Alan Soutar

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Alan Soutar
Personal information
Nickname"Soots"
Born (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978 (age 46)
Arbroath, Scotland
Home townArbroath, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since1995
Darts24 Gram Mission Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Freed from Desire" by Gala
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2007–2021
PDC 2021–
(Tour Card: 2021–)
Current world ranking 50 Decrease2.svg 1 (24 November 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2011
World Masters Last 16: 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2022, 2023
UK Open Last 16: 2021
Grand Slam Quarter Final: 2022
PC Finals Last 64: 2021
Other tournament wins
Bellrock Open 2011
Helvetia Open 2019

Players Championships

Players Championship (HIL) 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
WDF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 St. John's Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 St. John's Men's overall
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Bucharest Men's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's overall
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Budapest Men's singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Budapest Men's pairs

Alan Soutar (born 10 January 1978) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He won a PDC Tour Card in 2021, reached the quarter-finals at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts and won his maiden PDC title in 2024. [2]

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Personal life

Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter in Dundee as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C. [3]

Career

BDO

In November 2011 Soutar won the Bellrock Open. He qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, he played Willy van de Wiel in the first round and lost 3–1 in sets. In 2013 he won the 2013 WDF World Cup as part of Team Scotland. [4] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship through the Hull qualifiers before losing to Craig Caldwell in the preliminary round. [5]

PDC

In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. [6] He made his televised PDC debut with a first round defeat of Raymond van Barneveld in the 2021 UK Open before falling to Dave Chisnall in the last 16.

In December 2021, Soutar made his debut at the PDC World Championship, where he defeated Diogo Portela in the first round in the deciding set. In the following two rounds, Soutar knocked out two seeds, Mensur Suljović and José de Sousa, each time in the deciding set having survived match darts from his opponent. Soutar's run to the last 16 was finally ended by Callan Rydz in a 1–4 defeat. [7]

In 2022, Soutar made his debut as a qualifier for the Grand Slam of Darts, where he advanced from his group ahead of reigning World Champion Peter Wright after victories over Fallon Sherrock and Nathan Aspinall. In the round of 16, Soutar defeated ninth-ranked Jonny Clayton to reach the quarter final [8] where he was defeated by eventual runner-up Nathan Aspinall. [9] At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Soutar reached the fourth round again after whitewashing Mal Cuming and Daryl Gurney 3–0 in sets. His run proceeded with a win over Danny Noppert before being defeated by Gabriel Clemens. [10]

In June 2024, Soutar won a first PDC title at PC11 in Hildesheim, defeating Daryl Gurney in the final. [11]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship Non-PDC 4R 4R DNQ 1R
UK Open Non-PDC 6R 3R 4R 3R
Grand Slam of Darts Non-PDCDNQ QF DNQ
Players Championship Finals Non-PDC 1R 1R DNQ 1R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNPDNQDNP 1R DNQ PR DNQDNPNHDNP
Winmau World Masters 4R DNP 3R 2R 1R 4R 6R 6R 1R DNPNHDNPNHDNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking47 (BDO)71 (BDO)137 (BDO)805 (BDO)332 (BDO)127 (BDO)473 (BDO)1290 (BDO)140 (BDO)221 (BDO)171 (BDO)242 (BDO)-513245

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2021 HDT
2R		 GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ		 GDC
2R		 GDG
1R		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
2R		 BDO
1R		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 IDO
3R		 GDG
1R		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
1R		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
1R		 HDT
DNQ		 GDC
2R
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
1R		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
2R		 HDT
1R		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
3R

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2023 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
2R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R
2024 WIG
SF		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
W		 HIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
4R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 MIL
4R		 MIL
3R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "PDC Darts: Stephen Bunting hits epic nine-darter as Alan Soutar wins maiden tour title". Sky Sports . 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Gorton, Josh (29 December 2021). "World Darts Championship: Firefighter Alan Soutar lighting up Alexandra Palace on debut". Sky Sports . Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Arbroath player Alan Soutar seals Scotland's World Cup of Darts team title. The Courier
  5. ↑ BDO World Darts Championships 2016: Draw and schedule
  6. ↑ Allen, Dave (17 February 2021). "Koltsov & Mitchell enjoy Day Four wins as 2021 Q Schools conclude". PDC . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Elder, Matthew (30 December 2021). "Alan Soutar remains upbeat after fairytale PDC World Championship run ends with defeat to Callan Rydz". The Scotsman.
  8. ↑ "Grand Slam of Darts: Michael van Gerwen wins epic battle vs nine-dart Josh Rock as Jonny Clayton is shocked by Alan Soutar". Sky Sports. 18 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Gorton, Josh (19 November 2022). "Humphries dumps out Van Gerwen to storm through to Grand Slam Semis". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Wellens, Megan (30 December 2022). "World Darts Championship: Michael Smith shows class to knock out Joe Cullen as Gabriel Clemens makes history with win over Alan Soutar". Sky Sports . Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Spirited Soutar wins maiden PDC title in Hildesheim". www.pdc.tv. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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