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 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.
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.
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.
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 replaced him in the tournament. He won 3–1 against Niels Zonneveld in the first round, then defeated 27th seed Gabriel Clemens 3–1 in the second round. 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. He exited the tournament following a 4–3 loss to Callan Rydz. Owen finished the 2024 season in 59th place on the Order of Merit.
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.
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2024 2025 2026PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDid not qualify 1RDNQ 4RDNQ World MastersDid not qualifyPrel. UK OpenDNQ SF 3R 1R 1R 3R 6R 3R 1RDid not qualify Career statisticsYear-end ranking (PDC)807674-1165963
PDC European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2016Did not qualifyEDG1RGDCDNQ 2017GDCDNQGDM1RDid not qualifyDDMQFGDG1RDNQ 2018Did not qualifyEDG1RDNQEDM1RDid not qualify 2019Did not qualifyEDG1RDid not qualify 2023DNQGDG1RDNQBDO1RDid not qualifyHDT1RGDCDNQ 2024Did not qualifyGDC2RFDT2RDNQCDO1R 2025DNQIDO1RDid not qualifyHDT2RDNQ 2026Did not qualifyADO2RDNQEDO2RHDTDNQCDO1RDNQDDC
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 2014BAR2RBAR2RCRA1RCRA1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RCRADNPCOV1RCOV1RCRA2RCRA1RDUB3RDUB1RCRADNPCOV1RCOV1R 2015BAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RDid not participateWIG1RWIG1RBARDNPDUB2RDUB2RCOVDNPCOV1R 2016BAR3RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RCOV1RCOV1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RDUB2RDUB2RBAR1RBAR3R 2017BAR2RBARQFBAR1RBAR1RMIL1RMIL1RBAR1RBAR2RWIG2RWIG1RMIL4RMIL1RWIG3RWIG1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RDUB1RDUB4RBAR3RBAR1R 2018BAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RMIL1RMIL1RBAR2RBAR1RWIG1RWIG4RMIL1RMIL2RWIG4RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RDUB1RDUB3RBAR2RBAR1R 2019WIG1RWIG1RWIG3RWIG2RBAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RBARDNPBAR1RHIL1RHIL1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RDUBQFDUB1RBAR3RBAR1R 2020Not a Tour card holderDid not participate 2021Did not participate 2022Did not participateBAR1RBAR2RDid not participateBAR3RBAR1RWIG3RWIG4RNIE2RNIE1RDid not participateBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RDid not participate 2023BAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1RHIL3RHIL1RWIG1RWIG2RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHILDNPHIL1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR3RBAR2R 2024WIG1RWIGQFLEI1RLEI2RHIL1RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RHILDNPHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL4RMIL3RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RWIG1RWIG1RMIL2RMIL1RWIG1RWIG3RWIGQFWIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1R 2025WIG1RWIG1RROS2RROS1RLEIQFLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RLEI4RLEI2RROS1RROS1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI3RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RMIL2RMIL1RHIL1RHIL1RLEI1RLEI1RLEIQFWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG4R 2026HIL1RHIL2RWIG2RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI2RLEI2RWIG2RWIG1RMIL2RMIL3RHILQFHIL2RLEI1RLEI4RLEIQFLEI2RMIL4RMIL4RWIG2RWIG3RLEI2RLEI1RHIL3RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RROS2RROS3RROSROSLEILEI
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