Bradley Brooks Explained

Bradley Brooks
Nickname:"Bam Bam"[1]
Birth Date:20 February 2000[2]
Birth Place:Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Hometown:Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Since:2016
Darts:Shot 24g
Laterality:Right-handed
Music:"Booyah" by Showtek
Pdc:2016–
Pdc World:Last 96: 2021, 2022
Grand Slam:Last 16: 2021
Uk Open:Last 64: 2020

Bradley Brooks (born 20 February 2000) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship.

Career

In 2017, Brooks won the Junior Darts Corporation European Open title, defeating Jarred Cole 6–5 in the final.[3]

Brooks entered UK Q School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card on the fourth & final day, by defeating John Goldie 5–1 in the final round.[4]

His first major run in professional darts came in late June 2018, when he made the quarter-finals of Players Championship 16 in Barnsley, only to be knocked out by eventual winner Ian White.[5]

After losing his two-year Tour Card at the end of 2019, he won it straight back on 17 January 2020 by beating Damon Heta 5–3 in the play-off match at Q School.[6] Brooks reached the final of the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship;[7] where took on Joe Davis on 29 November 2020, and won the match in a last-leg decider, qualifying him for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[8] [9] In his debut he faced Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode and led 2-0 on sets, but eventually lost 2-3 and exited in the first round.

In 2021 he continued with his Tour card, appearing on 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded in the second round, but lost to Martin Atkins. He was unable to qualify for other major tournaments during the year, but as a reigning Youth World Champion he had his spot at 2021 Grand Slam of Darts. In Group B ha faced Jonny Clayton, Mervyn King and Rusty-Jake Rodriguez. Brooks won his first match against King 5-1, losing the second one with Clayton 3-5. After winning 5-3 over Rodriguez in the last match, he secured the second spot in the group and qualified for the second round. There he faced Gerwyn Price, at that time the world number one. The match was close, Price won 10-8 and eliminated Brooks.[10]

Brooks qualified for his second PDC World darts Championship in a row via PDC UK Development Tour, where he was placed 1st in the overall ranking.[11] In the first round he played Scottish William Borland. The match went to the deciding fifth leg of the fifth set. Borland hit a 9 darter in the deciding leg and eliminated Brooks 2-3 on sets.After the second year of his Tour card, Brooks placed 70th in the PDC Order of Merit, technically losing his Tour card for the second time. Due to his 1st spot in the UK Development Tour Order of Merit, he immediately renewed the Tour card for two more seasons.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
DNQ1R1RDNQ
UK Open2R2R4R2R1R2R2R
DNQ2RDNQ
PDC Non-major televised events
RRRRW2R2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking117941047013492

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2018EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
2R
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
2021HDT
2R
GDT
DNQ
2022IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDO
2R
BDO
2R
GDT
DNQ
2023BSD
2R
EDO
1R
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
DDC
DNQ
BDO
2R
CDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bradley Brooks . Target Darts . 1 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Bradley Brooks - Mastercaller.
  3. Web site: Allen . Dave . Rodriguez & Roelofs Reach JDC Final . . 27 November 2020.
  4. Web site: 2018 Qualifying School Day Four . . 27 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Players Championship 16 . . 27 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Tinniswood . Steve . Blackburn's Bradley Brooks wins back place on PDC tour . 22 January 2020 . . 27 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Allen . Dave . Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final . . 27 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Tinniswood . Steve . Blackburn Rovers fan Bradley Brooks crowned world youth darts champion . 30 November 2020 . . 1 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Players Championship Finals 2020: Michael van Gerwen wins sixth title . . 1 December 2020.
  10. Web site: Price books hard-fought victory over Brooks to reach last eight at Grand Slam of Darts . Darts News . 17 November 2021 . 25 December 2021.
  11. Web site: Brooks wins thrilling conclusion to PDC UK Development Tour, set for World Darts Championship return . Darts News . 31 October 2021 . 25 December 2021.