Lewis Williams | |
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Personal information | |
Nickname | "The Prince of Wales" |
Born | [1] 18 January 2002 Swansea, Wales |
Home town | Pontardawe, Wales [2] |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2017 |
Darts | 25 Gram Target Lewy Williams Gen 1 |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
PDC | 2018–2024 |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022, 2023 |
UK Open | Last 64: 2020 |
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021 |
Lewis "Lewy" Williams (born 18 January 2002) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Born in Swansea, Williams moved to Liverpool, where he has trained as a barber.
He 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]
Williams secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare. [5]
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.
Lewy attended Cwmtawe Community School. [6]
PDC
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||||
European Championship | DNP | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
Non-major 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 |
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2021 | HDT 3R | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 3R | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO 2R | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD 2R | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNP | GDO DNP | HDT DNP | GDC DNQ |
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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