Robert Owen (darts player) explained

Robert Owen (born 23 September 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is an England Classic Champion, having won it in 2022.

Career

Owen secured himself a Tour card in 2014 with a one-day win in PDC Q-School. During the first two years, he was not able to earn enough prize money on the PDC Pro Tour to get into top 64 and had to play Q-School again in 2016. This time he earned a Tour Card via the points ranking. Later in the year, he only managed to qualify once for an event on the European Darts Tour with the 2016 European Darts Grand Prix. In February 2017 he reached the quarter-finals of Players Championship 2 and qualified for three tournaments on the European Tour. Owen reached the quarter finals of the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters after defeating Jamie Bain, Cristo Reyes and Simon Whitlock, but was narrowly defeated in 6–5 by Michael Smith.^[2]

He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated top seed Rob Cross 6–2 in the first round.^[3]

Despite his results in 2017, he had to compete again at Q-School in 2018, where he secured a Tour card for the third time by winning the second day. Owen qualified for the 2018 UK Open, where starting at the second round stage, he defeated Michael Burgoine, Jamie Lewis, Nathan Rafferty, Ian White and John Part to reach the semi finals in only his second televised event, but was defeated by Corey Cadby.^[4]

However, Owen lost his Tour card after failing to qualify for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He was unable to earn his card back at Q-School. Owen therefore competed in tournaments on the PDC Challenge Tour for the first time. He reached the 2020 UK Open via a Rileys Qualifier, where he was eliminated in the first round by Lewis Williams.

In January 2022, he reached a final on the PDC Challenge Tour for the first time, but lost to Scott Williams. He also lost his second final against Jurjen van der Velde in July. In September, however, he prevailed in a final against the Dutchman Christian Kist, securing his first title in PDC. Owen was the runner-up on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series Order of Merit, which qualified him for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and secured him a Tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He was eliminated in the first round by Andrew Gilding.^[5]

On 5 September 2023 Owen hit nine-dart finish against Ritchie Edhouse at Players Championship 21.

In 2024 Owen qualified for three PDC European Tour events in the later part of the year, making it into the second round for the first time since 2017 at both the 2024 German Darts Championship and the 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy.^[6]

Personal life

Owen studied at Ogmore Comprehensive School and Bridgend College. His wife Robyn works with the NHS, while Owen himself still work part time. ^[7]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2023: First round (lost to Andrew Gilding 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ									1R	DNQ
UK Open	DNQ				SF	3R	1R	DNQ		1R	3R
	DNQ			1R	DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)	156	129	120	80	76	74	style="text-align:center;	-	style="text-align:center;	-	117	116

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2014	GDC DNP	DDM DNP	GDM DNQ	ADO DNP	GDT DNP	EDO DNP	EDG DNP	EDT DNP
2015	GDC DNQ	GDT DNQ	GDM DNQ	DDM DNP	IDO DNP	EDO DNP	EDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	EDG DNP
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDG 1R	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM QF	GDG 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNP	ADO DNP	EDG 1R	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM 1R	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	Did not play
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	Did not play
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG 1R	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO 1R	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT 1R	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC 2R	FDT 2R	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO 1R

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
2014	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	COV 1R	COV 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	COV 1R	COV 1R
2015	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	CRA DNP	CRA DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	COV DNP	COV 1R
2016	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2017	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2018	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB QF	DUB 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2020[8]	Did not play
2021	Did not play
2022	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL DNP	HIL 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG QF	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG QF	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R

Notes

1. Web site: Robert Owen - Mastercaller.
2. Web site: 2017 Dutch Darts Masters Finals Day . 3 September 2017 . www.pdc.tv . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170903193353/https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/09/03/2017-dutch-darts-masters-finals-day . 3 September 2017.
3. Web site: Allen. Dave. Mr Green Sport PCF Day One. Professional Darts Corporation. 5 March 2018. 24 November 2017.
4. Web site: Murphy. Chris. Awesome Anderson's Coral UK Open Glory. PDC. 5 March 2018. 4 March 2018.
5. Web site: Moss . Alex . Former Walsham-le-Willows and Stowmarket ace Andrew Gilding beats Robert Owen on his World Darts Championship return . Diss Express . 9 September 2024.
6. Web site: Wood . Kieran . Alan Soutar, Cameron Menzies, Robert Owen and Gabriel Clemens earn qualification for Flanders Darts Trophy in Antwerp . Darts News . 9 September 2024.
7. Web site: Gill . Samuel . It's the hardest place to earn money but I like making life hard for myself" . Darts News . 9 September 2024.
8. Not a Tour card holder