# Robert Owen (darts player)

Robert Owen (born 23 September 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first PDC major semi-final at the 2018 UK Open. Owen won his first secondary tour title at 2022 PDC Challenge Tour 16. His placing on the Challenge Tour ranking re-gained him a PDC Tour Card, which he has held since 2023, having previously had one from 2014 to 2019. Owen previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, winning the 2022 England Classic.
His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

## 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.
He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated top seed Rob Cross 6–2 in the first round.
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.
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. In July, he reached a second final at Challenge Tour 13 but lost to Jurjen van der Velde 5–3. 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.
On 5 September 2023 Owen hit a 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.
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. However, after Dom Taylor received a suspension due to failed drug test, Owen took his place instead, giving him still possibility to retain his Tour card. He won against Niels Zonneveld 3–1 in the first round, then defeated Gabriel Clemens 3–1 in the second round. Due to other players competing for places in the top 64 on the Order of Merit also winning games, Owen still needed to win at least one more match to keep his Tour card. He did so by defeating Ricky Evans 4–2 in the third round, securing his tour card for the 2025 season and reaching the last 16 in the World Championship for the first time. In the fourth round he lost to Callan Rydz 4–3 in a deciding set. Owen finished the 2024 season in 59th place on the Order of Merit.

## Personal life

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.

## World Championship results
### PDC

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

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 4R |
| UK Open | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | SF | 3R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 3R | 6R |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | 156 | 129 | 120 | 80 | 76 | 74 | - | - | 117 | 116 | 59 | |
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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | 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 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play |
| 2021 | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | 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 |
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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |