Brett Claydon
English darts player (born 1982)
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Brett Claydon (born 11 October 1982) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former PDC Tour Card holder, with his best major performance being reaching the last 64 at the 2024 UK Open. He won a title on the PDC's secondary tour, the Challenge Tour, in 2014.
Newmarket, Suffolk, England
| Brett Claydon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | "The Shredder" | ||
| Born | 11 October 1982[1] Newmarket, Suffolk, England | ||
| Home town | Soham, Cambridgeshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||
| Darts | 23g Mission Signature[1] | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed[1] | ||
| Walk-on music | "Can We Fix It?" by Bob the Builder[1] | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2011– (Tour Card: 2021–2022, 2024–2025) | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2024 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Career
Claydon won a PDC Challenge Tour event in 2014, defeating Aden Kirk 5–4 in the final.[2]
He attended 2021 PDC Qualifying School (Q–School), finishing 11th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit, which earned him a PDC Tour Card for the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[3]
Claydon won his Tour Card back at 2024 Q–School by finishing 8th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[4]
He reached the last 64 at the 2024 UK Open, where he lost to Ryan Meikle.[5]
Performance timeline
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL DNP |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R | ||||||
| 2025 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
ROS DNP |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R | |
| 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 | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
