Robert Owen

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 reached the quarter finals of the 2017 Dutch Darts Masters after defeating Jamie Bain, Cristo Reyes and Simon Whitlock, but was narrowly defeated in 6–5 by Michael Smith.

He made his televised debut at the 2017 Players Championship Finals, but was defeated top seed Rob Cross 6–2 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 5–2. In July, he reached a second final at Challenge Tour 13 but lost to Jurjen van der Velde 5–3. In September, however, he prevailed in the Challenge Tour 16 final against the Christian Kist 5–2, 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 3–2.

On 5 September 2023 Owen hit a nine-dart finish against Ritchie Edhouse at Players Championship 21.

In 2024 Owen qualified for three PDC European Tour events in the later part of the year, making it into the second round for the first time since 2017 at both the 2024 German Darts Championship and the 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy.

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 took his place instead, giving him still possibility to retain his Tour card. He won against Niels Zonneveld 3–1 in the first round, then defeated Gabriel Clemens 3–1 in the second round. Due to other players competing for places in the top 64 on the Order of Merit also winning games, Owen still needed to win at least one more match to keep his Tour card. He did so by defeating Ricky Evans 4–2 in the third round, securing his tour card for the 2025 season and reaching the last 16 in the World Championship for the first time. In the fourth round he lost to Callan Rydz 4–3 in a deciding set. Owen finished the 2024 season in 59th place on the Order of Merit.