Luke Humphries
Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995)is an English professional darts player, he is the reigning World Grand Prix champion. He also won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Cool Hand Luke" | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Newbury, Berkshire, England | 11 February 1995||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Newbury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 21g Red Dragon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Cake by the Ocean" by DNCE | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2011– (Tour Card: 2018-) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 4 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2019, 2020, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Winner (1): 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Runner Up: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Semi Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Premier League | Challenger: 2019, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Semi Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events
Players Championships
PDC Home Tour
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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
- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Jeff Smith 0–2)
- 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Smith 1–5)
- 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Wright 3–5)
- 2021: First round (lost to Paul Lim 2–3)
- 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 2–5)
- 2023: Fourth round (lost to Stephen Bunting 1–4)
Performance timeline
PDC
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | PR | QF | QF | 1R | QF | 4R | |||||||||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 3R | 4R | F | 4R | 6R | |||||||||||||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 2R | 1R | SF | ||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | 1R | W | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Masters | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||
Premier League Darts | DNP | C | C | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | SF | ||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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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 2R |
DDC F |
BDO F |
CDO QF |
EDG F |
EDM W |
GDO 3R |
HDT F |
GDC SF |
PDC career finals
PDC major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Legend |
UK Open (0–1) |
World Grand Prix (1–0) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
Runner-up | 1. | 2021 | UK Open | ![]() |
5–11 (l) |
Winner | 1. | 2023 | World Grand Prix | ![]() |
5–2 (s) |
Notes
- (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
References
- "Luke Humphries - Mastercaller".
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- Allen, Dave. "Humphries Seals Glory As Rodriguez Takes Win". PDC. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Finals Day". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.