Jim Williams (born 27 July 1984) is a Welsh professional

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events.

Career

Williams first ever rose to prominence in October 2012 at the

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in Hull. There he beat four players in the preliminary rounds to reach the main stage, most notably defeating reigning Lakeside World Champion

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3–2 in his final match. Once on stage, he beat established campaigners Jan Dekker 3–1 and

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3–2 to reach the quarter-finals, before losing out to eventual champion

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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

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. In April, he made it to the semi-finals of the

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, beating Paul Jennings and

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, but lost to champion

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. One week later, he defeated

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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

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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

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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

. A last-8 in his home Welsh Open before eventually losing out to eventual winner

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

and Berkshire's Jason Heaver in the semi-final, he eventually lost out 6–5 to Cambridgeshire's

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. 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

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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

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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

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

, 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." In 2020, he reached the BDO World Championship final, but lost to

7 sets to 4. This turned out to be the last ever BDO World Championship final, as the organization went into liquidation later that year. After failing to secure a PDC tour card for both the

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and

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, Williams finally earned a tour card for the 2022 season by winning the 2021 PDC Challenge Tour, which also earned him a place in both the

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, and the

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PDC

Since 2021 he is playing on the

(PDC) circuit. He qualified for his first PDC World Championship after winning the UK Challenge Tour, where he was beaten by Joe Cullen in the last 64. In only his 6th attempt he won a Pro Tour Event in which he beat Ricky Evans in the final 8-6 to pick up £12,000.

World Championship performances

BDO

* 2014: First round (lost to Dave Prins 0–3) (sets) * 2016: Second round (lost to

3–4) * 2017: Second round (lost to Jamie Hughes 1–4) * 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to

4–5) * 2019: Semi-finals (lost to

3–6) * 2020: Runner-up (lost to

4–7)

PDC

* 2022: Second round (lost to Joe Cullen 2–3) * 2023: ''Ongoing''

Career finals

BDO major finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Jim 1984 births Living people Welsh darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders Sportspeople from Cardiff PDC ranking title winners