William Borland (born 8 November 1996) is a Scottish darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the second round at the 2022 PDC World Championship, hitting a nine-dart finish in a last-leg decider against Bradley Brooks. He also reached the last 16 at both the 2018 BDO World Trophy and the 2021 European Championship.
Career In the BDO, Borland reached the last 48 of the 2017 World Masters and the last 16 of the 2018 World Trophy. He made the quarter-finals of the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship on 4 November but lost 6–3 to Keane Barry. On 19 January 2020, Borland won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing eighth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
Borland reached the third round of the 2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy following a win over Mensur Suljović but withdrew from the tournament for personal reasons. However, as only two European Tour events took place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this result helped him qualify for the 2021 European Championship as 26th seed. In the first round, he achieved a 6–3 win over 2012 champion Simon Whitlock. He lost 10–5 to Joe Cullen in the next round.
Borland made his world championship debut at the 2022 PDC World Championship. In his first-round match on 17 December 2021, he was involved in an deciding leg which saw him throw a nine-dart finish against Bradley Brooks, becoming the first player to win a televised match with a nine-darter in Professional Darts Corporation history. He was defeated in a 3–0 whitewash by Ryan Searle in the second round.
After a one-year absence from the Pro Tour, Borland regained his PDC Tour Card for 2024 through Q-School, finishing second on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
Borland qualified for the 2025 PDC World Masters after defeating Mickey Mansell 2–1 in the final preliminary round. He was drawn against defending champion Stephen Bunting in the first round and took a 2–0 lead, but ultimately lost the match 3–2.
World Championship results PDC 2022: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2017 2018BDO Ranked televised events World TrophyDNQ 2R World Masters 4RDNP
PDC Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDid not qualify 2RDid not qualify World MastersDid not qualify 1R UK OpenDNQ 4R 2R 4RDNQ 1R 4R European ChampionshipDNQ 2RDid not qualify DNQ 1R 1RDid not qualifyPDC Non-ranked televised events QF 3RDid not participateCareer statisticsSeason-end ranking (PDC)1891085571–136108
European Tour Tournament 2019 2021European Open1RNHCzech Open1RNHHungarian TrophyNH3R
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 2020BAR2RBAR1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RBAR3RBAR1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL1RMIL3RMIL3RNIE4RNIE2RNIE3RNIE1RNIE1RCOV4RCOV1RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1R 2021BOL1RBOL1RBOL1RBOL1R MIL3RMIL1RMIL4RMIL1RNIE1RNIE4RNIE1RNIE1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL2R MIL3RCOV3RCOV3RCOV1RCOV1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R BAR2R BAR3RBAR1RBAR1R 2022BAR1RBAR2R WIG1RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2R NIEDNPNIEDNPBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R BAR1RBAR2RWIG1RWIG1RNIE1RNIE1RBAR1RBAR1R BAR1R BAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR2R BAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1R 2023 Not a Tour card holderDid not participateBAR1RBAR1R 2024WIG1RWIG2RLEI2RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI2RLEI1RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RHIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMILDNPMIL1RMIL1RWIG4RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1RWIG2RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RLEI3RLEI1R 2025WIG2RWIG1RROS2RROS1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEIDNPLEI1RLEI1RROSDNPHIL3RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RHIL1RHIL2RDid not participateWIG1RWIG3RWIG1RWIG1R
Nine-dart finishes
+ William Borland's televised nine-dart finishes Date Opponent Tournament Method 17 December 2021 Bradley Brooks PDC World Championship 3 x T20; 2 x T20, T19; 2 x T20, D12
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