john lowe got the first televised 9 dart finish.
who got the first televised 9 dart finish?
john lowe
the first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the mfi world matchplay on 13 october 1984 by john lowe, who used the third method (with the t17 first, then t18, d18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. for this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. this nine dart finish was not broadcast live, nor was paul lim's nine dart finish at the 1990 embassy world championship. the first ever live broadcast nine dart finish was performed by shaun greatbatch against steve coote in the final of the dutch open on 3 february 2002, while phil taylor achieved the first live nine-darter broadcast on british television during the 2002 world matchplay.
nine-dart finish
the 2007 international darts league became the first televised tournament to witness two nine-darters when phil taylor's 9-dart finish against raymond van barneveld was matched the following day (9 may) by another perfect game from tony o'shea against adrian lewis.





























in the second round of the 2008 grand slam of darts in wolverhampton, james wade hit his first televised nine-dart-finish against gary anderson. the event was shown live on itv4, making it the first time a nine-darter had been seen live on free-to-air television in the united kingdom. wade lost the match 10-8.
nine-dart finish