Alan Soutar | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | "Soots" | ||||
Born | 10 January 1978 Arbroath, Scotland | ||||
Home town | Arbroath, Scotland | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 1995 | ||||
Darts | 24 Gram Mission Darts | ||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
Walk-on music | "Bits and Pieces" by GBX & Sparkos | ||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
BDO | 2007–2021 | ||||
PDC | 2021– (Tour Card: 2021-) | ||||
Current world ranking | 41 (2 August 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 | |||||
Players Championships
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Medal record | ||
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Men's Darts | ||
Representing Scotland | ||
WDF World Cup | ||
2013 St. John's | Men's team | |
2013 St. John's | Men's overall | |
WDF Europe Cup | ||
2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's pairs | |
2014 Bucharest | Men's pairs | |
2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's overall | |
2018 Budapest | Men's singles | |
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]
Away from darts, Soutar is a firefighter in Dundee as well as training guide dogs in his home with partner Amanda. [3]
Soutar is a keen supporter of his local football team Arbroath F.C.
In November 2011 Alan 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]
In February 2021, Soutar secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School. Soutar 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. [6]
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 [7] where he was defeated by eventual runner-up Nathan Aspinall. [8]
In June 2024, Soutar won a first PDC title at PC11 in Hildesheim, defeating Daryl Gurney in the final. [9]
Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | 4R | 4R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Non-PDC | 6R | 3R | 4R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | Non-PDC | DNQ | QF | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | 1R | DNQ | PR | DNQ | DNP | NH | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 4R | DNP | 3R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 6R | 6R | 1R | DNP | NH | DNP | NH | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 47 (BDO) | 71 (BDO) | 137 (BDO) | 805 (BDO) | 332 (BDO) | 127 (BDO) | 473 (BDO) | 1290 (BDO) | 140 (BDO) | 221 (BDO) | 171 (BDO) | 242 (BDO) | - | 51 | 32 | 45 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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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 | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
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 |
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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 | MIL | WIG | WIG | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | LEI | LEI |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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