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Playing darts since | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Target | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Greenlight" by Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WDF | 2019–2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 23 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UK Open | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | Participating: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current PDC World Youth Champion, the current Bahrain Masters Champion, and the current 2024 Belgian Darts Open champion. He is also the youngest player to have won a match in the WDF World Darts Championship, and PDC World Darts Championship. He is also the youngest player to reach the PDC World Darts Championship final, aged 16 years, the youngest ever player to hit 2 televised nine darters; the first one he achieved, at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters aged 16, and the second, he achieved at the 2024 Belgian Darts Open aged 17.
Early life
Littler was born on 21 January 2007 in Runcorn[2] and grew up in nearby Warrington.[3] He began playing darts when he was 18 months old, after his father bought him a magnetic dart board from a pound shop. He scored his first 180 at the age of six and a nine-dart finish at the age of 13.[4] When he was 10, he joined the St Helens Darts Academy and began playing in under-21 leagues.[5]
Career
Early career
In 2019, Littler won the England Youth Grand Prix and the Isle of Man Masters youth competition, where he was able to defend his title in 2020. The 2020 JDC tour featured two titles from Littler, who is also signed to partners program "Elite1" organised by Target. Littler won the youth title at the England Open in September 2021 and finished second in the British Pentathlon.
In November 2021, Littler won his first seniors title at the Irish Open defeating Barry Copeland by 6–2 in legs, and thus qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship at the age of 14.[6] At the end of November, during the JDC MVG Masters tournament, he hit a nine-dart finish.[7]
2022
Littler won the JDC Super 16 in Milton Keynes at the end of January 2022, beating Eleanor Cairns in the final.[8] In March 2022, he won the youth competition at the Isle Of Man Open and advanced to the finals of the Isle of Man Classic.[9] At the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, Littler started as a seeded player from second round and won his first match against Ben Hazel 3–2 in sets.[10] He was then beaten 0–3 in sets by Richard Veenstra.[11]
During the Welsh Open warm-up tournament, Littler hit a 121.86 average in one of his matches.[12] A day later, he won another adult tournament in his career. In June 2022, he also won the Romanian Classic, beating Jelle Klaasen in the final by 5–1 in legs. At the 2022 WDF Europe Cup Youth, he won the gold medal in three men's competitions (singles, team and overall). His outstanding achievement was defeating Archie Self in the finals of the singles competition by 6–1 in legs. In the pair competition, together with Archie Self, lost in the semi-finals by 1–4 in legs to Thomas Banks, and Charlie Manby.[13]
At the end of September 2022, Littler was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, he advanced to the quarter-finals of the pairs competition where he played together with James Hurrell. They lost to Sam Canket and Nick Kenny from Wales by 1–4 in legs.[14] On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the quarter-finals of the singles competition, lost to Andy Baetens by 4–5 in legs.[15] In the team competition, he won the gold medal.[16] In the points classification, as a representative of England, he also contributed to won a gold medal.
Littler won the JDC World Darts Championship in London at the end of December 2022, beating Harry Gregory by 5–0 in legs.
2023
In May 2023, Littler won the third series of the MODUS Super Series, defeating Jacob Taylor 4–1 in the final.[17] In August 2023, he won the title for the second time by defeating Colin Osborne by 4 legs to 2 in the final.[18]
In November 2023, Littler beat Gian van Veen in the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship final. The game ended 6–4.[19]
2024
Littler made his debut at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship qualifying as a result of his placement in the PDC Development Tour, where he whitewashed former world champion Christian Kist in the first round.[20] He also broke two records, one for the highest average for a debutant at the World Darts Championship with a 106.12 and the other for being the youngest winner.[21] In the second round, he defeated 2023 UK Open champion Andrew Gilding 3–1;[22][23][24] in the third round, he defeated Matt Campbell 4–1.[25][26][27] In the fourth round, he beat five-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld 4–1 to enter his first PDC major quarter-final.[28][29] Littler went on to beat Brendan Dolan 5–1 in the quarter-final before beating former world champion and 8th seed Rob Cross 6–2 in the semi-final.[30][31][32] Littler lost 7–4 in the final against newly crowned world number one Luke Humphries.[33] He is the youngest player to reach the PDC World Darts Championship final, aged 16 years and 347 days.[34] Following the tournament, Littler was announced to be part of the 2024 Premier League Darts as one of the four chosen wildcards by the PDC.[35][36][37]
Littler made his World Series of Darts debut at the second staging of the Bahrain Darts Masters, where he defeated Man Lok Leung 6–3 in the first round.[38][39] In the quarter-finals of the event, he beat Nathan Aspinall 6–3,[40] hitting his first televised nine-dart finish en route, becoming the youngest player to ever do so.[41][42] In the semi-finals, Littler defeated Gerwyn Price 7–3 to be in his first World Series of Darts final on debut,[43] which he won 8–5 against Michael van Gerwen.[44]
Littler made a consecutive world series final at the Dutch Darts Masters by defeating Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–2,[45] Luke Humphries 6–5,[46] and Gerwyn Price 7–4[47] before losing in a world series final rematch to Michael van Gerwen 8–6.[48][49]
As he had gained a PDC Tour Card for 2024, Littler played his debut Players Championship event in 2024.[50] In Players Championship 1, he defeated Jim Williams 6–1 in legs in the first round, winning the match with an 11-darter to finish.[51] In the second round, he defeated Luke Woodhouse 6–3. In the third round, Littler won 6–1 against Michele Turetta, hitting a nine-darter in the final leg.[52][53] In the fourth round, Littler beat Cameron Menzies 6–2 to enter his first pro-tour quarter-final.[54] In the quarter-finals, Littler defeated James Hurrell 6–3.[55] In the semi-finals, Littler won 7–6 in his match against Alan Soutar.[56] Having reached the final of the Players Championships for the first time, Littler averaged 109.64 to defeat Ryan Searle 8–7, who averaged 111.71 in the process, to win his first Players Championship on his debut.[57][58] Before the second event, Littler was awarded a silver pin for his nine-darter against Michele Turetta; he was also awarded a gold pin for his televised nine-darter against Nathan Aspinall at the Bahrain Darts Masters.[59] In Players Championship 2, Littler continued his winning streak with a 6–4 win over Danny Noppert before losing to Radek Szagański 6–5.[60][61] In Players Championship 3, Littler defeated Keane Barry 6–5, Cameron Menzies 6–3, Kevin Doets 6–2 and Dirk van Duijvenbode 6–4 before losing to Callan Rydz 6–4 in the quarter-finals.[62] In Players Championship 4, Littler lost 6–5 to James Wade in the first round.[63][64]
In the fourth round of the 2024 UK Open, Littler was drawn against three-time UK Open champion James Wade.[65] Littler defeated Wade 10–7, hitting a 170 checkout en route.[66] Littler was drawn against Martin Schindler in the fifth round, where he won 10–8, beating his personal best result at the event to reach the sixth round for the first time.[67] In the sixth round, Littler was drawn to play Dave Chisnall.[68] Littler won the match 10–5 to reach his second PDC major quarter-final.[69] He lost there 10–8 to Damon Heta.[70]
European Tour
Littler qualified for the 2024 Belgian Darts Open at the PDC ET01 Tour Card Holder qualifiers, which was thus his first European Tour event, surpassing Radek Szagański 6–0, Mervyn King 6–3, and Maik Kuivenhoven 6–5.[71][72] Littler was drawn against José de Sousa in the event’s first round. Littler defeated de Sousa 6–5.[73] Littler beat Krzysztof Ratajski in the second round 6–3.[74] After the match, he accused Ratajski of sly gamesmanship after he sipped from his drink twice.[75] In a rematch from the UK Open, Littler defeated Damon Heta 6–3 to reach the quarter-finals.[76] Littler averaged 110.06 to defeat Jermaine Wattimena 6–2.[77] Littler beat Ricardo Pietreczko to reach his first final on the European Tour, 7–3.[78] After the match, Pietreczko lashed out against Littler on the stage and on social media, posting, "Hope his arrogance is punished".[79][80] Littler defeated Rob Cross 8–7 in the final, to win his first PDC European Tour event on debut. Littler hit his second televised nine-dart finish of the year en-route to his victory.[81][82]
Littler failed to qualify for the 2024 German Darts Grand Prix after he defeated Christian Perez 6–4 but lost to Jim Williams 6–5 in the PDC ET02 Tour Card Holder qualifiers.[72] Littler qualified for the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix at the PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder qualifiers, defeating George Killington 6–1 in the first round before beating Simon Whitlock, despite Whitlock hitting a nine-dart finish,[83] Danny van Trijp and Ian White with 6–5 victories.[84]
Premier League Darts
Littler started his 2024 Premier League Darts campaign at the Utilita Arena in Cardiff, Wales.[85] He went on to win his debut match, beating Luke Humphries 6–2.[86] After the match, Humphries wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that he felt "gutted" with the constant whistling and heckling at him during the match.[87] Littler lost his semi-final match narrowly against Michael Smith, 6–5.[88] Littler reached the final in week two at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.[89] He defeated Rob Cross 6–5[90] and Luke Humphries 6–5[91] before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–5.[92] During night three, Littler lost in the quarter-final stages at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, to Gerwyn Price 6–5.[93][94] Littler showed his first burst of frustration since becoming a professional, where fans speculated he swore at himself after the defeat.[95] On night four at the Newcastle Arena, Littler hit a 170 checkout[96] en route to a 6–5 victory over Peter Wright in the quarter-finals, before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the semi-finals.[97]
Just before the UK Open weekend, Littler played at Premier League event five at the Westpoint Arena in Exeter. In the quarter-finals he defeated Michael Smith 6–2, before losing 6–3 to Rob Cross in the semi-finals.[98][99][100] On night six at Brighton Centre, Littler won 6–3 against Nathan Aspinall in the quarter-finals, but lost to Michael Smith 3–6 in the semi-finals.
Personal life
Littler and his girlfriend Eloise Milburn received backlash for their age difference in January 2024, as he was 16 and she was 21.[101] Milburn's mother defended her after she received abuse online and was called a "gold digger".[102][103][104] Littler told The Daily Telegraph that he would "stick with [Milburn] whether people like it or not".[105]
Littler is a supporter of Manchester United FC and the Warrington Wolves.[106]
Prior to the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, Littler had won a total of £2,500 in prize money at ranking tournaments and was ranked 164th in the world. As runner-up in the 2024 Championship, he won £200,000. With his winnings he planned to pay for his friends to go with him to Blackpool or Alton Towers.[107]
Littler announced on BBC Radio 1 that he gained inspiration for his walk-on song from his time with his dad at Wrestlemania 33.[108] WWE later reached out on social media platform X, inviting him to a non-televised live event at the O2 Arena in April, where Littler accepted the invitation, saying "sounds good with me".[109] Multi-time world champion John Cena posted a cryptic picture of Littler on his Instagram, honouring him after Littler admitted to being a fan.[110][111]
Littler signed a deal with fashion brand BoohooMAN, allowing him to help promote the Motor Neurone Disease Association.[112]
Littler made an appearance on the 232nd episode of The Jonathan Ross Show alongside comedian Rob Beckett, singer-songwriter Raye, and actress Millie Bobby Brown.[113] He was involved in a darts challenge where he played Brown, Raye, and Beckett in a three-on-one scoring challenge.[114] The three celebrities scored a total of 83, while Littler hit a score of 140.[115] The clip went viral after viewers of the show were amused by Littler's nonchalant reaction to Millie Bobby Brown admitting to being a huge fan of him.[116]
World Championship results
WDF
- 2022: Third round (lost to Richard Veenstra 0–3) (sets)
PDC
- 2024: Runner-up (lost to Luke Humphries 4–7)
Career finals
PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend |
World Championship (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] | Ref. |
Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | World Darts Championship | ![]() |
4–7 (s) | [117][118] |
PDC world series finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] | Ref. |
Winner | 1. | 2024 | Bahrain Darts Masters | ![]() |
8–5 (l) | [119][120] |
Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | Dutch Darts Masters | ![]() |
6–8 (l) | [48][49] |
Nine-dart finishes
Date | Opponent | Tournament | Method |
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19 January 2024 | ![]() |
2024 Bahrain Darts Masters | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 |
10 March 2024 | ![]() |
2024 Belgian Darts Open | 2 x T20; T19, 3 x T20; T20, T20, D12 |
Performance timeline
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World Championship | DNQ | F | |||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 4R | QF | ||||||
PDC Non-major televised events | |||||||||
World Youth Championship | DNQ | W | |||||||
WDF Ranked televised events | |||||||||
World Championship | 3R | WD[N 2] | PDC | ||||||
World Masters | 3R | NH | PDC | ||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||
Year-end ranking | – | 164 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2024 | BDO W |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG |
ADO | BSD | DDC | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
Notes
References
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- ^ Smyth, Rob (30 December 2023). "Luke Littler beats Raymond van Barneveld: PDC World Darts Championship – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Liew, Jonathan (31 December 2023). "Luke Littler demolishes Raymond van Barneveld to keep adventure going". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Luke Littler beats Brendan Dolan to reach semi-finals of PDC World Championship 2024". BBC Sport. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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- ^ "Luke Littler selected for Premier League Darts after run to PDC World Championship final". BBC Sport. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (4 January 2024). "Luke Littler headlines Premier League Darts class of 2024 as lineup is revealed". Darts News. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (18 January 2024). "Luke Littler impresses on World Series debut". Darts News. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler makes winning return in first match since World Darts Championship at Bahrain Masters". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (19 January 2024). "Nine-dart Luke Littler flies into Bahrain Darts Masters semi-finals as Michael van Gerwen sets up showdown with Michael Smith". Darts News. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler hits incredible nine-darter in Bahrain Darts Masters quarter-finals opening leg". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Jeremy (19 January 2024). "Watch: Luke Littler opens up with stunning nine-darter in World Series event". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain Masters: Luke Littler beats Gerwyn Price to reach final". BBC Sport. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Bahrain Masters: Luke Littler beats Van Gerwen in final". BBC Sport. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Dutch Darts Masters: World finalists Luke Littler and Luke Humphries to meet again in quarter-finals". BBC Sport. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Jeremy (27 January 2024). "Luke Littler gets revenge on Luke Humphries as darts rivalry ignites at Dutch Masters". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (27 January 2024). "Luke Littler into second successive World Series final after victory over Gerwyn Price". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Dutch Darts Masters: Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler 8-6 in final". BBC Sport. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Michael van Gerwen beats Luke Littler 8-6 to claim World Series win in Dutch Darts Masters final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Draw revealed for Players Championship 1 including Luke Humphries, Peter Wright, Michael Smith, Gerwyn Price & Luke Littler". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler debuts with resounding win and average of over 105 on PDC Pro Tour". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler wins match with a nine-darter at Players Championship 1". Darts News. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Stafford, Ali (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler fires nine-darter on PDC ProTour during Players Championship debut in Wigan". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler averages 109 to set-up QF with James Hurrell at Players Championship 1, Alan Soutar, Jose De Sousa and Ryan Searle also into last 8". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler vs Alan Soutar & Ryan Searle vs Gian van Veen in semi-finals of Players Championship 1". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "Luke Littler into final on Pro Tour debut at Players Championship 1, set to face Ryan Searle". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (12 February 2024). "Nine-dart Littler denies superb Searle to celebrate PC1 victory". PDC TV. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 February 2024). "109 average Luke Littler edges 111 average Ryan Searle in Pro Tour classic to take debut Players Championship title". Darts News. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Smart, Ryan (13 February 2024). "Luke Littler receives two special awards after stunning nine-darter at Players Championship". SPORTbible. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Chan, Marcus (13 February 2024). "Luke Littler loses to unranked Polish-Irish bus driver in huge Players Championship upset". SPORTbible. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Littler out in Players Championship 2 second round in Wigan as Anderson wins title". Sky Sports. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler: Teenager suffers Players Championship 3 defeat to Callan Rydz in Leicester". Sky Sports. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Keiran (20 February 2024). "James Wade hands Luke Littler first round exit at Players Championship 4". Darts News. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Luke Littler makes first-round exit at Players Championship 4 as Damon Heta beats Chris Dobey in final". Sky Sports. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (1 March 2024). "Schedule UK Open Darts 2024: Michael van Gerwen, Luke Humphries and Luke Littler on main stage Friday night". Darts News. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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