Robert Owen (born 23 September 1984) is a Welsh professional darts player competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first PDC major semi-final at the 2018 UK Open. Owen won his first secondary tour title at 2022 PDC Challenge Tour 16. His placing on the Challenge Tour ranking re-gained him a PDC Tour Card, which he has held since 2023, having previously had one from 2014 to 2019. Owen previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, winning the 2022 England Classic.
His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Championship.
Owen secured himself a Tour card in 2014 with a one-day win in PDC Q-School. During the first two years, he was not able to earn enough prize money on the PDC Pro Tour to get into top 64 and had to play Q-School again in 2016. This time he earned a Tour Card via the points ranking. Later in the year, he only managed to qualify once for an event on the European Darts Tour with the 2016 European Darts Grand Prix.
In February 2017 he reached the quarter-finals of Players Championship 2 and qualified for three tournaments on the European Tour. Owen amazingly reached the quarter finals of the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters after defeating Jamie Bain, Cristo Reyes and Simon Whitlock, but was narrowly defeated in 6âÂÂ5 by Michael Smith.
He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated by top seed Rob Cross 6âÂÂ2 in the first round.
Despite his results in 2017, he had to compete again at Q-School in 2018, where he secured a Tour card for the third time by winning the second day. Owen qualified for the 2018 UK Open, where starting at the second round stage, he defeated Michael Burgoine, Jamie Lewis, Nathan Rafferty, Ian White and John Part to reach the semi finals in only his second televised event, but was defeated by Corey Cadby.
However, Owen lost his Tour card after failing to qualify for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. He was unable to earn his card back at Q-School. Owen therefore competed in tournaments on the PDC Challenge Tour for the first time. He reached the 2020 UK Open via a Rileys Qualifier, where he was eliminated in the first round by Lewis Williams.
In January 2022, he reached the final at PDC Challenge Tour 1 but lost to Scott Williams 5âÂÂ2. In July, he reached a second final at Challenge Tour 13 but lost to Jurjen van der Velde 5âÂÂ3. In September, however, he prevailed in the Challenge Tour 16 final against the Christian Kist 5âÂÂ2, securing his first title in the PDC. Owen was the runner-up on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series Order of Merit, which qualified him for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship and secured him a Tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. He was eliminated in the first round by Andrew Gilding 3âÂÂ2. On 5 September 2023, Owen hit a nine-dart finish against Ritchie Edhouse at Players Championship 21.
Owen initially did not qualify for 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, having finished in 33rd place on the Pro Tour Order of Merit race, one place below the cut-off. However, after Dom Taylor received a suspension due to failed drug test, Owen replaced him in the tournament. He won 3âÂÂ1 against Niels Zonneveld in the first round, then defeated 27th seed Gabriel Clemens 3âÂÂ1 in the second round. By beating Ricky Evans 4âÂÂ2 in the third round, Owen secured his Tour Card for the 2025 season and reached the last 16 of the World Championship for the first time. He exited the tournament following a 4âÂÂ3 loss to Callan Rydz. Owen finished the 2024 season in 59th place on the Order of Merit.
Owen earned a 10âÂÂ8 win against Michael van Gerwen in the last 32 of the 2025 UK Open, before losing 10âÂÂ8 to James Wade in the next round.
Owen studied at Ogmore Comprehensive School and Bridgend College. His wife Robyn works with the NHS, while Owen himself still works part time as a delivery driver for Iceland.
PDC European Tour
PDC Players Championships