# Cameron Menzies

Cameron Menzies (born 27 June 1989) is a Scottish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2022, Menzies won his first PDC ranking title at 2024 Players Championship 28. He reached his first PDC major quarter-final at the 2024 Grand Slam.
Menzies previously participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 Winmau World Masters and the 2022 Lakeside World Championship.

## Career
### BDO

Menzies first played darts on the BDO circuit in 2006, playing in the Gibraltar Open. However, he did not emerge to prominence until 2016 where he won the British Open. He played in the 2016 World Masters but lost to Irish darts player John O'Shea in the last 80. In 2017 he became the first Scottish player to win the Scottish Open since Gary Anderson 10 years before. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Trophy through the regional qualifiers. He reached the semi-finals of the 2017 World Masters before losing to eventual champion Krzysztof Ratajski.

### PDC

Menzies qualified for the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts virtue of his BDO ranking. Menzies finished third in his group losing to Gary Anderson 5–3 and Berry van Peer 5–4 but winning 5–2 against Simon Whitlock.
Menzies entered the PDC 2018 Q-School after his early loss at the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship. He then qualified the 2018 European Darts Open (ET1) and beat Mark Wilson 6–2 in the first round, before losing to the eventual champion Michael van Gerwen.
Menzies won one Challenge Tour event in 2018 and two in 2019 but failed to get a tour card at Q-School until 2022.
In October 2024 Menzies won his maiden senior PDC title at Players Championship 29, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–4 in the final.
In November Menzies reached the quarter-finals of the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Mickey Mansell 16–15 in a deciding leg.

### WDF

Menzies qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship by winning the 2021 Welsh Open. As the number 14 seed Menzies achieved wins over Ian Jones, Wayne Warren and James Hurrell before losing 5–4 to Thibault Tricole in the semi-finals.

## Personal life

Menzies is a goalkeeper for senior footballing side Lugar Boswell Thistle. As of 2022, Menzies lives in Milton Keynes with his girlfriend, and fellow darts player, Fallon Sherrock where he works as a plumber.

## World Championship results
### BDO

* 2018: First round (lost to Conan Whitehead 1–3)

### WDF

* 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Thibault Tricole 4–5)

### PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 0–3)
* 2024: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–3)
* 2025: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 1–3)

## Performance timeline

BDO/WDF
| Tournament | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2022 |
| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events ||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | SF |
| World Trophy | Not hosted | Not hosted | Not hosted | Not hosted | Not hosted | Not hosted | 1R | PDC | NH |
| Winmau World Masters | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | PDC | PDC |
| Finder Masters | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | RR | PDC | NH |
PDC
| Tournament | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events ||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | 1R |
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R |
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 5R |
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | |
| Grand Slam | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | QF | |
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | 1R | 2R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events ||||||||
| World Series Finals | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R | |
| Career statistics ||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | NR | 161 | 203 | 74 | 54 | 39 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO 1R | EDG DNQ | DDM 3R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | CDO DNQ | ADC QF | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2022 | DNP | DNP | DNP | ADO 2R | EDO 2R | DNP | DNP | DNP | EDM 2R | DNQ | DNQ | BDO 1R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | GDG 2R | ADO 1R | DDC DNQ | BDO WD | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | GDO 3R | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 2R | IDO 3R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DDC 3R | DNQ | DNQ | FDT 1R | HDT DNQ | SDT 3R | 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2018 | DNP | DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DUB 3R | DUB 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
| 2019 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 1R | DNP | DNP |
| 2020 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2021 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 2022 | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | DNP | DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | DNP | DNP | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | DNP | DNP | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R |
| 2023 | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | BAR QF | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 4R | WIG 4R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL QF | HIL 1R | LEI DNP | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL SF | MIL 4R | MIL QF | MIL QF | MIL SF | MIL F | WIG QF | WIG 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | WIG DNP | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI W | LEI 2R |
| 2025 | DNP | DNP | ROS 3R | ROS F | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
* 1 2 3 4 Not a Tour card holder
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 |