Zoran Lerchbacher
| Zoran Lerchbacher | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | "The Hypercane" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1972 Graz, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Knittelfeld, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21g Target | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Wake Me Up" by Avicii | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2008–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2011–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 163  (26 August 2026)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 128: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2017, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Zoran Lerchbacher (born 30 May 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player from Graz, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Lerchbacher qualified for the 2014 PDC World Darts Championship and won 4–1 in the preliminary round against Ben Ward.[2] He then went out in a 3–0 loss to Michael van Gerwen.[3] Lerchbacher was able to score a slightly higher average than Van Gerwen,[3] but was only able to win one leg in the match.[2][3] He entered Q School to try and win a tour card to compete on the PDC tour and lost in the final round of the fourth day 5–1 to Joe Murnan.[4] Nevertheless, Lerchbacher had done enough to finish tied second on the Q School Order of Merit to seal his place on the PDC for 2014 and 2015.[5] He had a disappointing first year on tour as his deepest runs were three last 64 defeats.[6]
In 2015 Lerchbacher, attempted to qualify for six European Tour events and was successful at the final attempt in the European Darts Matchplay, but lost 6–1 to Darren Johnson.[7] After his tour card expired Lerchbacher again entered Q School, but one last 32 exit over the four days was not enough to stay on tour.[8]
Lerchbacher qualified for three European Tour events in 2016, losing 6–5 from 3–0 up in the first round of the Dutch Darts Masters to James Richardson.[9] At the Austrian Darts Open he beat Jeffrey de Zwaan 6–4, before being whitewashed 6–0 in the second round by Jelle Klaasen.[10] Lerchbacher advanced to the same stage of the European Darts Trophy by seeing off Joe Murnan 6–2 and lost 6–5 to Terry Jenkins.[11]
A 10–1 thrashing of Dietmar Burger in the final of the East European Qualifier saw Lerchbacher play in the 2017 World Championship.[12] He saw off Simon Stevenson 2–1 in the preliminary round and then lost 3–0 to Robert Thornton in the first round.[13]
His best professional run came at the 16th Players Championship on the 2017 PDC Pro Tour: Six (four of them 6–5) wins en route saw him reaching his first PDC final. Players Lerchbacher beat included Mark Webster, Robert Thornton and Steve Beaton, before he fell to Joe Cullen 6–4 in the final.
At the 2018 World Championship he reached the second round after beating Mervyn King 3–2 in sets.
Lerchbacher fell off the Pro Tour at the end of 2019, and after a year without a Tour Card in 2020, he was successful at European Q School in February 2021 to turn professional again.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2014: First round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–3)
- 2017: First round (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3)
- 2018: Second round (lost to Keegan Brown 2–4)
- 2020: Second round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 1–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2009 |
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| World Masters | 2R |
PDC
| Tournament | 2014 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||
| World Championship | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||
| UK Open | DNP | 2R | WD | 3R | DNP | 1R | 3R | ||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | ||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||
| World Cup | DNP | 1R | QF | DNP | |||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 126 | 61 | 61 | 76 | - | 89 | 133 | ||||
Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| 2017 | BAR 3R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR F |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R | ||||||||
| 2018 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R | ||||||||
| 2019 | WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 2R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
MIL DNP |
COV 1R |
COV 3R |
COV 3R |
COV 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR DNP | |||||||||
| 2022 | Did not participate | NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
Did not participate | NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 26 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Five". PDC. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 "2014 World Championship NetZone". Archived from the original on 13 November 2020.
- ↑ "Record Entry For 2014 Qualifying School". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ↑ "Zoran Lerchbacher 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ "2015 PDC European Matchplay Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ↑ "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 PDC Austrian Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ↑ "HappyBet European Darts Trophy Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "2016 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Seven". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.