Josh Payne (born 10 December 1993) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Payne won his first title in 2013 at a PDC Challenge Tour event by beating Rowby-John Rodriguez 4–3 in the final.[1] He also qualified for the Gibraltar Darts Trophy and beat Wayne Jones 6–2, before losing 6–1 to Dave Chisnall in the second round despite averaging 100.50.[2]
In 2014, Payne reached the final of the first two Youth Tour events, losing to Nick Kenny and Lewis Venes respectively.[3] He qualified for the UK Open for the first time and lost 5–4 to Andy Boulton in the second round.[4] At the fifth Players Championship of the year Payne recorded wins over three-time world champion John Part and 2012 UK Open winner Robert Thornton to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Mervyn King.[5] He also won through to the last 16 of the World Youth Championship and lost 6–4 to Jack Twedwell.[6] In September, Payne came from 3–0 down in the final of a Youth Tour event to beat Jake Jones 4–3 and he lost by a reverse of this scoreline in the final of the 16th event to Dean Reynolds.[7][8] He finished second on the Youth Tour Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card which commenced in 2015.[9]
At the 2015 UK Open, Payne defeated Lionel Sams 5–3, Dave Prins 5–4 and Andy Jenkins 9–6 to play in the fourth round, where Mensur Suljović beat him 9–4.[10] Payne beat Wayne Jones, Stephen Bunting and Michael Smith at the Dutch Darts Masters to play in the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–4 to Justin Pipe.[11] Payne finished as the runner-up in two Development Tour in the second half of the year, as well as being a quarter-finalist in the World Youth Championship.[12]
Payne lost 9–5 to Ryan de Vreede in the third round of the 2016 UK Open.[13] He took the third Development Tour event by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the final.[14] In May, Payne beat Gerwyn Price, Ronny Huybrechts, Wes Newton, Mensur Suljović and Steve Brown to play in the final of the sixth Players Championship. He then claimed the title with a 6–5 victory over James Wade, sealing it with a 116 finish with Wade waiting on 40.[15] This win saw him qualify for the World Matchplay. On his debut in the event Payne was defeated 10–7 by Robert Thornton.[16] Payne received an invitation to play in the World Series of Darts Finals and was ousted 6–3 by Daryl Gurney in the opening round.[17]
Payne qualified for his first World Championship in the 2017 event through the Pro Tour Order of Merit and he won the first set versus Terry Jenkins. He went 2–1 down and missed one dart to square the match, going on instead to be beaten 3–1.[18]
At the end of the 2021 season, Payne lost his tour card and had to qualify back through the PDC Q-school. He was unsuccessful in his attempt winning only 1 point, which was not enough to earn a 2 year tour card.
He earned back his Tour card in Q-School 2023.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2017: First round (lost to Terry Jenkins 1–3)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–3)
- 2020: Second round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 4R | DNQ | 1R | QF | 4R | 3R | DNQ | 1R | 4R | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | 1R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Did not qualify | 2R | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 3R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Youth Championship | Prel. | DNP | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | F | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | DNP | 4R | PDC | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | NR | NR | NR | 92 | 70 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 45 | 55 | 100 | - | 124 | |||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Did not qualify | GDT 2R |
GDC DNQ |
GDM 1R |
DDM DNQ | |||||||||
| 2014 | GDC DNQ |
DDM 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2015 | DNQ | GDM 1R |
DDM QF |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2016 | DNQ | EDM 1R |
ADO 1R |
DNQ | EDT 2R |
DNQ | ||||||||
| 2017 | DNQ | GDO 1R |
Did not qualify | IDO 3R |
EDT DNQ | |||||||||
| 2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG 2R |
DNQ | DDM 2R |
DNQ | GDC 1R |
DDC 3R |
DNQ | ||||||
| 2019 | EDO 1R |
GDC 1R |
GDG 2R |
DNQ | EDG 1R |
DNQ | ADC 1R |
DNQ | ||||||
| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC 1R |
DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2023 | BSD 1R |
Did not qualify | EDG 2R |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 3R |
BOL 2R |
BOL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 2R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
| 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
- ^ "2013 PDC Challenge Tour England Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Youth Tour Wins For Kenny And Venes". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Dolan Wins Second Title Of The Year". PDC. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC Under 21 World Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Youth Wins For Payne & Van Den Bergh". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Latest". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Brown & Reynolds Earn Youth Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "Coral UK Open Fourth Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Four-Some Van Gerwen's Dutch Glory!". PDC. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Josh Payne 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Josh Payne wins Players Championship Six in Barnsley". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "2016 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Three". PDC. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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