Bradley Brooks

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Bradley Brooks
Bradley Brooks 2019-09-07 PDC European Darts Matchplay (cropped).jpg
Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay
Personal information
Nickname"Bam Bam" [1]
Born (2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 24) [2]
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Home townBlackburn, Lancashire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2016
DartsShot 24g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Booyah" by Showtek featuring
We Are Loud and Sonny Wilson
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2016–
(Tour Card 2016–2023, 2025–)
Current world ranking NR (12 January 2025) [3]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2021, 2022
UK Open Last 64: 2020
Grand Slam Last 16: 2021
Other tournament wins
JDC European Open2017
PDC World Youth Championship 2020
PDC Development Tour2021 (x3), 2022, 2023

Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship and reached the last 16 at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In his youth career, Brooks won 5 titles on the PDC Development Tour.

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Career

In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) European Open title, defeating Jarred Cole 6–5 in the final. [4]

Brooks entered PDC UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year PDC Tour Card on the fourth and final day by defeating John Goldie 5–1 in the final round. [5] His first significant run in the PDC came in late June 2018, when he made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 16 in Barnsley, only to be knocked out by eventual winner Ian White. [6]

After losing his two-year Tour Card at the end of 2019, he won it straight back on 17 January 2020 by beating Damon Heta 5–3 in the Day 2 final at 2020 Q-School. [7] Brooks reached the final of the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship; [8] where took on Joe Davis on 29 November 2020, and won the match in a last-leg decider, qualifying him for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. [9] [10] In his debut he faced Dirk van Duijvenbode and led 2–0 in sets, but eventually lost 3–2 and exited in the first round. [11]

As the reigning World Youth Champion, he earned a spot at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In Group B he faced Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. Brooks won his first match against King 5–1 but lost to Clayton. [12] After winning 5–3 against Rodriguez in the last match, he secured second place in the group and qualified for the second round. There, he faced Gerwyn Price, the world number one at the time. Price won the close contest 10–8 and eliminated Brooks. [13]

Brooks qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship via topping the PDC UK Development Tour ranking. [14] He drew William Borland in the first round. The match went to the a deciding fifth set, where Borland hit a nine-dart finish in the deciding leg and eliminated Brooks 3–2. [15]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 1R DNQ
UK Open 2R 2R 4R 2R 1R 2R 2R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ 2R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship RR RR W 2R 2R 2R 3R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking117941047013492


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2018 EDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 ADC
DNQ		 EDM
2R		 IDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
2R		 GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDM
1R		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
2R		 BDO
2R		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
2R		 EDO
1R		 IDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
1R		 DDC
DNQ		 BDO
2R		 CDO
1R		 EDG
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ
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

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  2. ↑ "Bradley Brooks - Mastercaller".
  3. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Allen, Dave. "Rodriguez & Roelofs Reach JDC Final". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "2018 Qualifying School Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Players Championship 16". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Tinniswood, Steve (22 January 2020). "Blackburn's Bradley Brooks wins back place on PDC tour". Lancashire Telegraph . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Allen, Dave. "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Tinniswood, Steve (30 November 2020). "Blackburn Rovers fan Bradley Brooks crowned world youth darts champion". Lancashire Telegraph . Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Players Championship Finals 2020: Michael van Gerwen wins sixth title". Sky Sports . Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  11. ↑ Gorton, Josh (29 December 2020). "Dirk van Duijvenbode reflects on his remarkable rise as he targets World Championship redemption". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2021). "Grand Slam of Darts: The next generation providing an exciting glimpse into the future". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Price books hard-fought victory over Brooks to reach last eight at Grand Slam of Darts". Darts News. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Brooks wins thrilling conclusion to PDC UK Development Tour, set for World Darts Championship return". Darts News. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ↑ "'It's unbelievable': Borland conjures up nine-dart finish to sink Brooks in thriller". The Guardian. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
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