Owen Bates

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Owen Bates
Personal information
Full nameOwen Bates
Born (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 21)
Home town Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Darts information
Darts25g Loxley
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2021–
(Tour Card: 2024–)
Current world ranking 118 Steady2.svg (24 November 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2024
UK Open Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2023

Owen Bates (born 12 December 2002) is an English darts player. He is a current PDC Tour card holder, having received a Tour card for finishing second on the PDC Challenge Tour Order of merit. [2] This also granted Bates qualification for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, in which the PDC banned Bates from using his nickname "The Master", [3] garnering significant mainstream media attention. [4] [5]

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Career

Bates began playing on the PDC Development Tour in 2021, but had little success in his first year, not getting further than the Last 64 in any tournament. His results improved in the 2022 season as he reached the quarter finals three times, his best result coming when losing the final of event 15 to Keane Barry. In April 2022 he signed a sponsorship deal with manufacturer Loxley Darts. [6] He entered PDC qualifying school in 2023 but failed to win a tour card, this enabled him to play on the PDC challenge tour for the 2023 season. In February 2023 Bates won Series 3, Week 2 of the MODUS Super Series, [7] earning him £5,000 and qualification to Champions week, beating Leonard Gates 4-3 in the week final while averaging 100.47. [8] Bates finished the season second on the 2023 Challenge Tour Order of merit after reaching five event finals in total and winning one of them against Wesley Plaisier for his maiden PDC title at Challenge Tour 19 in Milton Keynes on 13th August 2023. [9] This earned him qualification to the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship and a Tour card for two years to compete on the PDC Pro Tour.

In the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship Bates lost 3-2 in sets to Steve Lennon in the First round. In his first season as a Tour card holder Bates was eligible to enter in the first round of the 2024 UK Open. He won his first round match against Andy Boulton 6-5 before losing by the same scoreline to Graham Usher in the Second round. [10]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament202220232024
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R
UK Open DNQ 2R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship RR QF RR
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking-109

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
1R		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 EDO
3R		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2023
[nb 1] 		BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
DNP		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
3R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
3R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R
2024 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R
  1. ↑ Not a Tour card holder
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

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ https://www.darts1.de/ranglisten/Challenge-Tour-Order-of-Merit-2023.php Challenge Tour Order of Merit 2023
  3. ↑ "Owen Bates must say goodbye to sexually charged nickname after qualifying for World Darts Championship". 20 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "PDC bans Owen Bates from using rude nickname at World Championship". 7 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "'I'm a World Darts Championship star and had nickname banned for being too rude'". 31 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Owen Bates - Loxley Darts". 20 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Owen 'The Master' Bates agrees new long-term deal with Loxley Darts after recent MODUS Super Series and Challenge Tour success". 21 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "MODUS Super Series".
  9. ↑ "PDC Challenge Tour 2023 CT 19 Milton Keynes - Mastercaller".
  10. ↑ "Darts results: Dimitri van den Bergh survives last-leg decider to beat Luke Humphries in the UK Open final".
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