Career
Williams 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. [2] He was whitewashed 3–0 by Justin Thompson in the preliminary round.
In 2022, Williams won his first PDC Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 1 in Milton Keynes. On his way to the final, Williams defeated Conor Heneghan in the last 64, Jimmy Bristow 5–1 in the last 32, Darryl Pilgrim 5–2 in the round of 16, Darren Johnson 5–3 in the quarter-finals and Danny Lauby Jr. 5–1 in the semi-finals. He defeated Robert Owen in the final 5–2. [3] [4] Later the same day, Williams won his second Challenge Tour title at Challenge Tour 2. Williams won 5–2 against Lee Evans in the final. [3] [5]
On the 2022 PDC Pro Tour, Williams received call–ups for 2022 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. Williams won Players Championship 17 in June, beating Nathan Aspinall 8–5 in the final. This meant he became the third player, after Joe Murnan and Krzysztof Ratajski, to win a Players Championship event without being a PDC Tour Card holder. [6]
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. [7] Finally, on 1 October, they beat Polish duo Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak 6–2 in legs. [8] [9] He also won a gold medal in the men's team event. [10] , as well as contributing to England's overall gold medal.
Williams finished 2022 with four Challenge Tour titles. [11] He topped the 2022 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, securing qualification for the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, his debut at the tournament. He also secured a debut at the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, but was already qualified via the Pro Tour Order of Merit. [12] At the Grand Slam, he finished third in his group and was eliminated. At the World Championship, he won his opening match against Ryan Joyce 3–1 with an average of 100.32. In the match, Williams and Joyce broke the record for number of 180s hit in a first-round World Championship match, with 17 between them. [13] Williams lost to Rob Cross 3–1 in the second round. [14]
Williams played his first year as a PDC Tour Card holder in 2023. He reached the semi-finals of the 2023 Hungarian Darts Trophy, missing out on the final by losing to eventual champion Dave Chisnall 7–5. [15]
At the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, Williams beat Haruki Muramatsu 3–1 in the first round before eliminating seventh seed Danny Noppert in the second round, defeating Noppert 3–0. [16] Williams caused controversy following his next win over Martin Schindler, joking about England winning "two World Wars and one World Cup" after his victory against his German opponent. Sky Sports apologised for Williams' remarks on the air and Williams later apologised himself, calling the comment 'stupid'. [17] [18] In the quarter-finals, Williams faced three-time World Champion Michael van Gerwen. Williams managed a surprise win over van Gerwen, defeating him 5–3 to progress to his first major semi-final. [19] Williams' run came to an end when he was whitewashed 6–0 by eventual champion Luke Humphries, who averaged 108.74 to Williams' 94.93. [20]
Williams found form again at the 2024 Players Championship Finals, earning victories over Gian van Veen, Kim Huybrechts and Jeffrey de Graaf to reach the quarter-finals, where he lost to Ross Smith 10–3. [21] At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Williams defeated Niko Springer 3–1 in the first round. He played Rob Cross in a rematch of their 2023 meeting, but this time Williams beat the former World Champion 3–1. [22] Williams lost to Ricardo Pietreczko 4–1 in the third round.
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