Joe Cullen | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Joe Cullen | ||||||||
Nickname | The Rockstar | ||||||||
Born |
Bradford, England |
13 July 1989 ||||||||
Home town | Bradford England |
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Darts information | |||||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||
Darts | 21g Unicorn | ||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
Walk-on music | Freed From Desire by Gala | ||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
PDC | 2008– | ||||||||
Current world ranking | 28 | ||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2012, 2016, 2017 | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2016, 2017 | ||||||||
Grand Slam | Group Stages: 2017 | ||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2016 | ||||||||
UK Open | Quarter Final: 2016 | ||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 16: 2016 | ||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||
Players Championships
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Players Championships
Joe Cullen (born 13 July 1989) is an English darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won three Youth Tour tournaments in his early career and has qualified for the PDC World Championship seven times, winning only one time in the first round. Cullen reached his first major quarter-final at the 2016 UK Open and won his first PDC Pro Tour title in 2017.
He first came to prominence in 2008 when he qualified for the UK Open. He defeated Mark Stapleton and Dennis Smith before Chris Mason defeated him in the last 64. Following his performances at Bolton, he joined the PDC circuit. He also reached the final of the New Kids on the Oche tournament, losing to Arron Monk.
In 2009, Cullen decided to leave his job as a postman to concentrate on a career in darts.
Cullen had another decent run at the 2010 UK Open. He knocked out Darren Latham and Mike Nott before losing to Mervyn King, again in the last 64. Later that year, he defeated Phil Taylor in the last 16 of the John McEvoy Gold Dart Classic in Killarney, eventually losing in the quarter-finals to Colin Osborne.
Cullen qualified for his first PDC World Darts Championship in 2011. He lost narrowly to Terry Jenkins by 3 sets to 2 in the first round. In April, Cullen reached his first PDC Pro Tour final at the sixth UK Open Qualifier in Barnsley, losing 6–1 to Taylor.