Dom Taylor

Dominic Taylor (born 15 April 1998) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a current PDC Tour Card holder and has won titles on the PDC Challenge Tour and PDC Development Tour.
==Career==
===2019===
Taylor began playing in PDC events in 2019, featuring on the PDC Development Tour. He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but failed to get out of his group with Ben Cheeseman and Connor Scutt.
===2021===
His results on the Development Tour in 2020 saw him make his PDC premier event debut at the 2021 UK Open. He won his first round game but was whitewashed 6–0 by Gary Blades in the second round.
Taylor achieved early success on the 2021 UK Development Tour, reaching the final in each of the first four events, including the third event where he won his first Development Tour title, defeating Jack Male 5–4 in legs in the final. He finished the year 4th on the 2021 UK Development Tour Order of Merit.
===2023===
Taylor picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title in 2023, winning the final 5–2 against Cam Crabtree. Taylor received multiple invitations to play in PDC Players Championship events due to his success on the Challenge Tour in 2023. He reached the semi finals of Players Championship 28, bowing out to eventual champion Ross Smith.
===2024===
Taylor played at 2024 PDC UK Qualifying School (Q-School) in order to obtain a Tour Card. He lost in the Day Two final 6–2 against Robert Grundy. However, he won his tour card outright by winning the Day Four final 6–1 against Joshua Richardson.
Taylor reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 24, averaging 103.65 in a 6–5 defeat to Gary Anderson who averaged 108.78.
===Positive drugs test===
Taylor was due to play in the 2024 Players Championship Finals, where he was supposed to play 2023 World Champion Michael Smith in the first round. However, it was announced before the tournament that the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) had suspended Taylor as a result of a positive drugs test taken at a Players Championship event. Taylor was replaced in the event by Nick Kenny. Taylor is set to attend a disciplinary hearing at a later date. Taylor had also qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit, but was replaced by Robert Owen.
==Performance timeline==
Tournament 	2019 	2020 	2021 	2022 	2023 	2024
PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events 	PDC Ranked televised events
 	DNQ 	DNQ 	2R 	1R 	1R 	2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events	PDC Non-ranked televised events
 	RR 	2R 	RR 	RR 	DNP 	DNP
Career statistics 	Career statistics 	Career statistics 	Career statistics 	Career statistics 	Career statistics 	Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 	- 	174 	- 	- 	128 	
PDC European Tour
Season	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13
2024 	BDODNQ	GDGDNQ	IDODNQ	EDGDNQ	ADO2R	BSD DNQ	DDC2R	EDO2R	GDC2R	FDTDNQ	HDTDNQ	SDTDNQ	CDODNQ
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
2020 Not a Tour card holder</ref>	BARDNP	BARDNP	WIGDNP	WIGDNP	WIGDNP	WIGDNP	BARDNP	BAR3R 	MILDNP	MILDNP	MILDNP	MILDNP	MILDNP	NIEDNP	NIEDNP	NIEDNP	NIEDNP	NIEDNP	COVDNP	COVDNP	COVDNP	COVDNP	COVDNP	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2023 	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	HILDNP	HILDNP	WIG2R 	WIGDNP	LEIDNP	LEI2R 	HIL2R 	HIL3R 	LEIDNP	LEIDNP	HILDNP	HILDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BAR3R 	BARDNP	BAR3R	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARDNP	BARSF	BARDNP	BAR3R
2024 	WIG3R 	WIG1R 	LEI1R 	LEI1R 	HIL1R 	HIL4R 	LEI2R 	LEI3R 	HIL1R 	HIL4R 	HIL2R 	HIL4R 	MIL3R 	MIL4R 	MIL1R 	MIL1R 	MIL2R 	MIL2R 	MIL3R 	WIG1R 	WIG1R 	MIL1R 	MIL2R 	WIGQF	WIG2R 	WIG2R 	WIG2R 	WIG2R	LEI1R 	LEI1R
Category:Darts players
Category:1998 births
Category:English darts players
Category:People from Bristol 
Category:English people