Jim Williams (darts player)

Jim Williams (born 27 July 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

Jim Williams
Personal information
Nickname"The Quiff"
Born (1984-07-27) 27 July 1984
Wales
Home townPresteigne, Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts25 Gram signature 180 darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2012–2020
PDC2021 Q School
WDF2012–
Current world ranking(WDF) 3 1 (13 December 2020)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2020
World MastersSemi Final: 2018
World Darts TrophyWinner (1): 2019
Finder MastersRunner Up: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
Grand SlamLast 32: 2018, 2019
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Antwerp Open
BDO International Open
Belfry Open
Bruges Open
England Masters
England Open
French Open
Northern Ireland Open
PDC Challenge Tour
Scottish Open
Swiss Open
Turkish Open
WDF World Cup Singles
WDF World Cup Team		2015, 2017
2018
2018
2018
2018
2019
2017
2018
2020
2020
2017
2015
2015
2019

Career

Williams first rose to prominence in October 2012 at the Winmau World Masters in Hull. There he beat four players in the preliminary rounds to reach the main stage, most notably defeating reigning Lakeside World Champion Christian Kist 3–2 in his final match. Once on stage, he beat established campaigners Jan Dekker 3–1 and Ross Montgomery 3–2 to reach the quarter-finals, before losing out to eventual champion Stephen Bunting by 3 sets to 1.

In February 2013, he came closest to winning his first BDO ranking title, beating Jan Dekker and Remco van Eijden to reach the Scottish Open final, before losing 5–4 to Wesley Harms. In April, he made it to the semi-finals of the German Open, beating Paul Jennings and Richie George, but lost to champion Geert De Vos. One week later, he defeated Glen Durrant, Tony Eccles and John Walton to reach the last 4 of the Polish Open, but was beaten by Jeffrey de Graaf. In the Autumn, he lost to Tony O'Shea in the semis of the Romanian Open, and a fourth semi-final placing in 2013 came at the Northern Ireland Open. Add to that three further quarter final results last year and it amounts to a seeding place at Williams' first Lakeside. Williams made his debut at Lakeside in 2014 as the sole Welsh representative in the men's competition, and hoped to emulate countrymen Leighton Rees, Richie Burnett and Mark Webster by becoming BDO World Champion, but lost in the first round to Dave Prins.

In 2015, on the tour, Williams had some successful tournament runs, including a Final at the German Masters, losing out 6–4 to Wesley Harms. A last-8 in his home Welsh Open before eventually losing out to eventual winner Glen Durrant 4–0. Then a semi-final at the Polish Open, losing out to eventual winner Darius Labanauskas. Another final at the England national after defeating World number one Glen Durrant and Berkshire's Jason Heaver in the semi-final, he eventually lost out 6–5 to Cambridgeshire's Dennis Harbour. Another Quarter-Final at Belgian Open where he lost out 4–2 the eventual winner Jeffrey de Graaf. Then his first ranking event title came at the Antwerp Open where he beat Brian Dawson in the quarters Fabian Roosenbrand in the semi-final before defeating Sven Verndock 2–0 in sets to become the 2015 Antwerp Open Champion. Also in 2015, Williams became Welsh individuals champion defeating Wayne Warren 2–0 in sets in the final. He also collected his first Welsh cap in the six nations of darts, and has been called up to represent Wales at the World cup in Turkey. In October, he went on to reach the final of the English classic, defeating Darryl Fitton 5–4 in the semi final before going on to lose 6–2 to good friend Glen Durrant in the final. He then went on to the World Masters in Hull, losing out in the last 32 3 sets to 1 to Darius Labanauskas. He then went on to the Turkish Open, completing the singles and pairs double, winning the pairs with fellow countryman Martin Phillips, and then going on to defeat Phillips in the singles final 6 legs to 5 to become the 2015 Turkish Open Champion.

In 2019, Williams attempted to secure a PDC tour card. After failing to get a tour card, which would have allowed Williams to compete within the Professional Darts Corporation, he told Dartsnews.com: "I am definitely staying with the BDO. I will possibly do a few PDC Challenge Tours but I’m not sure to be honest." [2] In 2020 he attempted and failed to secure a PDC tour card for the second time.

World Championship performances

BDO

Career finals

BDO major finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Zuiderduin Masters (0–1)
BDO World Trophy (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2017 Zuiderduin Masters Danny Noppert 3–5 (s)
Winner 1. 2019 BDO World Trophy Richard Veenstra 8–6 (l)
Runner-up 2. 2020 World Darts Championship Wayne Warren 4–7 (s)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline
Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 2R 2R QF SF F
BDO World Trophy NH 2R DNQ 1R 1R SF W
Winmau World Masters QF 3R 2R 5R 6R QF SF 2R
Finder Darts Masters DNP SF RR F SF NH
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR RR
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament

References
  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  2. "Nearly 6,000 players enter the BDO's Dutch Open but no Jim Williams or Scott Waites". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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