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Luke Humphries
Personal information
Nickname"Cool Hand Luke"
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)[1]
Newbury, Berkshire, England
Home townNewbury, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Red Dragon Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2011–
Current world ranking1 Steady (2 August 2024)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2019, 2020, 2022
World MatchplayLast 16: 2021
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2021
UK OpenRunner Up: 2021
Grand SlamSemi Final: 2022
European Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2022
Premier LeagueChallenger: 2019, 2020
PC FinalsSemi Final: 2022
MastersLast 16: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2017
PDC Development Tour 2017 (x5), 2018 (x3), 2019 (x3)
PDC World Youth Ch'ship 2019

European Tour Events

Czech Darts Open 2022
European Darts Grand Prix 2022
European Darts Matchplay 2022
German Darts Grand Prix 2022

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2022 (x2)

PDC Home Tour

PDC Home Tour 2 2020

Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke", he is the current World No. 6. He won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.

Career

Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 2017, finishing top of the Development Tour Order of Merit.[3] As a result of this, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost to Jeff Smith, and received a PDC Tour Card for the 2018 and 2019 season.

2019

He also won the Development Tour Order of Merit in 2019, a year which culminated in a fantastic run at the 2019 World Championship for Humphries. He beat Adam Hunt, Stephen Bunting, Dimitri Van den Bergh, and defending champion Rob Cross, before eventually losing 1–5 to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Humphries was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He played a one-off match against Gerwyn Price on night four in Exeter.

At the age of 24 Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0, becoming the oldest player to do so in its history.

2020

In the 2020 World Championship, Humphries once again reached the quarter-finals, before losing 5–3 to eventual champion Peter Wright. Humphries was once again selected for the Premier League, this time under the tag of 'challenger'. He faced Gary Anderson in Exeter and became the first challenger to win their game.[4]

2021

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 3–2 first round defeat to veteran Paul Lim. Luke Humphries made his first major televised final at the 2021 UK Open in March 2021. His run to the final saw him claim wins over Dave Chisnall in the quarter-final and then-reigning champion Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final. He was defeated 11–5 by James Wade in the final.

2022

In the 2022 World Championship, Humphries reached his third quarter-final in four years before losing 5–2 to Gary Anderson. Humphries reached his first PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by beating Jeffrey de Zwaan,[5] Michael Smith, Wesley Plaisier and Michael van Gerwen.[6] He beat Martin Lukeman in the final, hitting double 4 to win 8–2.

2023

In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 4–1 to Stephen Bunting.

Personal life

On 10 October 2022, Humphries announced via his Twitter that his partner had given birth to a baby boy, weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces (3.4 kg).

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PDC World Championship DNQ PR QF QF 1R QF 4R
UK Open DNQ 3R 3R 4R F 4R 6R
World Matchplay DNQ 2R 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R 1R
European Championship DNQ 2R QF
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR RR SF
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 3R 3R SF
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts DNP C C DNP
Masters DNQ 2R 2R
PDC World Youth Championship 2R SF 2R W DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking NR NR 57 35 42 19 5


PDC European Tour

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

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
UK Open (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2021 UK Open England James Wade 5–11 (l)

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "Luke Humphries - Mastercaller".
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  3. ^ Allen, Dave. "Humphries Seals Glory As Rodriguez Takes Win". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  5. ^ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Finals Day". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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