1. Rob Cross has won three other PDC major titles: the 2019 World Matchplay and the European Championship in 2019 and 2021.
22 Facts About Rob Cross
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Rob Cross has won five World Series of Darts titles.
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Rob Cross has won a total of twenty-one PDC titles in his professional career; sixteen ranking and five non-ranking.
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In October 2015, Rob Cross attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, where he was knocked out in the last 64 by Tony Martin.
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Rob Cross competed in the 2015 World Masters, losing to Darius Labanauskas in the last 48.
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Rob Cross competed in the 2016 UK Open as an amateur Rileys qualifier; making it to the last 32 before falling to world number one Michael van Gerwen, who achieved a nine-dart finish in the process.
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At the 2017 UK Open, Rob Cross reached the fifth round before being knocked out by the eventual winner Peter Wright.
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Rob Cross reached the final of two events in the 2017 PDC European Tour, the German Darts Grand Prix and the European Darts Trophy, both times losing to Michael van Gerwen.
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Rob Cross reached his first premier event final in October at the 2017 European Championship, again losing to van Gerwen.
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Rob Cross made his PDC World Darts Championship debut as the 20th seed.
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Rob Cross is the only player to have survived match darts in two rounds and then go on to win the World title.
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Rob Cross was tipped by a few pundits to have an off year as they thought that the pressure of being world champion would get to him, despite this he made a good showing on his Premier League debut making it to the semi-finals.
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Rob Cross had made two previous World Series finals that year: Las Vegas and Shanghai.
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Rob Cross made his 3rd major final and 6th televised final at the 2019 UK Open in Minehead.
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Rob Cross made his second televised final of the year at the 2019 Premier League Darts.
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Rob Cross took on James Wade in the semi-final and was successful in victory.
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Rob Cross became only the fourth player to ever win the World Championship and World Matchplay.
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Rob Cross reached his 4th World Series final at the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters.
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At the World Series of Darts Finals, Rob Cross beat Michael Smith and James Wade en route to the final, before eventually succumbing to Gerwyn Price.
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Rob Cross was the runner-up at the Masters where he again lost to Dobey.
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Rob Cross won back-to-back titles on the 2023 World Series of Darts, winning the New Zealand Darts Masters and the New South Wales Darts Masters.
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Rob Cross spent the majority of his early life living in Edenbridge, Kent.