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Andy Boulton
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Boulton
Nickname"X-Factor"
Born (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 (age 51)
Stoke-On-Trent, England
Home townArdrossan, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since1991
Darts23 Gram Showtime
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Juicy Wiggle" by Redfoo
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2004–2015
PDC2015–
(Tour Card: 2015–2017, 2019–2022, 2025–)
Current world ranking(PDC) NR (12 January 2025)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2008
World MastersLast 16: 2006
Finder MastersGroup Stage: 2008
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2016, 2021
UK OpenLast 16: 2011
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2015
PC FinalsLast 32: 2020, 2021
Other tournament wins
ADC Championship Tour Finals2024
Airdrie European Open2010
Granite City Open2009
North Lanarkshire Open2008
PDC Challenge Tour2023 (x2), 2024 (x2)
Scotland National Championships2011
Tyne & Wear Open2011

Andrew Boulton (born 25 February 1973) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "X-Factor", he is a three-time qualifier for both the BDO World Darts Championship and the PDC World Darts Championship. He has won 4 titles on the PDC Challenge Tour.

Career

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BDO, UK Open appearances

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Boulton made his PDC major debut at the 2005 UK Open, starting in the preliminary round and reaching the third round. He was eliminated after a 5–1 loss to Colin Osborne.[2] He made his BDO World Championship debut at the 2008 edition, eliminating 10th seed Martin Atkins in the first round.[3] He lost to Ted Hankey in the second round. In March 2008, he won the North Lanarkshire Open by beating Robert Thornton 4–1 in the final.[4]

Boulton qualified for the 2009 UK Open as a pub qualifier.[5] He beat Darren Latham 6–5 in the first round but lost 6–4 to Wes Newton in the second round.[6] Later that year, he claimed the Granite City Open title in Aberdeen by beating former world champion John Walton in the final.[7]

Boulton suffered first-round defeats at the 2011 and 2012 BDO World Championships, losing to Robbie Green and Scott Waites.[8][9] However, in the PDC, Boulton reached the last 16 of the 2011 UK Open.[10]

PDC

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After years of mainly playing in the BDO, Boulton officially crossed over to the PDC in 2015, winning a PDC Tour Card at Q-School by topping the Q-School Order of Merit.[11] He qualified for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts, getting through the PDC Qualifier that was held to fill the last eight spots.[12] He was drawn into Group E with Gary Anderson, Raymond van Barneveld and Larry Butler, but failed to win a match.[13] Boulton qualified for the 2016 PDC World Championship through the PDPA Qualifier, which saw him enter the preliminary round of the tournament.[14] After beating Per Laursen to progress to the first round, he lost 3–0 to defending champion Gary Anderson.[15]

He reached his first PDC European Tour semi-final at the 2018 European Darts Matchplay – defeating Cristo Reyes, Steve Beaton, Jelle Klaasen and Gerwyn Price en route. In his semi-final match, he lost 7–3 to William O'Connor.[16]

After losing his Tour Card at the end of 2017, Boulton regained it at 2019 Q-School.[17] He returned to Alexandra Palace at the 2020 PDC World Championship, but was defeated 3–2 by debutant Danny Baggish in the first round.[18]

At the 2021 PDC World Championship, Boulton was drawn to play three-time women's world finalist Deta Hedman in the first round.[19] He defeated Hedman 3–2, reaching the second round of the competition for the first time.[20] He was eliminated after losing to Stephen Bunting. The same year, Boulton switched his allegiance from England to Scotland on residency grounds after previously living in England for many years.[21]

After losing his Tour Card again at the end of 2022, Boulton saw success on the PDC Challenge Tour. He won two titles on the 2023 Challenge Tour at event 3 and event 23.[22][23] On 16 March 2024, Boulton claimed two Challenge Tour titles on the same day, winning events 8 and 9.[24]

Boulton won his Tour Card back at 2025 Q-School after finishing eighth on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[25]

World Championship performances

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BDO

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PDC

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship BDO 1R Did not qualify 1R 2R DNQ
UK Open 3R Did not qualify 2R DNQ 5R DNQ 3R 3R 2R 3R DNQ 3R 5R 4R 4R DNQ 1R
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify RR Did not qualify
Players Championship Finals Did not qualify 1R DNQ 1R 2R 2R DNQ
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNP 2R DNQ 1R 1R DNQ PDC NH PDC
Winmau World Masters DNP 5R DNP 3R 4R 4R 4R 5R 4R 5R PDC NH PDC
Finder Darts Masters DNP NH DNP RR DNP PDC NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - - - - - - - 72 58 62 104 81 51 56 82 107 112

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2015 GDC
2R 		GDT
DNQ 		GDM
1R 		DDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
2R 		IDO
1R 		EDT
1R 		EDG
1R 		GDC
1R
2017 GDC
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		GDG
1R 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
QF
2018 EDO
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
1R 		DDM
DNQ 		GDT
3R 		DDO
DNQ 		EDM
SF 		GDC
1R 		DDC
1R 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ 		GDC
2R 		GDG
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDM
1R 		DDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		ADC
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		IDO
1R 		GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
1R 		GDC
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
1R 		GDC
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDC
1R 		EDM
DNQ 		HDT
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		BDO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ 		EDO
2R 		IDO
1R 		GDG
1R 		ADO
DNQ 		DDC
1R 		BDO
DNP 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNP 		EDM
DNP 		GDO
DNP 		HDT
1R 		GDC
DNQ
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Results of UK Open 2005". Mastercaller. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Second seed Anderson crashes out". BBC Sport. 6 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ^ "North Lanarkshire Open 16/03/2008". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Holsten Qualifiers - Day Two". Professional Darts Corporation. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Blue Square UK Open - Night One". Professional Darts Corporation. 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Granite City Open 04/07/2009". Darts Database. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Hankey beaten at Frimley Green". RTÉ. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Hankey holds his nerve". Sky Sports. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Speedy Hire UK Open Round Five". Professional Darts Corporation. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  11. ^ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". Professional Darts Corporation. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Wolverhampton's Wayne Jones is among Grand Slam of Darts qualifiers". Sky Sports. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Grand Slam of Darts 2015: MVG overcomes Taylor in final". Sporting Life. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  14. ^ "PDPA Qualifier Joy For Evans & Boulton". Professional Darts Corporation. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  15. ^ "PDC World Championship: Gary Anderson brushes aside Andy Boulton". The Guardian. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  16. ^ "European Darts Matchplay 2018: MVG wins 15th title of 2018 by defeating William O'Connor". Sporting Life. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  17. ^ "2019 PDC UK Qualifying School". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  18. ^ Gill, Samuel (15 December 2019). "Baggish claims PDC World Championship debut victory over Boulton". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  19. ^ Gorton, Josh (19 December 2020). "Deta Hedman aiming to produce her A-Game as she prepares for her Alexandra Palace bow". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Deta Hedman bows out of PDC worlds as Michael van Gerwen eases through". The Guardian. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  21. ^ Allen, Dave (19 February 2021). "Number of nationalities competing on PDC ProTour to increase in 2021". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  22. ^ Gorton, Josh (21 January 2023). "Boulton & Crabtree claim Challenge Tour titles in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  23. ^ Gorton, Josh (29 October 2023). "Boulton & Sedlak share spoils on penultimate day of Challenge Tour season". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  24. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 March 2024). "Brilliant Boulton goes back-to-back on Winmau Challenge Tour". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  25. ^ Grayston, Murray (13 January 2025). "Ardrossan: Andy Boulton earns PDC tour card at Q-school". Ardrossan Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
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