# Matt Campbell (darts player)

Matthew Campbell (born 29 September 1989) is a Canadian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Campbell won the 2024 North American Darts Championship. He also won threee titles on the PDC Challenge Tour, and five titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Campbell has been the runner-up in a Players Championship event twice, in 2022 and 2024. He has reached the last 16 at the Players Championship Finals and the World Series Finals, both in 2022.

## Career

In 2019, Campbell won the ADO Syracuse Open where he defeated Darin Young in the final. On the CDC Pro Tour, he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He played Mark McGeeney in the first round and lost the match 3-1. On the 2020 CDC Pro Tour he finished as the best Canadian player and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, where lost 3-2 to Scott Waites in the first round.
In 2021, he won three PDC European Challenge Tour tournaments and topped the ranking, thus he earned a PDC Tour Card for 2022/2023, a place at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and a place at the 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. He played in Group F at the Grand Slam and lost all three matches to Mensur Suljovic, José De Sousa and Luke Humphries, finishing last in his group.
He faced Adrian Lewis in the first round of the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Campbell won the first set, but eventually lost 1-3 and was eliminated.
The 2024 PDC World Darts Championship saw Campbell win his first match at the competition, defeating Lourence Ilagan 3–2 in the first round. He followed up his first victory with a 3–2 win over thirteenth seed James Wade in the second round. He was defeated 4–1 by Luke Littler in the third round.
In 2024, Campbell won the North American Darts Championship by defeating Stowe Buntz 6–4 in the final. The result would've allowed him to automatically qualify for both the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts and the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. However, under PDC Rule 3.9, Campbell was not eligible to do so, as he held his Tour Card for more than two years.
Despite this setback, Campbell still managed to qualify for the World Championship through the PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, where he defeated Mario Vandenbogaerde 6–1 and Andy Baetens 6–3 before beating Mervyn King in their quarter's final 7–6 in a deciding leg. Campbell won his first-round match 3–2 against Mensur Suljović but was eliminated by Ryan Searle in the second round.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2020: First round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–3)
* 2021: First round (lost to Scott Waites 2–3)
* 2022: First round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 0–3)
* 2024: Third round (lost to Luke Littler 1–4)
* 2025: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||
| World Championship | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R |
| UK Open | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 4R | 3R | 4R |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | DNQ | 3R | 2R | DNQ | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||
| World Cup | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | RR | |
| World Series Finals | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Career statistics |||||||
| Season-end ranking | 125 | 111 | 75 | 48 | 54 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ADO 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO 2R | GDG 1R | ADO 2R | DDC DNQ | BDO 3R | CDO 1R | EDG DNQ | EDM 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
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 |
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR F | WIG 2R | WIG DNP | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI 3R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL DNP | HIL DNP | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | HIL F | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | DNP | DNP | DNP | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | 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 |