Robert Owen (darts player)

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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 amazingly 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.^[4]

He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated by top seed Rob Cross 6–2 in the first round.^[5]

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.^[6]

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 the final at PDC Challenge Tour 1 but lost to Scott Williams 5–2.^[7][8] In July, he reached a second final at Challenge Tour 13 but lost to Jurjen van der Velde 5–3.^[9] In September, however, he prevailed in the Challenge Tour 16 final against the Christian Kist 5–2, securing his first title in the 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 3–2.^[10] On 5 September 2023, Owen hit a nine-dart finish against Ritchie Edhouse at Players Championship 21.^[11]

Owen initially did not qualify for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, having finished in 33rd place on the Pro Tour Order of Merit race, one place below the cut-off.^[12] However, after Dom Taylor received a suspension due to failed drug test, Owen replaced him in the tournament.^[13][14] He won 3–1 against Niels Zonneveld in the first round, then defeated 27th seed Gabriel Clemens 3–1 in the second round.^[15][16] By beating Ricky Evans 4–2 in the third round, Owen secured his Tour Card for the 2025 season and reached the last 16 of the World Championship for the first time.^[17] He exited the tournament following a 4–3 loss to Callan Rydz.^[18] Owen finished the 2024 season in 59th place on the Order of Merit.^[19]

Owen earned a 10–8 win against Michael van Gerwen in the last 32 of the 2025 UK Open, before losing 10–8 to James Wade in the next round.^[20]

Owen studied at Ogmore Comprehensive School and Bridgend College. His wife Robyn works with the NHS, while Owen himself still works part time as a delivery driver for Iceland.^[21][22]

PDC

• 2023: First round (lost to Andrew Gilding 2–3)
• 2025: Fourth round (lost to Callan Rydz 3–4)

PDC European Tour

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Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2016	Did not qualify								EDG 1R	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	Did not qualify						DDM QF	GDG 1R	DNQ
2018	Did not qualify				EDG 1R	DNQ			EDM 1R	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify					EDG 1R	Did not qualify
2023	DNQ			GDG 1R	DNQ		BDO 1R	Did not qualify				HDT 1R	GDC DNQ
2024	Did not qualify								GDC 2R	FDT 2R	DNQ		CDO 1R
2025	DNQ		IDO 1R	Did not qualify								HDT 2R	DNQ

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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
2014	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	CRA 1R	CRA 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	CRA DNP		COV 1R	COV 1R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	CRA DNP		COV 1R	COV 1R
2015	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 1R	Did not participate				WIG 1R	WIG 1R	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[nb 1]	Did not participate
2021[nb 1]	Did not participate
2022[nb 1]	Did not participate				BAR 1R	BAR 2R	Did not participate					BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	Did not participate				BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	Did not participate
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 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
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	LEI QF	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	ROS 1R	ROS 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI QF	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 4R
2026	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	HIL QF	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 4R	LEI QF	LEI 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

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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

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