24 Facts About Wes Newton

Wesley Newton was born on 27 August 1977 and is an English professional darts player.

Wes Newton won the Wildcard Qualifier for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Colin McGarry in the final.

Wes Newton was drawn into Group F with Terry Jenkins, Colin Lloyd and American Darin Young where Newton defeated Lloyd and Young in his first two games to stand a great chance of qualifying for the knockout stages.

Wes Newton entered the 2009 PDC World Championship as the number 31 seed and defeated Denmark's Per Laursen in the first round, before falling to Raymond van Barneveld in round two.

Wes Newton won the WDF-ranked Las Vegas Open on 25 January 2009.

Wes Newton continued his progress at the 2011 World Championship, defeating Darin Young, Brendan Dolan and Mensur Suljovic on the way to the quarter-finals.

In March 2011, Wes Newton moved into the top eight of the PDC Order of Merit, following a win in a Pro Tour event in Crawley.

At the 2011 UK Open, Wes Newton progressed to his first televised final.

Wes Newton won the first two sets but then seemed to become distracted by Pipe's slow style and lost the next three.

Wes Newton beat Kevin Dowling, Andy Brown, Robert Thornton, Jerry Hendriks and Richie Howson on the way to the final.

Wes Newton beat Tomas Seyler, Kevin Painter and then Andy Hamilton in the quarter-finals to face his room-mate Brendan Dolan in the semis.

Wes Newton dropped just one set as he cruised into the quarter-finals of the 2013 World Championship.

Wes Newton produced a fightback to level the match but missed two darts to hold throw in the third leg of the deciding set and lost the next leg to exit the tournament.

Wes Newton described it as the best win of his career after the match.

Wes Newton had a poor season by his standards as he failed to win a PDC tournament for the first time since 2007.

Wes Newton dropped to world number 16 after the event and didn't get a wildcard for the Premier League which meant he missed out of the event for the first time since 2012.

Wes Newton had not reached the quarter-final stage of any PDC tournament in over a year.

Wes Newton said his confidence and form could not get any worse.

Wes Newton fell outside the top 32 in the world rankings during 2016 and, after the UK Open, failed to qualify for any of the major events.

Wes Newton only reached the last 16 of two Pro Tour events throughout the year.

Wes Newton was the world number 59 after the event.

Wes Newton is currently playing on the PDC's Challenge Tour for second-tier players.

Wes Newton's younger brother Dale Newton is a former professional player and they both played in the 2006 World Championship.

Wes Newton is a supporter of Fleetwood Town and Liverpool.