his debut in the World Matchplay but he could only average 82.38 as Part comfortably beat him 10–2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2006 World Matchplay Results )〕 Newton lost in the second round of the World Championship again in 2007 this time 4–2 against Colin Osborne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 PDC World Championship Results )〕 In June, at a Players Championship event at Hayling Island he reached his first final on the PDC Pro Tour but was whitewashed 3–0 by Terry Jenkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 PDPA Players Championship Hayling Island Results )〕 He couldn't translate his form into the major events, however, as he only reached the last 16 once which came in Las Vegas where he lost 8–7 to Jenkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic Results )〕 Newton suffered a 3–0 first round exit in the 2008 World Championship to qualifier Jamie Caven.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2008 PDC World Championship Results )〕 He won the Wildcard Qualifier for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Colin McGarry in the final. He was drawn into Group F with Terry Jenkins, Colin Lloyd and American Darin Young where Newton defeated Lloyd and Young in his first two games to stand a great chance of qualifying for the knockout stages. However, Newton would go on to lose to Jenkins 0–5 and Young beat Lloyd to pip him to second place and knock Newton out. Newton entered the 2009 PDC World Championship as the number 31 seed and defeated Denmark's Per Laursen in the first round, before falling to Raymond van Barneveld in round two. After the tournament, he fell outside the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit, eventually dropping as low as 36th. Newton won the WDF-ranked Las Vegas Open on 25 January 2009. Newton made the second round of the 2010 World Championship after defeating Jarkko Komula in the first round 3–0. However, he came up against an in-form Adrian Lewis in the second round, falling to a 2–4 defeat. On the weekend of 7/8 November 2010, Newton won two Players Championship tournaments in the same weekend, only the fifth player to do so. This followed qualifying for the Grand Slam of Darts on the evening of 6 November. As a result of his double win, Newton broke into the top 16 in the Order of Merit for the first time in his career. At the Grand Slam, he was knocked out in the group stage after defeating Michael van Gerwen and losing to Ted Hankey and Phil Taylor. 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「Wes Newton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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