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Chris Dobey
Personal information
Nickname"Hollywood"
Born (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)
Bedlington, England
Home townBedlington, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts23g Target Chris Dobey Gen 1
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" by PJ & Duncan (Major televised events)
"L'amour toujours" by Gigi D’Agostino (European Tour events and European Championship)
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2013–2015
PDC2015–
(Tour Card: 2015–)
Current world ranking15 Steady (24 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 32: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2023, 2024
World MatchplayQuarter Final: 2023
World Grand PrixSemi Final: 2019
UK OpenLast 16: 2018, 2020, 2021
Grand SlamQuarter Final: 2016
European Ch'shipSemi Final: 2022
Premier League7th: 2023
PC FinalsSemi Final: 2019
MastersWinner (1): 2023
World Series FinalsQuarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
Players Championships
Players Championship (BAR) 2021
Players Championship (COV) 2021
Players Championship (LEI) 2024
Players Championship (MK) 2024
Players Championship (WIG) 2024

Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 15. He has won 5 ranking PDC titles and was the 2023 Masters champion.

Career

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2015

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Dobey's first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 5–1 in the first round.[2] At Players Championship 11 he had deciding leg victories over Jan Dekker, Kim Huybrechts and Max Hopp to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was defeated by Mark Webster 6–2.[3] Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins 6–5.[4]

2016

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At the 2016 German Darts Masters, Dobey saw off Ben Davies 6–1 and then averaged 100.64 in a win over Robert Thornton and 102.25 whilst beating Dave Chisnall 6–4.[5] In his first PDC quarter-final he averaged over 100 again, but lost to world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5, having led 5–4.[6] At Players Championship 19 Dobey beat Stephen Bunting 6–3 to reach the semi-finals and took out a 120 finish after Adrian Lewis had missed match darts. This meant he played in his first senior final, but lost Simon Whitlock 6–4.[7] He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated by Joe Cullen 6–2 in the first round.[8] Dobey also played in the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time and wins over Lewis and Scott Mitchell saw him advance to the knockout stage, where he hit a ten dart leg to move 9–5 up on Jamie Hughes. However, Hughes closed the deficit to force a deciding leg which Dobey took to advance to his first major quarter-final, but he was outclassed by James Wade who won 16–5.[9][10]

His performances gave him a PDC Pro Tour spot in the 2017 World Championship, where he beat Justin Pipe 3–1 in the first round.[11] In the second round he lost to Dave Chisnall 4–2.[12]

2018

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At the 2018 World Championship, Dobey drew Phil Taylor in the first round. Taylor was appearing in his final World Championship following his decision to retire after the conclusion of the event. Dobey lost 3-1.

He played in the 2018 UK Open in Minehead, reaching the fifth round before losing out to Corey Cadby.

Dobey reached 2 finals on the Pro Tour in 2018, losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 5 despite having an average of over 109,[13] and then losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 21.[14] These performances aided him in qualifying for the 2018 Players Championship Finals where he had a run to the quarter-finals, losing out to eventual winner Daryl Gurney 10–2.

2019

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He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour, reaching the last 16 stage with 3-0 whitewash wins over Boris Koltsov, and Steve Beaton and a 4–3 win over Vincent van der Voort. He lost to Gary Anderson 4–3, in a match which saw 28 180s thrown, 15 of them by Dobey.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Dobey was selected as one of nine 'contenders'. He would play a one-off match against Mensur Suljović on night one in Newcastle. Dobey started well leading 5-1 before Suljović would win 5 consecutive legs to lead 6–5. Dobey would win the final leg to draw the match 6–6.

Dobey reached his fourth PDC final at the 2019 Danish Darts Open, winning through as a non seed, but lost to Dave Chisnall 8–3.

After semi-finals at both the 2019 World Grand Prix and 2019 Players Championship Finals, Dobey was once again selected for the Premier League night in Newcastle, this time under the tag of 'challenger'.[15]

2021

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In 2021, Dobey won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 18 in Coventry. Along the way he defeated Jeff Smith, Luke Humphries, William Borland, Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Maik Kuivenhoven & José de Sousa.[16][17][18] Dobey then went on to claim his 2nd ranking title at PC28 in Barnsley, he defeated Rob Cross in the semi-finals where the pair threw a combined average of 224.68 (111.73 for Dobey).[19]

2023

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On 29 January 2023, Dobey reached his first televised final at the 2023 Masters. He beat reigning Masters champion Joe Cullen, Luke Humphries, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Michael Smith before defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the final.[20] The following day, Dobey was confirmed to be in the 2023 Premier League.[21]

On 1 September 2023, Chris Dobey announced his new equipment sponsor, Target Darts.

2024

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In April 2024, Dobey won a first Players Championship event since 2021 with victory in PC7, hitting a nine-dart finish along the way before registering a second-career highest average of 109.63 in the semi-final.[22][23]

Personal life

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Dobey is a supporter of Newcastle United.[24]

World Championship results

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R 1R 4R 4R 3R 4R QF QF
UK Open 1R 2R DNQ 4R 5R 3R 6R 6R 4R 5R 5R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 1R QF 2R
World Grand Prix DNQ SF 1R DNQ QF QF 1R
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 2R DNQ SF QF 1R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ QF DNQ RR DNQ 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R QF SF 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R
Non-ranking televised events
Masters DNQ 2R DNQ W 2R
Premier League Darts DNP C C DNP 7th DNP
World Series of Darts Finals NH 1R DNQ 2R DNQ DNP QF
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - 107 47 38 36 22 22 30 22 17

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2015 GDC
DNP
GDT
DNP
GDM
DNP
DDM
DNP
IDO
DNP
EDO
DNP
EDT
1R
EDM
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
DNQ
GDM
QF
GDT
DNQ
EDM
2R
ADO
2R
EDO
DNQ
IDO
2R
EDT
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDC
1R
2017 GDC
1R
GDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
GDT
DNQ
EDM
1R
ADO
3R
EDO
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
2R
2018 EDO
3R
GDG
2R
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
3R
DDO
1R
EDM
2R
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
GDO
2R
ADO
2R
EDG
2R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
F
CDO
3R
ADC
1R
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
2R
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
2R
EDG
1R
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
GDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
3R
EDM
2R
HDT
2R
GDO
DNQ
BDO
1R
GDT
2R
2023 BSD
DNP
EDO
2R
IDO
DNQ
GDG
3R
ADO
2R
DDC
DNQ
BDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
EDG
2R
EDM
DNP
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
2R
2024 BDO
2R
GDG
3R
IDO
SF
EDG
2R
ADO
2R
BSD
1R
DDC
3R
EDO
3R
GDC
3R
FDT
SF
HDT
2R
SDT
2R
CDO
2R

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
2018 BAR
2R
BAR
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
F
MIL
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
BAR
F
BAR
4R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
SF
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
WIG
4R
WIG
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
QF
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
2020 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
QF
WIG
2R
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
QF
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
NIE
1R
NIE
4R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
4R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
2R
2021 BOL
4R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
4R
NIE
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
COV
4R
COV
W
COV
2R
COV
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
W
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2022 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
DNP
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
NIE
4R
NIE
SF
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
QF
BAR
SF
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
2023 BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
QF
HIL
QF
HIL
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
3R
BAR
QF
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
DNP
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
2024 WIG
3R
WIG
4R
LEI
3R
LEI
F
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
LEI
W
LEI
4R
HIL
QF
HIL
1R
HIL
DNP
HIL
DNP
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
SF
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
W
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
F
WIG
DNP
WIG
W
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
2R
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

PDC career finals

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PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
The Masters (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2023 The Masters  Rob Cross 11–7 (l)

Notes

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  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Jubilant Chisnall claims victory in Barnsley". PDC.tv. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ "2015 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Richardson Shocks Lewis In Munich". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Van Gerwen Retains German Masters Title". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Nine-Dart Whitlock Enjoys Further Success". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  8. ^ "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  9. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. ^ "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  11. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  12. ^ "2017 PDC World Championship Results". PDC.tv. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  13. ^ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (17 March 2018). "Van Gerwen Seals PC5 Title". PDC.
  14. ^ Allen, Dave (20 October 2018). "Relentless Ratajski's PC21 Glory". PDC.
  15. ^ "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  16. ^ Allen, Dave (6 July 2021). "Gutsy Dobey claims maiden ranking title at PC18". PDC. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  17. ^ "PDC Pro Tour 2021: Chris Dobey clinches maiden ranking title with victory over Jose De Sousa". Sky Sports. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  18. ^ Hammer, Chris (6 July 2021). "Darts results: Chris Dobey wins his maiden PDC title by defeating Jose de Sousa in the Players Championship 18 final". Sporting Life. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  19. ^ "DartConnect Match Recap". DartConnect. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  20. ^ Gorton, Josh (29 January 2023). "Dobey defeats Cross to clinch first televised title at Cazoo Masters". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  21. ^ "Dobey to star in 2023 Cazoo Premier League as duo return". www.pdc.tv. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  22. ^ "Chris Dobey wins Players Championship 7 on day of nine-dart finishes in Leicester". Sky Sports. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Delight for Dobey with PC7 success in Leicester". www.pdc.tv. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Darts star Chris Dobey on a whirlwind 2021 and his love for - Newcastle United". www.newcastleunited.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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