| Lewy Williams | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lewis Williams |
| Nickname | "The Prince of Wales" |
| Born | 18 January 2002 [1] Swansea, Wales |
| Home town | Pontardawe, Wales [2] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2017 |
| Darts | 25g Target Signature Gen 1 |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs [2] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2018– |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 64: 2022, 2023 |
| UK Open | Last 64: 2020 |
| European Championship | Last 32: 2021 |
Lewis "Lewy" Williams (born 18 January 2002) is a Welsh professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Williams qualified for the 2020 UK Open via the Riley's qualifiers, [3] and defeated Robert Owen, Adrian Gray and José de Sousa, before losing in a last leg decider in the last 64 to Steve West. [4]
He secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare. [5] On his PDC Pro Tour debut at 2021 Players Championship 1, Williams beat 2020 World Matchplay champion Dimitri Van den Bergh, Kim Huybrechts and three-time PDC World champion Michael van Gerwen to reach the last 16 where he was defeated by 2021 Masters champion Jonny Clayton. [6]
Williams made his television debut on 14 October 2021 in the 2021 European Championship, losing in the first round to José de Sousa 6–4.
Born in Swansea, Williams moved to Liverpool, where he trained as a barber. [5]
Lewy attended Cwmtawe Community School. [7]
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNP | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | RR | 2R | RR | RR | |||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 170 | 93 | 60 | 85 | |||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | HDT 3R | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 3R | Did not qualify | GDO 2R | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ | ||||||||
| 2023 | BSD 2R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||