Robert Owen (darts player)
| Robert Owen | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Robert Owen | ||||
| Nickname | "Stack Attack" | ||||
| Born | September 23, 1984[1] Ogmore Valley, Wales | ||||
| Home town | Lewistown, Bridgend, Wales | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||||
| Darts | 23g Bull's | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Jumping All Over the World" by Scooter | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2014–2020, 2022– (Tour Card: 2023-) | ||||
| WDF | 2021–2022 | ||||
| Current world ranking | 77  (28 April 2024)[2] | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 48: 2023 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2023 | ||||
| UK Open | Semi Final: 2018 | ||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2017 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Robert Owen (born 23 September 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was a British Classic Champion.
Career[edit]
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]
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]
World Championship results[edit]
PDC[edit]
- 2023: First round (lost to Andrew Gilding 2–3)
Performance timeline[edit]
| 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 |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
- ^ "Robert Owen - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "2017 Dutch Darts Masters Finals Day | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
- ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2017). "Mr Green Sport PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Chris (4 March 2018). "Awesome Anderson's Coral UK Open Glory". PDC. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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