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| Dom Taylor | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Dominic Taylor | ||||||
| Nickname | "The Tower" | ||||||
| Born | 15 April 1998[1] Bristol, England | ||||||
| Home town | Bristol, England | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | ||||||
| Darts | 24 Gram Target | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Baddadan" by Chase & Status featuring Bou, Irah, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| PDC | 2019– (Tour Card: 2024–) | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 82  2 (24 November 2024)[2] | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2021, 2024 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
Youth events
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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
[edit]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.[4] His results on the Development Tour in 2020 saw him make his PDC premier event debut at the 2021 UK Open.[5] He won his first round game but was whitewashed 6–0 by Gary Blades in the second round.[6]
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.[7][8][9] He finished the year 4th in the 2021 UK Development Tour Order of Merit.
Taylor picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title in 2023, winning the final 5–2 against Cam Crabtree.[10][11] 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.[12]
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.[13] However, he won his tour card outright by winning the Day Four final 6–1 against Joshua Richardson.[14]
Positive drugs test
[edit]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.[15] Taylor had also qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit, but was replaced by Robert Owen.[16][17]
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Youth Championship | RR | 2R | RR | RR | DNP | |
| 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 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO 2R |
BSD DNQ |
DDC 2R |
EDO 2R |
GDC 2R |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
| 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 | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Dom Taylor - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Cook, James (26 June 2024). "Taylor shows his class to edge out Mann in the Open". The Herald. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Luke Humphries and Adam Gawlas to contest 2019 World Youth Championship final". Sporting Life. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (1 March 2021). "2021 Ladbrokes UK Open field confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "UK Open: Lisa Ashton sets women's scoring record as Peter Wright and Gary Anderson crash out on day one". Sky Sports. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (21 August 2021). "Dom Taylor continues incredible record on Unicorn Development Tour Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC UK Development Tour 03". DartConnect. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Idsardi, Jetze Jan (22 August 2021). "Dom Taylor domineert op UK Development Tour". DartsActueel. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (28 October 2023). "Henderson & Taylor clinch Winmau Challenge Tour titles in Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 21". DartConnect. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Ross Smith lands spectacular nine-dart finish to win Players Championship 28". Planet Sport. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 January 2024). "Robert Grundy captures PDC Tour Card at UK Q-School with 105 average in final". Darts News. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC Q School: Dom Taylor, Jeffrey de Graaf final winners as Fallon Sherrock's quest for 2024-25 card ends". Sky Sports. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Dominic Taylor suspended after failing drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "World Championship Race 2024/2025". DartsRankings. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship field confirmed". PDC. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.