Luke Humphries

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Luke Humphries
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Humphries in January 2024
Personal information
Nickname"Cool Hand Luke"
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Home town Wantage, Oxfordshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Red Dragon
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2011–
(Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking 1 Steady2.svg (21 April 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (1): 2024
World Matchplay Semi Final: 2023
World Grand Prix Winner (1): 2023
UK Open Runner Up: 2021, 2024
Grand Slam Winner (1): 2023
European Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2022, 2023
Premier League Participating: 2024
PC Finals Winner (1): 2023
Masters Last 16: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals Semi Final: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour2017
PDC Home Tour 2 2020

European Tour Events

Czech Darts Open 2022
European Darts Grand Prix 2022
European Darts Matchplay 2022, 2023
German Darts Grand Prix 2022, 2024

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2022 , 2023
Players Championship (LEI) 2023

Youth events

PDC Development Tour 2017 (x5), 2018 (x3), 2019 (x3)
PDC World Youth Championship2019

Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is the current World No. 1 and World Champion. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" in reference to the 1967 film, he is also the reigning World Grand Prix champion, Grand Slam champion, and Players Championship Finals champion. He also won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.

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Early life

Luke Humphries was born on 11 February 1995 in Newbury, Berkshire and grew up there. [2] [3] He later moved to Crewe, Cheshire. [4] His father, a Leeds United FC fan, named him Luke as an acronym for "Leeds United, Kings of Europe". Humphries himself also became a fan of the team. [5] He previously worked as a roofer and retired in 2018 to pursue darts full-time. [6]

Career

Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 2017, finishing top of the Development Tour Order of Merit. [7] As a result of this, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost to Jeff Smith, and received a PDC Tour Card for the 2018 and 2019 season.

2019

Humphries won the Development Tour Order of Merit in 2019, a year which culminated in a fantastic run at the 2019 World Championship for Humphries. He beat Adam Hunt, Stephen Bunting, Dimitri Van den Bergh, and defending champion Rob Cross, before eventually losing 1–5 to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Humphries was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He played a one-off match against Gerwyn Price on night four in Exeter.

At the age of 24 Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0. [8]

2020

In the 2020 World Championship, Humphries once again reached the quarter-finals before losing 3–5 to eventual champion Peter Wright. Humphries was once again selected for the Premier League, this time under the tag of 'challenger'. He faced Gary Anderson in Exeter and became the first challenger to win their game. [9]

2021

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 2–3 first-round defeat to veteran Paul Lim. Luke Humphries made his first major televised final at the 2021 UK Open in March 2021. His run to the final saw him claim wins over Dave Chisnall in the quarter-final and then-reigning champion Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final. He was defeated 5–11 by James Wade in the final.

2022

In the 2022 World Championship, Humphries reached his third quarter-final in four years before losing 2–5 to Gary Anderson. Humphries reached his first PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by beating Jeffrey de Zwaan, [10] Michael Smith, Wesley Plaisier and Michael van Gerwen. [11] He beat Martin Lukeman in the final, hitting double 4 to win 8–2.

2023

Humphries in 2023 Luke Humphries Darts Actueel 2023.jpg
Humphries in 2023

In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 1–4 to Stephen Bunting. In October 2023, Humphries won his first major title at the 2023 World Grand Prix, defeating tournament favourite Gerwyn Price, 5–2 in the final. [12] The £120,000 prize money earned through this victory, saw him move into a career-high fourth in the Order of Merit. [13] He won his second major televised title, 42 days later, at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, defeating Rob Cross 16–8 in the final, averaging an impressive 104.69. [14] Humphries won his third televised title at the 2023 Players Championship Finals, defeating Michael van Gerwen (who hit a nine-dart finish) 11–9 (Van Gerwen also missed eight darts at doubles in the 19th leg, to set up a deciding leg), before Humphries won the match on double 1. [15]

2024

On 3 January, Humphries won the PDC World Darts Championship, defeating fellow Cheshire talent Luke Littler 7–4 in the final. [16] For that, he was invited to meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street. [17]

In March 2024, Humphries reached the final of the UK Open for the second time. He missed two match darts to win the title in an 11–10 loss to Dimitri Van den Bergh. [18] [19]

Premier League Darts

Nights 1–5: Starting off in the bottom-half of the table

Humphries started his 2024 Premier League Darts campaign at the Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, Wales. [20] He went on to lose his debut match to Luke Littler 6–2 in legs. [21] After the match, Humphries wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he felt "gutted" with the constant whistling and heckling at him during the match. [22]

Humphries started night two at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin by winning his quarter-final match against Rob Cross 6–5. However, he then suffered another loss to Littler, losing 6–5 in the semi-finals. [23] On night three at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Humphries beat Nathan Aspinall 6–3 with a 105.53 average in the quarter-finals, and defeated Gerwyn Price 6–3 in his semi-final match. Humphries lost to Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the night’s final. [24] On night four at the Newcastle Arena, Humphries lost 6–5 in the quarter-finals to Rob Cross. [25]

Just before the 2024 UK Open weekend, Humphries played at Premier League event five at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter. In the quarter-finals he defeated Michael van Gerwen 6–3, before losing 5–6 to Nathan Aspinall in the semi-finals. [26] [27] [28]

Nights 6–8: Three consecutive night wins

Luke Humphries won his first Premier League night at Brighton Centre on night six. Humphries achieved a three-dart average of over 100 in all three of his wins on the night, with a 6–2 victory over Gerwyn Price, [29] followed by a 6–3 win over Rob Cross, where Humphries averaged 113.71, and a 6–3 defeat of Michael Smith in the final. [30] [31] Humphries won a second consecutive night on night seven, at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. Humphries recorded his fifth and sixth consecutive ton+ (100+) Premier League averages in wins over Michael Smith, 6–4, and Peter Wright, 6–1, before beating Nathan Aspinall 6–3 in the final. [32] [33] Humphries equalled the record for most consecutive nightly wins in the Premier League, making it three in a row on night eight at the 3Arena in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Humphries continued to record averages over 100, doing it in all 3 of his wins en route to victory in the night's final. Humphries was the number one seed as the league leader so was up against number 8 seed Peter Wright in the quarter-finals, he defeated Wright 6–1. In the semi-finals Humphries faced Nathan Aspinall, winning 6–4, and in the final Humphries achieved another triumph over Michael Smith, 6–2. [34] [35]

Nights 9–12, no night wins but making two-semi-finals

Night nine at the SSE Arena, Belfast saw Humphries' winning streak come to an end, losing to Luke Littler 6–5 in a deciding leg. [36] On night ten at the Manchester Arena Humphries lost in the quarter-finals for a second consecutive week, with Michael Smith beating him 6–3. [37] On night eleven at Arena Birmingham and night twelve at Rotterdam Ahoy Humphries made the semi-finals, with a 6–4 over Peter Wright and Michael van Gerwen in the respective quarter-finals being followed by another deciding leg loss to Luke Littler on night eleven and a 6–4 loss to Nathan Aspinall on night twelve in the respective semi-finals. [38]

Personal life

Humphries started playing darts in his teens, playing for Berkshire county darts, then moving onto Wiltshire county darts before leaving to join the PDC.

During a 2019 PDC tournament Humphries suffered an anxiety attack. He considered quitting the sport as a result. [39] Humphries and his girlfriend, Kayley, live in Crewe and had a son together in October 2022. [4] [40]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC World Championship DNQ PR QF QF 1R QF 4R W
UK Open DNQ 3R 3R 4R F 4R 6R F
World Matchplay DNQ 2R 1R SF
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R 1R W
European Championship DNQ 2R QF QF
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR RR SF W
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R 3R SF W
Non-ranked televised events
Masters DNQ 2R 2R 2R
Premier League Darts DNP C C DNP
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ SF
PDC World Youth Championship 2R SF 2R W DNP
Career statistics
Year-end rankingNRNR5735421951

PDC Premier League Darts

ContenderWeek 4
2019 EXE
D
ContenderWeek 5
2020 EXE
W
Legend:WWinDDraw
Season1234567891011121314151617
2024 CAR
QF		 BER
SF		 GLA
F		 NEW
QF		 EXE
SF		 BRI
W		 NOT
W		 DUB
W		 BEL
QF		 MAN
QF		 BIR
SF		 ROT
SF		 LIV
ABD
LEE
SHF
LON

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2018 EDO
1R		 GDG
3R		 GDO
2R		 ADO
2R		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 EDM
2R		 GDC
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDT
2R
2019 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
2R		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
2R		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 DDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 ADC
2R		 EDM
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R		 GDC
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
SF		 GDT
1R
2022 IDO
DNQ		 GDC
2R		 GDG
W		 ADO
2R		 EDO
SF		 CDO
W		 EDG
W		 DDC
WD		 EDM
W		 HDT
2R		 GDO
QF		 BDO
WD		 GDT
QF
2023 BSD
F		 EDO
WD		 IDO
WD		 GDG
QF		 ADO
2R		 DDC
F		 BDO
F		 CDO
QF		 EDG
F		 EDM
W		 GDO
3R		 HDT
F		 GDC
SF
2024 BDO
3R		 GDG
W		 IDO
3R		 EDG
QF		 ADO
WD		 BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO


Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
UK Open (0–2)
World Grand Prix (1–0)
Grand Slam of Darts (1–0)
Players Championship Finals (1–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1. 2021 UK Open Flag of England.svg James Wade 5–11 (l)
Winner1. 2023 World Grand Prix Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerwyn Price 5–2 (s)
Winner2. 2023 Grand Slam of Darts Flag of England.svg   Rob Cross 16–8 (l)
Winner3. 2023 Players Championship Finals Flag of the Netherlands.svg   Michael van Gerwen 11–9 (l)
Winner4. 2024 World Darts Championship Flag of England.svg Luke Littler 7–4 (s)
Runner-up2. 2024 UK Open (2) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Van den Bergh 10-11 (l)

Notes

  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

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