Rob Szabo
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| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born |
29 October 1965 New Zealand | ||||||||
| Home town |
Wellington New Zealand | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| BDO | 2002-2013 | ||||||||
| PDC | 2013– | ||||||||
| Current world ranking | 88 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014, 2016 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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Rob Szabo (born 29 October 1965)[1] is a darts player from New Zealand.
Career
Szabo claimed the 2010 New Zealand National Championship by beating Koha Kokiri 4–0 in the final.[2]
He qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the New Zealand National Championship in July 2013.[3] After beating England's Ian Moss 4–3 in the preliminary round he led Phil Taylor 1–0 in sets and 1–0 in legs before losing 3–1 in sets, in the first round. His performance received high praise from numerous darts pundits including Wayne Mardle, and from Taylor himself.[4] In June, Szabo made his debut in the World Cup of Darts as he represented New Zealand with Craig Caldwell and they lost 5–3 to Spain in the first round.[5] Szabo was defeated 6–1 by John Weber in the final of the Warilla Bowls Club Open and Weber was also the winner when the pair met in the final of the Oceanic Masters, this time triumphing 8–2.[6][7]
Szabo won the 2015 DPNZ Tararua Open by beating Mark McGrath 7–5.[8] He played with Warren Parry in the 2015 World Cup and they secured New Zealand's first win in the event since 2010 by knocking out Canada 5–4.[9] They faced Northern Ireland in the second round with Szabo losing 4–1 to Brendan Dolan and Parry losing 4–0 to Michael Mansell to exit the tournament.[10] He won the New Zealand qualifier for the 2016 World Championship by defeating Craig Caldwell 9–3.[11] He overcame Michael Rasztovits 2–0 in the preliminary round, before losing 3–0 to Jamie Caven in the first round.[12]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2014: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3)
- 2016: First round (lost to Jamie Caven 0–3)
Personal Life
Szabo is a semi-pro darts player and earns a full-time living as a builder.
References
- ↑ "Rob Szabo". http://www.pumadarts.com/. Retrieved 15 December 2013. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "2010 New Zealand National Championships Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "Szabo wins New Zealand championship". http://www.pdc.tv/. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ Quilliam, Rebecca; Reed, Chris (14 December 2013). "Wellington builder stuns the world of darts". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- ↑ "2014 Warilla Bowls Club Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "Weber Wins 2014 Oceanic Masters". PDC. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "2015 DPNZ Tararua Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 PDC World New Zealand Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Rob Szabo's world champs bid ends within a day". Radio Sport. Retrieved 2 January 2016.