Dylan Slevin

Early career

Slevin was a leading youth player in Ireland. As a member of the Irish youth (boys) team, he won the medal twice in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, bronze in 2018 and gold in 2019.^[6]

2022

In November 2022, he participated in the Irish Open. On his way to the final, he defeated several of the top players in the World Darts Federation ranking, including Nick Kenny, Neil Duff, Richard Veenstra and Chris Landman. In the final, he lost to Jelle Klaasen by 3–6 in legs.^[7] In the Irish Classic, he ended his participation in the fourth round after losing to Dennie Olde Kalter by 3–4 in legs.^[8] This year, Slevin participated in the PDC Development Tour, reaching the semi-finals twice. He managed to qualify for the PDC World Youth Championship 2022, in the group stage, he remained unbeaten and would eventually reach the quarter-finals, in which he lost 4–6 with Josh Rock.^[9]

2023

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.^[10] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years. In early February, he made his debut at 2023 PDC Players Championship 1. He advanced to the semi-finals, where he lost to Jamie Hughes 7–2 in legs.^[11]

He took part in the 2023 UK Open where he defeated Maik Kuivenhoven, Shaun Wilkinson and Robbie Knops, before losing to Joe Cullen 10–7 in legs. In March he won his first PDC Development Tour title, winning 2023 Development Tour 2 by beating Luke Littler 5–4 in the final.^[12][13][14] Slevin made his PDC European Tour debut at the 2023 Austrian Darts Openwhere he lost to John Henderson 6–4 in legs. He appeared in seven European Tour events during the season, but failed to qualify for 2023 European Championship.^[15][16]

He finished on 65th place of Players Championship Order of Merit, initially not qualifying for 2023 Players Championship Finals. However, ninth seed Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament due to the imminent birth of his second child and Slevin came directly into the draw to replace him. In the first round he lost in a deciding leg to Matt Campbell 6–5.^[17]

Slevin was able to qualify for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, finishing in 50th place on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.^[18][19][20]

2024

At the World Championship, Slevin lost to Florian Hempel. 3–1 in the first round, despite winning the first set and hitting a 167 checkout in the second set.^[21]

He made it to the semi finals of the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship, but lost to eventual champion Gian van Veen.^[22]

After not initially qualifying for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Slevin was one of four players to qualify for the event through the Tour Card Holder qualifier.^[23] He was drawn against Irish compatriot William O'Connor in the first round and beat O'Connor 3–1 in sets.^[24][25] Slevin lost in the second round to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

PDC

• 2024: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)
• 2025: Second Round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3)