Dylan Slevin (born 19 November 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He obtained a PDC Tour Card in January 2023.[4] He previously won two medals in the WDF Europe Cup Youth and represented his country during the WDF World Cup in youth competitions.
| Dylan Slevin | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Ocean's", "Slevinator" | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 2002[1] Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 25g Mission Signature | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2018–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2023– (Tour Card: 2023-) | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2018–2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 67  (17 November 2024)[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
Youth events
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Medal record
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Career
editIn the second decade of the 21st century, he was a leading youth player in Ireland. As a member of the Irish youth (boys) team, he won the medal twice in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, bronze in 2018 and gold in 2019.[5]
2022
editIn November 2022, he participated in the Irish Open. On his way to the final, he defeated several of the top players in the World Darts Federation ranking, including Nick Kenny, Neil Duff, Richard Veenstra and Chris Landman. In the final, he lost to Jelle Klaasen by 3–6 in legs.[6] In the Irish Classic, he ended his participation in the fourth round after losing to Dennie Olde Kalter by 3–4 in legs.[7] This year, Slevin participated in the PDC Development Tour, reaching the semi-finals twice. He managed to qualify for the PDC World Youth Championship 2022, in the group stage, he remained unbeaten and would eventually reach the quarter-finals, in which he lost 4–6 with Josh Rock.[8]
2023
editIn January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.[9] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years. In early February, he made his debut during the first 2023 PDC Players Championship tournament, by advancing to the semi-finals, where he lost to Jamie Hughes by 2–7 in legs.[10]
In 2023, he took part in the 2023 UK Open where he defeated Maik Kuivenhoven, Shaun Wilkinson, Robbie Knops, before losing to Joe Cullen of England by 7–10 in legs. In March he secured his first PDC title, winning the second tournament of PDC Development Tour, in the final he won 5–4 against Luke Littler.[11][12] Slevin made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2023 Austrian Darts Open where he lost to John Henderson of Scotland by 4–6 in legs. Throughout the whole season he appeared in seven European Tour events, but failed to qualify for 2023 European Championship.[13][14]
He finished on 65th place of Players Championship Order of Merit, initially not qualifying for 2023 Players Championship Finals. However, ninth seed Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament due to the imminent birth of his second child and Slevin came directly into the draw to replace him. In the First round he lost in the deciding leg to Matthew Campbell 5–6.[15]
Slevin was able to qualify for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, finishing in 50th place on the Pro Tour Order of Merit.[16][17][18]
2024
editAt the World Championship, Slevin was up against Florian Hempel. He lost the first round match 1–3, despite winning the first set and hitting a 167 checkout in the second set.
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2024: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | ||
| UK Open | DNQ | 4R | 3R | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | ||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||
| World Youth Championship | QF | 2R | ||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | - | 82 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 1R |
DDC 2R |
BDO 1R |
CDO 1R |
EDG 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDO 2R |
HDT DNQ |
GDC 1R |
| 2024 | BDO DNP |
GDG DNP |
IDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO 2R |
GDC 2R |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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
edit- ^ "Dylan Slevin". PDC TV. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin has an impressive PDC debut". tippfm.com. 12 February 2023.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Borrisokane's Dylan Slevin secures a PDC Tour Card". tippfm.com. 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Dylan Slevin". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Winmau Irish Open Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "High Performance Roofing Irish Classic Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "PDC World Youth Championship Finals 2022". Dart Connect. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Dylan Slevin". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Super Searle topples Hughes to claim Players Championship 1 title". PDC. 11 February 2023.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (31 March 2023). "Dylan Slevin seals maiden PDC Development Tour title, denies Luke Littler in final of Event 02". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "PDC Development Tour 02". Dart Connect. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin books place in German Darts Open". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Carroll, Paul. "Dylan Slevin qualifies for German Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "Noppert to miss 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "From Borrisokane to the World for rising Darting star Dylan Slevin". The Nenagh Guardian. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin qualifies for World Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Byrne, Tom. "Tipperary's Slevin to face big hitter in World Darts Championship if progresses to second round". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 14 December 2023.