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Chris Dobey
Personal information
Nickname	"Hollywood"
Born	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34) Bedlington, England
Home town	Bedlington, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2010
Darts	23g Target Chris Dobey Gen 1
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" by PJ & Duncan (Major televised events) "L'amour toujours" by Gigi D’Agostino (European Tour events and European Championship)
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2013–2015
PDC	2015– (Tour Card: 2015–)
Current world ranking	15 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 32: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2023, 2024
World Matchplay	Quarter Final: 2023
World Grand Prix	Semi Final: 2019
UK Open	Last 16: 2018, 2020, 2021
Grand Slam	Quarter Final: 2016
European Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2022
Premier League	7th: 2023
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2019
Masters	Winner (1): 2023
World Series Finals	Quarter Final: 2024
Other tournament wins
Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2021 Players Championship (COV) 2021 Players Championship (LEI) 2024 Players Championship (MK) 2024 Players Championship (WIG) 2024

Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently the World No. 15. He has won 5 ranking PDC titles and was the 2023 Masters champion.

Career

2015

Dobey's first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 5–1 in the first round. At Players Championship 11 he had deciding leg victories over Jan Dekker, Kim Huybrechts and Max Hopp to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he was defeated by Mark Webster 6–2. Dobey qualified for the 2015 World Series of Darts Finals and lost in a last leg decider to Terry Jenkins 6–5.

2016

At the 2016 German Darts Masters, Dobey saw off Ben Davies 6–1 and then averaged 100.64 in a win over Robert Thornton and 102.25 whilst beating Dave Chisnall 6–4. In his first PDC quarter-final he averaged over 100 again, but lost to world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5, having led 5–4. At Players Championship 19 Dobey beat Stephen Bunting 6–3 to reach the semi-finals and took out a 120 finish after Adrian Lewis had missed match darts. This meant he played in his first senior final, but lost Simon Whitlock 6–4. He qualified for the 2016 European Championship and was eliminated by Joe Cullen 6–2 in the first round. Dobey also played in the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time and wins over Lewis and Scott Mitchell saw him advance to the knockout stage, where he hit a ten dart leg to move 9–5 up on Jamie Hughes. However, Hughes closed the deficit to force a deciding leg which Dobey took to advance to his first major quarter-final, but he was outclassed by James Wade who won 16–5.

His performances gave him a PDC Pro Tour spot in the 2017 World Championship, where he beat Justin Pipe 3–1 in the first round. In the second round he lost to Dave Chisnall 4–2.

2018

At the 2018 World Championship, Dobey drew Phil Taylor in the first round. Taylor was appearing in his final World Championship following his decision to retire after the conclusion of the event. Dobey lost 3-1.

He played in the 2018 UK Open in Minehead, reaching the fifth round before losing out to Corey Cadby.

Dobey reached 2 finals on the Pro Tour in 2018, losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 5 despite having an average of over 109, and then losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–2 in the final of Players Championship 21. These performances aided him in qualifying for the 2018 Players Championship Finals where he had a run to the quarter-finals, losing out to eventual winner Daryl Gurney 10–2.

2019

He qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship via the Pro Tour, reaching the last 16 stage with 3-0 whitewash wins over Boris Koltsov, and Steve Beaton and a 4–3 win over Vincent van der Voort. He lost to Gary Anderson 4–3, in a match which saw 28 180s thrown, 15 of them by Dobey.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Dobey was selected as one of nine 'contenders'. He would play a one-off match against Mensur Suljović on night one in Newcastle. Dobey started well leading 5-1 before Suljović would win 5 consecutive legs to lead 6–5. Dobey would win the final leg to draw the match 6–6.

Dobey reached his fourth PDC final at the 2019 Danish Darts Open, winning through as a non seed, but lost to Dave Chisnall 8–3.

After semi-finals at both the 2019 World Grand Prix and 2019 Players Championship Finals, Dobey was once again selected for the Premier League night in Newcastle, this time under the tag of 'challenger'.

2021

In 2021, Dobey won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 18 in Coventry. Along the way he defeated Jeff Smith, Luke Humphries, William Borland, Jonny Clayton, Stephen Bunting, Maik Kuivenhoven & José de Sousa. Dobey then went on to claim his 2nd ranking title at PC28 in Barnsley, he defeated Rob Cross in the semi-finals where the pair threw a combined average of 224.68 (111.73 for Dobey).

2023

On 29 January 2023, Dobey reached his first televised final at the 2023 Masters. He beat reigning Masters champion Joe Cullen, Luke Humphries, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Michael Smith before defeating Rob Cross 11–7 in the final. The following day, Dobey was confirmed to be in the 2023 Premier League.

On 1 September 2023, Chris Dobey announced his new equipment sponsor, Target Darts.

2024

In April 2024, Dobey won a first Players Championship event since 2021 with victory in PC7, hitting a nine-dart finish along the way before registering a second-career highest average of 109.63 in the semi-final.

Personal life

Dobey is a supporter of Newcastle United.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2017: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4)
• 2018: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3)
• 2019: Fourth round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
• 2020: Fourth round (lost to Glen Durrant 3–4)
• 2021: Third round (lost to Daryl Gurney 1–4)
• 2022: Fourth round (lost to Luke Humphries 3–4)
• 2023: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–5)
• 2024: Quarter-finals (lost to Rob Cross 4–5)
• 2025: Ongoing

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2023	The Masters	Rob Cross	11–7 (l)

Notes

1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

References

1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
3. "Jubilant Chisnall claims victory in Barnsley". PDC.tv. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
4. "2015 World Series Of Darts Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
5. "Richardson Shocks Lewis In Munich". PDC.tv. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
6. "Van Gerwen Retains German Masters Title". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
7. "Nine-Dart Whitlock Enjoys Further Success". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
8. "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
9. "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Thursday". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
10. "SINGHA Beer Grand Slam - Saturday". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
11. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
12. "2017 PDC World Championship Results". PDC.tv. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
13. Wood-Thompson, Lewis (17 March 2018). "Van Gerwen Seals PC5 Title". PDC.
14. Allen, Dave (20 October 2018). "Relentless Ratajski's PC21 Glory". PDC.
15. "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
16. Allen, Dave (6 July 2021). "Gutsy Dobey claims maiden ranking title at PC18". PDC. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
17. "PDC Pro Tour 2021: Chris Dobey clinches maiden ranking title with victory over Jose De Sousa". Sky Sports. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
18. Hammer, Chris (6 July 2021). "Darts results: Chris Dobey wins his maiden PDC title by defeating Jose de Sousa in the Players Championship 18 final". Sporting Life. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
19. "DartConnect Match Recap". DartConnect. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
20. Gorton, Josh (29 January 2023). "Dobey defeats Cross to clinch first televised title at Cazoo Masters". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
21. "Dobey to star in 2023 Cazoo Premier League as duo return". www.pdc.tv. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
22. "Chris Dobey wins Players Championship 7 on day of nine-dart finishes in Leicester". Sky Sports. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
23. "Delight for Dobey with PC7 success in Leicester". www.pdc.tv. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
24. "Darts star Chris Dobey on a whirlwind 2021 and his love for - Newcastle United". www.newcastleunited.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.

External links

• Chris Dobey player profile at Darts Orakel

• 1990 births
• People from Bedlington
• Sportspeople from Northumberland
• Living people
• English darts players
• Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
• Masters (darts) champions
• 21st-century English sportsmen