Dominic Taylor[3] (born 15 April 1998)[4] is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He obtained a PDC Tour Card at 2024 Q–School. Taylor is a two-time semi-finalist in the PDC's ranked Players Championship events.
He won a Development Tour title in 2021 and a Challenge Tour in 2023.
Career
2019
Taylor began playing in PDC events in 2019, featuring on the PDC Development Tour. He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship but failed to get out of his group with Ben Cheeseman and Connor Scutt.[5]
2021
His results on the Development Tour in 2020 saw him make his PDC premier event debut at the 2021 UK Open.[6] He won his first round game but was whitewashed 6–0 by Gary Blades in the second round.[7]
Taylor achieved early success on the 2021 UK Development Tour, reaching the final in each of the first four events, including the third event where he won his first Development Tour title, defeating Jack Male 5–4 in legs in the final.[8][9][10] He finished the year 4th on the 2021 UK Development Tour Order of Merit.
2023
Taylor picked up his first PDC Challenge Tour title in 2023, winning the final 5–2 against Cam Crabtree.[11][12] Taylor received multiple invitations to play in PDC Players Championship events due to his success on the Challenge Tour in 2023. He reached the semi finals of Players Championship 28, bowing out to eventual champion Ross Smith.[13]
2024
Taylor played at 2024 PDC UK Qualifying School (Q-School) in order to obtain a Tour Card. He lost in the Day Two final 6–2 against Robert Grundy.[14] However, he won his tour card outright by winning the Day Four final 6–1 against Joshua Richardson.[15]
Taylor reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 24, averaging 103.65 in a 6–5 defeat to Gary Anderson who averaged 108.78.[16]
Positive drugs test
Taylor was due to play in the Players Championship Finals, where he was supposed to play 2023 World Champion Michael Smith in the first round. However, it was announced before the tournament that the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA) had suspended Taylor as a result of a positive drugs test taken at a Players Championship event. Taylor was replaced in the event by Nick Kenny.[3][17] He had also qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit, but was replaced by Robert Owen.[18][19] Taylor received a one-month ban after the banned substance was found to not be performance-enhancing and was ingested out of competition. He was originally expected to return to competition at the 2025 PDC World Masters,[20] but withdrew prior to the preliminary round group stage. Taylor returned for the 2025 PDC Players Championship series.
2025
In mid-February, on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, Taylor made his second Pro Tour semi-final by reaching the last four at Players Championship 4.[21][22]
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | WD | |||||||
| World Masters | DNQ | WD | |||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | |||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | WD | |||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||
| World Youth Championship | RR | 2R | RR | RR | DNP | ||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | - | 191 | - | - | 137 | 83 | |||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO 2R |
BSD DNQ |
DDC 2R |
EDO 2R |
GDC 2R |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[nb 1] | DNP | BAR 3R |
DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023[nb 1] | DNP | WIG 2R |
WIG DNP |
LEI DNP |
LEI 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 3R |
DNP | BAR 3R |
BAR DNP |
BAR 3R |
DNP | BAR SF |
BAR DNP |
BAR 3R | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 4R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
WIG QF |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 3R |
ROS SF |
LEI |
LEI |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
ROS |
ROS |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ Cook, James (26 June 2024). "Taylor shows his class to edge out Mann in the Open". The Herald. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Statement: Dom Taylor". Professional Darts Corporation. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
- ^ "Dom Taylor". Mastercaller. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Luke Humphries and Adam Gawlas to contest 2019 World Youth Championship final". Sporting Life. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (1 March 2021). "2021 Ladbrokes UK Open field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "UK Open: Lisa Ashton sets women's scoring record as Peter Wright and Gary Anderson crash out on day one". Sky Sports. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (21 August 2021). "Dom Taylor continues incredible record on Unicorn Development Tour Day Two". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC UK Development Tour 03". DartConnect. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Idsardi, Jetze Jan (22 August 2021). "Dom Taylor domineert op UK Development Tour". DartsActueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (28 October 2023). "Henderson & Taylor clinch Winmau Challenge Tour titles in Wigan". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 21". DartConnect. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Ross Smith lands spectacular nine-dart finish to win Players Championship 28". Planet Sport. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 January 2024). "Robert Grundy captures PDC Tour Card at UK Q-School with 105 average in final". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC Q School: Dom Taylor, Jeffrey de Graaf final winners as Fallon Sherrock's quest for 2024-25 card ends". Sky Sports. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave (1 October 2024). "First senior PDC title for Nijman at Players Championship 24". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ "Dominic Taylor suspended after failing drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "World Championship Race 2024/2025". DartsRankings. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "World Darts Championship draw 2025: When is it? Dates, schedule and how to watch live on Sky Sports". Sky Sports. 25 November 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Darts: Dominic Taylor given one-month ban after failed drugs test". BBC Sport. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Darts news: Ryan Searle wins Players Championship 4 as Michael van Gerwen misses home event". Sky Sports. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ Shaw, Jamie (18 February 2025). "Ryan Searle storms to sixth Players Championship success". Live Darts. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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