Scott Williams (darts player)

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Scott Williams
Personal information
Nickname"Shaggy"
Born (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34)
Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Home townBoston, Lincolnshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2018
Darts25g Target
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2019–2020
PDC 2022–
WDF 2019–2022
Current world ranking 31 Steady2.svg (9 April 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 40: 2020
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Semi Final: 2024
UK Open Last 64: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2022
PC Finals Last 16: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2022 (x4)

Players Championships

Players Championship (NIE) 2022
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's pairs
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's overall

Scott Williams (born 18 January 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the third player to win a PDC ranking title without being a tour card holder.

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Career

In October 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Playoff Qualifiers, he defeated Wes Newton and Andrew Kateley to secure his place in the tournament. He played Justin Thompson in the preliminary round. [2]

Williams won his first PDC title, when he triumphed on the first tournament of PDC Challenge Tour 2022, in Milton Keynes. He saw off Robert Owen in the final 5-2 with an 88 average after previously averaging ten points more to see off Danny Lauby. He also defeated Darren Johnson, Darryl Pilgrim and Conor Heneghan among others en route to the title. [3] On the very same day, he got his second title in the event 02. Williams saw off Lee Evans 5-2 in the final with a 95 average and won both titles with a 100 checkout. [4]

Williams won the 17th tournament of the 2022 PDC Players Championship series in June, beating Nathan Aspinall in the final, becoming the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Professional Darts Corporation ranking title without being a full tour card holder.

At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the pairs competition where he played together with Joshua Richardson. On the way to the final, they defeated rivals from Wales, Romania and Czech Republic. [5] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Poland pairs Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak by 6–2 in legs. [6] [7] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the fifth round of the singles competition, surprisingly lost by 1–4 in legs to Jan McIntosh, who played on an average of 103.90. [8] In the team competition, together with the team, he won the gold medal. [9] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship BDODNQ 2R SF
UK Open DNP 3R 4R
Grand Slam of Darts DNP RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals BDODNQ 3R 1R
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP PR NHPDC
Winmau World Masters 2R NHDNPNHPDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking--1735752


PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2021 HDT
DNQ		 GDT
DNP
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
DNP		 GDG
DNP		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
3R		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
DNP		 EDM
3R		 HDT
DNP		 GDO
DNP		 BDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNP		IDO
1R		GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 HDT
SF		 GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
ADO
DNQ		 BSD
DNQ		DDCEDOGDCFDTHDTSDTCDO


Performance timeline legend
DNPDid not play in the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventWDWithdrew from the event#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fullwell and Hammond among final qualifiers for 2020 BDO World Championship". dartsnews.com. 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Scott Williams claims maiden PDC Challenge Tour title with event one win". Darts News. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Williams doubles up on opening day of PDC Challenge Tour". Darts News. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Pairs". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bialecki/Marciniak and Williams/Richardson reach men's pairs tournament final at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "England win men's and ladies pairs tournaments at WDF Europe Cup". dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Singles". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "WDF Europe Cup Men Teams". World Darts Federation . Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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