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Career

Early career

Slevin 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 2019.²

2022

In 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.³ In the Irish Classic, he ended his participation in the fourth round after losing to Dennie Olde Kalter by 3–4 in legs.⁴ 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.⁵

2023

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.⁶ 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.⁷

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.⁸⁹ 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.¹⁰¹¹

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 Matt Campbell 5–6.¹²

Slevin was able to qualify for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, finishing in 50th place on the Pro Tour Order of Merit.¹³¹⁴¹⁵

2024

At 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.¹⁶

He made it to the semi finals of the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship, but bowed out to eventual champion Gian van Veen.¹⁷

After not initially qualifying for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Slevin was one of four players to qualify for the event through the Tour Card Holder qualifier.¹⁸ He was drawn against Irish compatriot William O'Connor in the first round and beat O'Connor 3–1 in sets.¹⁹²⁰ Slevin lost in the second round to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2024: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)
• 2025: Second Round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

External links

• Personal website
• Player profile for Dylan Slevin from Dartsdatabase

References

1. "Borrisokane's Dylan Slevin secures a PDC Tour Card". tippfm.com. 15 January 2023. https://tippfm.com/sport/borrisokanes-dylan-slevin-secures-pdc-tour-card/ ↩

2. "Dylan Slevin". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023. https://dartswdf.com/players/dylan-slevin ↩

3. "Winmau Irish Open Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023. https://dartswdf.com/competitions/irish-open-men/2022/results ↩

4. "High Performance Roofing Irish Classic Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023. https://dartswdf.com/competitions/irish-classic-men/2022/results ↩

5. "PDC World Youth Championship Finals 2022". Dart Connect. Retrieved 14 December 2023. https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdcwyc22l32/matches ↩

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7. "Super Searle topples Hughes to claim Players Championship 1 title". PDC. 11 February 2023. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/02/11/super-searle-topples-hughes-claim-players-championship-1-title ↩

8. 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. https://dartsnews.com/pdc/dylan-slevin-seals-maiden-pdc-development-tour-title-denies-luke-littler-in-final-of-event-two ↩

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10. Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin books place in German Darts Open". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023. https://tippfm.com/featured-2/tipperarys-dylan-slevin-books-place-german-darts-open/ ↩

11. Carroll, Paul. "Dylan Slevin qualifies for German Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023. https://tippfm.com/featured-2/dylan-slevin-qualifies-german-darts-championship/ ↩

12. Allen, Dave. "Noppert to miss 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 November 2023. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/11/20/noppert-miss-2023-cazoo-players-championship-finals ↩

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14. Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin qualifies for World Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023. https://tippfm.com/featured-2/tipperarys-dylan-slevin-qualifies-world-darts-championship/ ↩

15. Byrne, Tom. "Tipperary's Slevin to face big hitter in World Darts Championship if progresses to second round". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 14 December 2023. https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/1370965/tipperary-s-slevin-to-face-big-hitter-in-world-darts-championship-if-progresses-to-second-round.html ↩

16. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin impresses in defeat at PDC World Darts Championship". RTÉ. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024. https://www.rte.ie/sport/darts/2023/1217/1422523-tipps-slevin-impresses-in-defeat-at-ally-pally/ ↩

17. "Tipp's Slevin beaten in PDC World Youth Championship semi-final". TippFM. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024. https://tippfm.com/featured/tipps-slevin-beaten-in-pdc-world-youth-championship-semi-final/ ↩

18. Gorton, Josh (25 November 2024). "Campbell, De Zwaan, Slevin, Griffin secure last Ally Pally spots". PDC.tv. Retrieved 27 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/11/25/campbell-de-zwaan-slevin-griffin-secure-last-ally-pally-spots ↩

19. Browne, PJ (25 November 2024). "Limerick and Tipp clash in first round of World Darts Championship". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 November 2024. https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/othersport/arid-41524127.html ↩

20. "Dylan Slevin beats Willie O'Connor to win all-Irish battle at World Darts Championship". Irish Independent. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024. https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/dylan-slevin-beats-willie-oconnor-to-win-all-irish-battle-at-world-darts-championship/a1255785843.html ↩