Josh Rock
Northern Irish darts player

Josh Rock

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Northern Irish darts player
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
13 April 2001
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Residences
Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Introduction

Joshua Rock (born 13 April 2001) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In his debut year at the international level, he won the 2022 PDC World Youth Championship. He is the first player to throw a televised nine-dart finish in their debut year at the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts in the match against Michael van Gerwen.

Career

In 2021 he reached a final in Irish Classic and lost 3–5 to Shaun McDonald. He defeated on the way to the finals some high-rank players like Brian Raman. Beside he played himself into the quarter-finals of the Irish Open. At this tournament he reached one of the highest average in the history of tournaments organized by the World Darts Federation, beating Nick Fullwell 4–0 in third round with 111.33 average.

At Q-School in 2022, Rock won his Tour Card on the final day of qualifying by defeating his fellow countryman Nathan Rafferty, earning a two-year card on the PDC circuit. He played on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in February, and reaching three finals in his first three events and winning two of them. In November, Rock achieved his first televised 9-dart finish in the last 16 of the 2022 Grand Slam of Darts, in an eventual 10–8 defeat to Michael van Gerwen. Later that month, Rock won the PDC World Youth Championship by beating Nathan Girvan 6–1 with an average of 104.13, a record for a World Youth final.

2023

In his debut at the 2023 World Championship, Rock beat José Justicia, Callan Rydz and Nathan Aspinall before losing 3–4 to Jonny Clayton in the fourth round.

In the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, Rock has reached the final of 4 Players Championship Events and the Austrian Darts Open. In the Grand Slam of Darts Rock reached the quarter finals before losing 15–16 to James Wade.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament 2022 2023
World Championship DNQ 4R
UK Open 1R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R
European Championship 2R 1R
Grand Slam of Darts 2R QF
Players Championship Finals 1R 2R
World Youth Championship W QF
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 36


PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
2R
EDO
QF
CDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
QF
GDO
1R
BDO
DNQ
GDT
QF
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
QF
IDO
3R
GDG
2R
ADO
F
DDC
3R
BDO
SF
CDO
3R
EDG
3R
EDM
3R
GDO
SF
HDT
2R
GDC
2R


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Prel. DNQ DNP NH EX WD
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

Nine-dart finishes

Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize
17 November 2022 Michael van Gerwen 2022 Grand Slam of Darts 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12