Scott Williams (born 18 January 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the third player to win a PDC ranking title without being a tour card holder.
| Scott Williams | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Shaggy" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1990 Boston, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Boston, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 25g Target | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2019–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2022– | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2019–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 31  (21 April 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 40: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships
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Medal record
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Career edit
In October 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers, he defeated Wes Newton and Andrew Kateley to secure his place in the tournament. He played Justin Thompson in the preliminary round.[2]
Williams won his first PDC title, when he triumphed on the first tournament of PDC Challenge Tour 2022, in Milton Keynes. He saw off Robert Owen in the final 5-2 with an 88 average after previously averaging ten points more to see off Danny Lauby. He also defeated Darren Johnson, Darryl Pilgrim and Conor Heneghan among others en route to the title.[3] On the very same day, he got his second title in the event 02. Williams saw off Lee Evans 5-2 in the final with a 95 average and won both titles with a 100 checkout.[4]
Williams won the 17th tournament of the 2022 PDC Players Championship series in June, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final, becoming the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Professional Darts Corporation ranking title without being a full tour card holder.
At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Joshua Richardson. On the way to the final, they defeated rivals from Wales, Romania and Czech Republic.[5] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Poland pairs Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak by 6–2 in legs.[6][7] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the fifth round of the singles competition, surprisingly lost by 1–4 in legs to Jan McIntosh, who played on an average of 103.90.[8] In the team competition, together with the team, he won the gold medal.[9] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.
World Championship results edit
BDO edit
- 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Justin Thompson 0–3)
PDC edit
- 2023: Second round (lost to Rob Cross 1–3)
- 2024: Semi-finals (lost to Luke Humphries 0–6)
Performance timeline edit
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 2R | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 3R | 4R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | RR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | BDO | DNQ | 3R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | PR | NH | PDC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | NH | DNP | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | 173 | 57 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNP | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNP |
GDC DNP |
GDG DNP |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 3R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNP |
EDM 3R |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNP |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNP |
IDO 1R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT SF |
GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG 3R |
ADO DNQ |
BSD DNQ |
DDC |
EDO |
GDC |
FDT |
HDT |
SDT |
CDO |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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| DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References edit
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Scott Williams claims maiden PDC Challenge Tour title with event one win". Darts News. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Williams doubles up on opening day of PDC Challenge Tour". Darts News. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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