Luke Woodhouse

Luke Woodhouse
Luke Woodhouse
	Woodhouse at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Nickname	"Woody"
Born	13 October 1988 (age 36); Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
Home town	Bewdley, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008
Darts	22g Harrows
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"C'est la Vie" by Stereophonics
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2011– ; (Tour Card: 2018–)
Current world ranking	35 (24 November 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2025
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2024
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2023
UK Open	Last 16: 2024
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2022
European Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2024
PC Finals	Quarter Final: 2023
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour	2013

Last updated December 31, 2024

Luke Woodhouse (born 13 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

In 2013, his first year with the PDC, Luke Woodhouse won PDC Challenge Tour 14.^[3] He qualified for the 2015 UK Open, his first appearance at a PDC major event.

He made his debut on the European Tour in May 2017. In 2018, he was able to earn a tour card at Q-School and several times reached the Pro Tour last 16. He reached the last 32 at the 2019 UK Open. He also reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 18. At the 2019 Players Championship Finals, he beat defending champion Daryl Gurney 6–5 in the first round, but then lost to Gabriel Clemens.

Woodhouse qualified for the 2020 PDC World Championship via the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. After a 3–0 win against Paul Lim, he defeated 4th seed Michael Smith 3–1. He then to Dimitri Van den Bergh 4–2. At the 2020 Players Championship Finals he reached the last 16. At the 2021 PDC Players Championship series he hit a Nine-dart finish against Danny Noppert at Players Championship 4.

In 2023, Woodhouse recorded his most successful year to date at the PDC. He made his World Grand Prix and was able to defeat Dave Chisnall, who had been considered one of the favourites for the title. At the 2023 Players Championship Finals he reached his first major quarter-final. These include wins over Simon Whitlock, Rob Cross and Chisnall again, before he lost to Gabriel Clemens. He threw another nine-darter at Players Championship 24 against Richie Burnett.

At the 2024 European Championship, Woodhouse reached a first major televised semi-final, losing to eventual winner Ritchie Edhouse 11–5.^[4]

World Championship results

PDC

2020: Third round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 2–4)
2021: First round (lost to Jamie Lewis 2–3)
2022: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
2023: Second round (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–3)
2024: First round (lost to Berry van Peer 2–3)
2025: Fourth round (lost to Stephen Bunting 0–4)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC World Championship	DNQ					3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	4R
UK Open	1R	DNQ			5R	3R	5R	4R	5R	6R
World Matchplay	DNQ									1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ								2R	1R
European Championship	DNQ									SF
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ							RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ				2R	3R	1R	DNQ	QF	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	202	-	-	119	69	48	47	49	38	35

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2015	GDC DNP	GDT DNP	GDM DNP	DDM DNP	IDO DNQ	EDO DNQ	EDT DNP	EDM DNQ	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNP	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG 1R	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNP	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO 1R	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO 2R	GDG DNQ	GDO 1R	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM 1R	DDO 1R	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 2R	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC 1R	GDC DNQ	EDG 1R	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	EDO 2R	CDO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDC DNQ	EDM 3R	HDT DNQ	GDO 3R	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 2R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM 1R	GDO 2R	HDT QF	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO 2R	GDG 2R	IDO 1R	EDG 2R	ADO DNQ	BSD 2R	DDC QF	EDO 2R	GDC 1R	FDT QF	HDT 1R	SDT 1R	CDO 2R

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
2015 ^{[nb 1]}	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2017 ^{[nb 1]}	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	MIL DNP	MIL 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2018	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	COV 2R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 3R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 3R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	HIL 2R	HIL QF	WIG 2R	WIG 4R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL F	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI SF	LEI 2R	HIL QF	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG SF	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

1 2 Not a Tour card holder

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References

↑ "Luke Woodhouse - Mastercaller".
↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
↑ "Ward & Woodhouse Share Reading Wins". PDC.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
↑ "Exceptional Edhouse wins Machineseeker European Championship". www.pdc.tv. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

External links

Luke Woodhouse player profile at Darts Orakel

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[NTC-5] 1 2 Not a Tour card holder

[1] "Luke Woodhouse - Mastercaller".

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[CT13-3] "Ward & Woodhouse Share Reading Wins". PDC.tv. Professional Darts Corporation. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

[4] "Exceptional Edhouse wins Machineseeker European Championship". www.pdc.tv. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

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