Lewy Williams
Lewis Williams | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Lewis Williams |
Nickname | The Prince of Wales |
Born | [1] Swansea, Wales | 18 January 2002
Home town | Swansea, Wales |
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 | 81 12 (3 January 2022)[2] |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022 |
UK Open | Last 64: 2020 |
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021 |
Lewis “Lewy” Williams (born 18 January 2002 in Swansea) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation events.
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,[3] and defeated Robert Owen, Adrian Gray and José de Sousa, before losing in a last leg decider in the last 64 to Steve West.[4]
Williams secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.[5]
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)
Personal life[]
Lewy attended Cwmtawe Community School. [6]
Performance timeline[]
PDC
Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | |||||||||||||||
UK Open | 4R | 2R | |||||||||||||||
European Championship | DNP | 1R | |||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 170 | 93 |
References[]
- ^ https://www.mastercaller.com/players/lewis-williams
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Lewis Williams and Jon Worsley secure PDC tour cards". BBC. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Pontardawe People: Lewy Williams". South Wales Media.
External links[]
- Darts biography stubs
- Welsh sportspeople stubs
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
- Welsh darts players
- Sportspeople from Swansea