Robyn Byrne

{{Infobox darts player

| name = Robyn Byrne

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|5|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Blanchardstown, Ireland

| hometown = Dublin, Ireland

| since = 2014

| darts = 23g Winmau

| laterality = Right-handed

| music = "Hall of Fame" by The Script featuring will.i.am

| BDO = 2014–2020

| PDC = 2020–

| WDF = 2014–

| currentrank = {{WDF Women's Rankings|Robyn Byrne}}

| World Masters = Last 128: 2015, 2016, 2019

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| PDC Women's Series | 2023, 2024

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Youth events

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| World Masters (girls) | 2014

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Robyn Byrne (born 23 May 1997) is an Irish darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was winning the Winmau World Masters for girls. She has also won three gold medals in the WDF Europe Cup Youth and took silver medal in singles competition at the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. She took part in the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup for several times.

Career

Byrne started playing darts at the age of three or four with her father.{{cite web |title=Robyn's on board for the big time |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-daily-star/20220427/282110640170840 |publisher=Irish Daily Star |date=27 April 2022 |accessdate=9 November 2022}} In 2014 she won every girls competition at the 2014 WDF Europe Cup Youth, defeated Lidia Koltsova in singles competition by 4–2 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/wdf-cups/wdf-europe-cup-youth/2014| title=2014 WDF Europe Cup Youth| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}} Few months later she participated in the 2014 Winmau World Masters. In the girls' competition, she confidently triumphed, beat Beau Greaves by 4–0 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/meet-irelands-first-ever-darts-master-30704407.html| title=Meet Ireland's first ever darts Master| publisher=independent.ie| access-date=9 November 2022}} In October 2015, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2015 WDF World Cup. In the singles competition, she only advanced to the second round, where she lost to Katie Bellerby by 3–4 in legs. In the pairs competition, together with Caroline Breen, she won a bronze medal. She also won the bronze medal in the team and overall classification.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/wdf-cups/wdf-world-cup/2015| title=2015 WDF World Cup| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}}

She competed three times in the Winmau World Masters. In all tournaments, she lost in the first round. She took part in the 2016 WDF Europe Cup, but did not achieve satisfactory results.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/wdf-cups/wdf-europe-cup/2016| title=2016 WDF Europe Cup| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}} The following year, during the 2017 WDF World Cup, again together with Caroline Breen, she won the silver medal in the pairs competition. In the final they lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova and Marina Kononova from Russia by 1–6 in legs. In the singles competition, she advanced to the quarter-finals, where she lost to Aileen de Graaf by 1–5 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/wdf-cups/wdf-world-cup/2017| title=2017 WDF World Cup| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}}

In 2018, Byrne achieved the greatest success so far in senior tournaments, winning a silver medal in singles competition during the 2018 WDF Europe Cup. On the way to the finals, she defeated, among others Deta Hedman and Rhian Griffiths. She lost to Fiona Gaylor in the final, by 4–7 in legs. In the pairs and team competitions, she finished in the quarter-finals.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/wdf-cups/wdf-europe-cup/2018| title=2018 WDF Europe Cup| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}} From 2020, she takes part in tournaments organized by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). In March 2022, she played in the Women's Series final, where she lost to Lisa Ashton by 3–5 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/12564540/lisa-ashton-too-strong-for-fallon-sherrock-as-she-wins-pdc-womens-series-one-and-two-in-barnsley| title=Lisa Ashton wins PDC Women's Series One, Two and Four in Barnsley| publisher=Sky Sports| access-date=9 November 2022}} She remained at a good level to the end of the season, taking 11th place in the ranking. She also continues to compete in the World Darts Federation tournaments.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/players/robyn-byrne| title=Robyn Byrne| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=9 November 2022}}

At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the singles competition, where she lost to eventual gold medalist Beau Greaves by 2–5 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/competitions/wdf-europe-cup-women-singles/2022/results| title=WDF Europe Cup Women Singles| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=30 September 2022}} On the third day, she advanced to the quarter-finals of the pairs competition, where she played together with Katie Sheldon. They lost to Lerena Rietbergen and Anca Zijlstra from Netherlands by 1–4 in legs.{{cite web | url=https://dartswdf.com/competitions/wdf-europe-cup-women-pairs/2022/results| title=WDF Europe Cup Women Pairs| publisher=World Darts Federation| access-date=30 September 2022}} In the team tournament, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

In 2023, Byrne won her maiden PDC Women's Series title, defeating Laura Turner 5–1 in the final after beating Lisa Ashton in the semi-final.{{Cite web |last=Gill Sunday |first=Samuel |date=2023-05-14 |title=Byrne thrashes Turner to seal maiden PDC Women's Series title |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/byrne-thrashes-turner-to-seal-maiden-pdc-womens-series-title |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}} Her women's series performances meant that she qualified as the fourth seed for the 2023 Women's World Matchplay. After beating Rhian O'Sullivan 4–3 in the quarter-final, she lost 3–5 to eventual champion Beau Greaves in the semi-final.{{Cite web |last=Boyce |first=Lee |date=2023-07-23 |title=Beau Greaves Betfred Women's World Matchplay Champion - Online Darts |url=https://onlinedarts.com/beau-greaves-betfred-womens-world-matchplay-champion/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Online Darts |language=en-GB}}

Byrne failed to qualify for the 2024 Women's World Matchplay,{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Kieran |date=2024-08-12 |title=PDC Women's Series Order of Merit: Beau Greaves still leads with Noa-Lynn van Leuven up to 2nd and looking good for Ally Pally debut |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/pdc-womens-series-order-of-merit-beau-greaves-still-leads-with-noa-lynn-van-leuven-up-to-2nd-and-looking-good-for-ally-pally-debut |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}} but enjoyed success towards the end of the year by winning the 2024 WDF Europe Cup, defeating Noa-Lynn van Leuven 7–4 in the final.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Kieran |date=2024-09-28 |title=Robyn Byrne defeats Noa-Lynn van Leuven to take title at WDF Europe Cup |url=https://dartsnews.com/wdf/robyn-byrne-defeats-noa-lynn-van-leuven-to-take-title-at-wdf-europe-cup |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}} Byrne also won a second PDC Women's Series title, defeating Lisa Ashton and Fallon Sherrock in the quarter- and semi-final before beating Lorraine Winstanley 5–2 in the final.{{Cite web |last=Gill Sunday |first=Samuel |date=2024-09-08 |title=Robyn Byrne secures second career Women's Series title with Event 20 win |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/robyn-byrne-secures-second-career-womens-series-title-with-event-20-win |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}} In doing so, she became the seventh woman to win multiple Women's Series titles.{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Kieran |date=2024-09-11 |title="I was absolutely awful the first few rounds but I just kept grinding out results" - Robyn Byrne shows battling qualities to win second career Women's Series event |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/i-was-absolutely-awful-the-first-few-rounds-but-i-just-kept-grinding-out-results-robyn-byrne-shows-battling-qualities-to-win-second-career-womens-series-event |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}} In June 2025, she secured qualification for the 2025 Women's World Matchplay.{{Cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |date=2025-06-09 |title=Field and draw set for Women's World Matchplay 2025: Defending champion Beau Greaves meets Finnish debutant |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/field-and-draw-set-for-womens-world-matchplay-2025-defending-champion-beau-greaves-meets-finnish-debutant |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=Dartsnews.com |language=en}}

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
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colspan="12" style="text-align:left" \|WDF Ranked televised events
style="background:#efefef;"\| {{nowrap\|World Masters}} \| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"\|1R \| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"\|1R \| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNQ \| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"\|1R \| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|NH \| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNQ \| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|NH \| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNQ
colspan="12" style="text-align:left" \|PDC Unranked televised events
style="background:#efefef;"\| {{nowrap\|Women's World Matchplay}} \| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|NH \| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNQ \| {{TournSF\|2023 Women's World Matchplay\|SF}} \| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"\|DNQ

References

Category:Living people

Category:1997 births

Category:British Darts Organisation players

Category:Irish darts players

Category:Professional Darts Corporation women's players