Bradley Brooks

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.

Bradley Brooks
Brooks at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay
Personal information
Nickname	"Bam Bam"[1]
Born	(2000-02-20) 20 February 2000 (age 24)[2] 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	216 (24 November 2024)[3]
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
JDC European Open 2017 PDC World Youth Championship 2020 PDC Development Tour 2021 (x3), 2022, 2023

Career

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

PDC

• 2021: First round (lost to Dirk van Duijvenbode 2–3)
• 2022: First round (lost to William Borland 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
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	3R
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
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
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

1. "Bradley Brooks". Target Darts. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
2. "Bradley Brooks - Mastercaller".
3. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
4. Allen, Dave. "Rodriguez & Roelofs Reach JDC Final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
5. "2018 Qualifying School Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
6. "Players Championship 16". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
7. Tinniswood, Steve (22 January 2020). "Blackburn's Bradley Brooks wins back place on PDC tour". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
8. Allen, Dave. "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
9. Tinniswood, Steve (30 November 2020). "Blackburn Rovers fan Bradley Brooks crowned world youth darts champion". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
10. "Players Championship Finals 2020: Michael van Gerwen wins sixth title". Sky Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
11. "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.
12. "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

• Media related to Bradley Brooks at Wikimedia Commons
• Bradley Brooks player profile at Darts Orakel