Bradley Brooks
Bradley Brooks | |||||||
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![]() Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay | |||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "Bam Bam"[1] | ||||||
Born | [2] 20 February 2000 Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||||||
Home town | Blackburn, Lancashire, England | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2016 | ||||||
Darts | Shot 24g | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Booyah" by Showtek | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
PDC | 2016– | ||||||
Current world ranking | 196 ![]() | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2021, 2022 | ||||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2020 | ||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2021 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship.
Career
[edit]In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation European Open title, defeating Jarred Cole 6–5 in the final.[4]
Brooks entered UK Q School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card on the fourth & final day, by defeating John Goldie 5–1 in the final round.[5]
His first major run in professional darts came in late June 2018, when he made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 16 in Barnsley, only to be knocked out by eventual winner Ian White.[6]
After losing his two-year Tour Card at the end of 2019, he won it straight back on 17 January 2020 by beating Damon Heta 5–3 in the play-off match at Q School.[7] Brooks reached the final of the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship;[8] where took on Joe Davis on 29 November 2020, and won the match in a last-leg decider, qualifying him for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[9][10] In his debut he faced Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode and led 2-0 on sets, but eventually lost 2-3 and exited in the first round.
In 2021 he continued with his Tour card, appearing on 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded in the second round, but lost to Martin Atkins. He was unable to qualify for other major tournaments during the year, but as a reigning Youth World Champion he had his spot at 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In Group B ha faced Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. Brooks won his first match against King 5-1, losing the second one with Clayton 3-5. After winning 5-3 over Rodriguez in the last match, he secured the second spot in the group and qualified for the second round. There he faced Gerwyn Price, at that time the world number one. The match was close, Price won 10-8 and eliminated Brooks.[11]
Brooks qualified for his second PDC World darts Championship in a row via PDC UK Development Tour, where he was placed 1st in the overall ranking.[12] In the first round he played Scottish William Borland. The match went to the deciding fifth leg of the fifth set. Borland hit a 9 darter in the deciding leg and eliminated Brooks 2-3 on sets.[citation needed] After the second year of his Tour card, Brooks placed 70th in the PDC Order of Merit, technically losing his Tour card for the second time. Due to his 1st spot in the UK Development Tour Order of Merit, he immediately renewed the Tour card for two more seasons.
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2021: First round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to William Borland 2–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Youth Championship | RR | RR | W | 2R | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 117 | 94 | 104 | 70 | 134 | 92 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM 2R | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC DNQ | GDC DNQ | EDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | HDT 2R | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM 1R | HDT DNQ | GDO 2R | BDO 2R | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD 2R | EDO 1R | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO 1R | DDC DNQ | BDO 2R | CDO 1R | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bradley Brooks". Target Darts. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Bradley Brooks - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Rodriguez & Roelofs Reach JDC Final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "2018 Qualifying School Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "Players Championship 16". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Tinniswood, Steve (22 January 2020). "Blackburn's Bradley Brooks wins back place on PDC tour". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ Tinniswood, Steve (30 November 2020). "Blackburn Rovers fan Bradley Brooks crowned world youth darts champion". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Players Championship Finals 2020: Michael van Gerwen wins sixth title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Price books hard-fought victory over Brooks to reach last eight at Grand Slam of Darts". Darts News. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Brooks wins thrilling conclusion to PDC UK Development Tour, set for World Darts Championship return". Darts News. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
External links
[edit]Media related to Bradley Brooks at Wikimedia Commons
- Bradley Brooks player profile at Darts Orakel