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Robert Owen (darts player)

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Robert Owen
Personal information
Full nameRobert Owen
Nickname"Stack Attack"
Born (1984-09-23) September 23, 1984 (age 40)[1]
Ogmore Valley, Wales
Home townLewistown, Bridgend, Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts23g Bull's
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Jumping All Over the World" by Scooter
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2014–2020, 2022–
(Tour Card: 2014-2019, 2023-)
WDF2021–2022
Current world ranking75 Steady (31 October 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 48: 2023
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2023
UK OpenSemi Final: 2018
PC FinalsLast 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
England Classic 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2022

Robert Owen (born 23 September 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an England Classic Champion, having won it in 2022.

Career

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Owen secured himself a Tour card in 2014 with a one-day win in PDC Q-School. During the first two years, he was not able to earn enough prize money on the PDC Pro Tour to get into top 64 and had to play Q-School again in 2016. This time he earned a Tour Card via the points ranking. Later in the year, he only managed to qualify once for an event on the European Darts Tour with the 2016 European Darts Grand Prix.

His breakthrough came in 2017 when he reached the quarter-finals of the Players Championships in February and qualified for three tournaments on the European Darts Tour. Owen reached the quarter finals of the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters after defeating Jamie Bain, Cristo Reyes and Simon Whitlock, but was narrowly defeated in 6–5 by Michael SMith.[3]

He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated 6–2 by top seed Rob Cross.[4]

Despite his results in 2017, he had to compete again at Q-School in 2018, where he secured a Tour card for the third time by winning the second day. Owen qualified for the 2018 UK Open, where starting at the second round stage, he defeated Michael Burgoine, Jamie Lewis, Nathan Rafferty, Ian White and John Part to reach the semi finals in only his second televised event, but was defeated by Corey Cadby.[5]

However, Owen was unable to achieve any further tangible results in the period that followed and lost his Tour card at the start of 2020. This time, he was unable to get it back at the Q-School. For this reason, Owen competed in tournaments on the PDC Challenge Tour for the first time. The Welshman reached the 2020 UK Open via a Rileys Qualifier, where he was eliminated in the first round against Lewis Williams.

In January 2022, he reached a final on the PDC Challenge Tour for the first time, but lost to Scott Williams. He also lost his second final against Jurjen van der Velde in July. In September, however, he prevailed in a final against the Dutchman Christian Kist, securing his first title in PDC. Thanks to his results on the PDC Challenge Tour, he qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship as the first-placed player on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit. There he was eliminated in the first round by Andrew Gilding.[6] Via PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit, Owen secured Tour card for seasons 2023 and 2024. On September 5, 2023, he scored a nine-darter against Ritchie Edhouse in Players Championship 21.

In 2024 Owen qualified for three PDC European Tour events in the later part of the year, making it into the second round of 2024 German Darts Championship and 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy for the first time since 2017.[7]

Personal life

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Owen studied at Ogmore Comprehensive School and Bridgend College. His wife Robyn works with the NHS, while Owen himself still work part time. [8]

World Championship results

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ
UK Open DNQ SF 3R 1R DNQ 1R 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 156 129 120 80 76 74 - - 117 116

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2014 GDC
DNP
DDM
DNP
GDM
DNQ
ADO
DNP
GDT
DNP
EDO
DNP
EDG
DNP
EDT
DNP
2015 GDC
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
DDM
DNP
IDO
DNP
EDO
DNP
EDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
EDG
DNP
2016 DDM
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
EDG
1R
GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
DNQ
GDM
1R
GDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
DDM
QF
GDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
1R
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 Did not play
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 Did not play
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
1R
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
1R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
1R
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
FDT
2R
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
1R

PDC 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
2014 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
CRA
1R
CRA
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
COV
1R
COV
1R
CRA
2R
CRA
1R
DUB
3R
DUB
1R
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
COV
1R
COV
1R
2015 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
COV
2R
COV
2R
COV
1R
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
COV
DNP
COV
1R
2016 BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2017 BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2018 BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
1R
DUB
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
QF
DUB
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2020[nb 1] Did not play
2021[nb 1] Did not play
2022[nb 1] BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
4R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
DNP
HIL
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
QF
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
QF
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Not a Tour card holder

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Owen - Mastercaller".
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "2017 Dutch Darts Masters Finals Day | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2017). "Mr Green Sport PCF Day One". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ Murphy, Chris (4 March 2018). "Awesome Anderson's Coral UK Open Glory". PDC. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  6. ^ Moss, Alex. "Former Walsham-le-Willows and Stowmarket ace Andrew Gilding beats Robert Owen on his World Darts Championship return". Diss Express. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  7. ^ Wood, Kieran. "Alan Soutar, Cameron Menzies, Robert Owen and Gabriel Clemens earn qualification for Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp". Darts News. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  8. ^ Gill, Samuel. "It's the hardest place to earn money but I like making life hard for myself"". Darts News. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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