Luke Humphries (born 11 February 1995) is an English professional

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events. He won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship.

Career

Humphries won five PDC Development Tour titles in 2017, finishing top of the Development Tour Order of Merit. As a result of this, he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship where he lost to Jeff Smith, and received a PDC Tour Card for the 2018 and 2019 season.

2019

He also won the Development Tour Order of Merit in 2019, a year which culminated in a fantastic run at the 2019 World Championship for Humphries. He beat Adam Hunt,

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, and defending champion Rob Cross, before eventually losing 1–5 to Michael Smith in the quarter-finals. Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Humphries was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He played a one-off match against

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on night four in Exeter. At the age of 24 Humphries won the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship, where he beat Adam Gawlas 6–0, becoming the oldest player to do so in its history.

2020

In the 2020 World Championship, Humphries once again reached the quarter-finals, before losing 5–3 to eventual champion Peter Wright. Humphries was once again selected for the

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, this time under the tag of 'challenger'. He faced Gary Anderson in Exeter and became the first challenger to win their game.

2021

In the 2021 World Championship, Humphries suffered a shock 3–2 first round defeat to veteran Paul Lim. Luke Humphries made his first major televised final at the

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in March 2021. His run to the final saw him claim wins over

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in the quarter-final and then-reigning champion

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in the semi-final. He was defeated 11–5 by James Wade in the final.

2022

In the 2022 World Championship, Humphries reached his third quarter-final in four years before losing 5–2 to Gary Anderson. Humphries reached his first

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final at the

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by beating

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, Michael Smith, Wesley Plaisier and

. He beat

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in the final, hitting double 4 to win 8–2.

2023

In the 2023 World Championship, Humphries reached the fourth round before losing 4–1 to

Personal life

On 10 October 2022, Humphries announced via his Twitter that his partner had given birth to a baby boy, weighing .

World Championship results

PDC

* 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Jeff Smith 0–2) * 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Smith 1–5) * 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Peter Wright 3–5) * 2021: First round (lost to Paul Lim 2–3) * 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 2–5) * 2023: Fourth round (lost to

1–4)

Performance timeline

PDC ''PDC European Tour''

PDC career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Humphries, Luke 1995 births Living people English darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders People from Newbury, Berkshire PDC world youth champions