Lewy Williams
Lewis “Lewy” Williams (born 18 January 2002 in Swansea) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Lewis Williams | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lewis Williams |
| Nickname | The Prince of Wales |
| Born | 18 January 2002[1] Swansea, Wales |
| Home town | Pontardawe, Wales[2] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2017 |
| Darts | 25 Gram Target Lewy Williams Gen 1 |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Ruby" by Kaiser Chiefs |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2018– |
| Current world ranking | 68  3 (15 October 2023)[3] |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022, 2023 |
| UK Open | Last 64: 2020 |
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021 |
Born in Swansea, Williams moved to Liverpool, where he has trained as a barber.
He qualified for the 2020 UK Open via the Riley's Qualifiers,[4] and defeated Robert Owen, Adrian Gray and José de Sousa, before losing in a last leg decider in the last 64 to Steve West.[5]
Williams secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.[6]
Williams made his television debut on 14 October 2021 in the 2021 European Championship, losing in the first round to José de Sousa 6–4.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2022: Second round (lost to Gabriel Clemens 0–3)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–3)
Personal life
Lewy attended Cwmtawe Community School.[7]
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNP | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| Non-major televised events | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | RR | 2R | RR | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 170 | 93 | 60 | ||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | HDT 3R |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 3R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO 2R |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO |
DDC |
BDO |
CDO |
EDG |
EDM |
GDO |
HDT |
GDC |
References
- "Lewy Williams - Mastercaller".
- "Lewy Williams".
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- "Rising star Lewy Williams set expectations ahead of Q-School". Darts News. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- "INTERVIEW: WILLIAMS AIMING HIGH AFTER UK OPEN RUN: "THE DREAM IS TO GET A TOUR CARD AND BE PLAYING ON THE TOUR WEEK IN WEEK OUT WITH THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD"". Darts News. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- "Lewis Williams and Jon Worsley secure PDC tour cards". BBC. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- "Pontardawe People: Lewy Williams". South Wales Media.