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Luke Littler (born 21 January 2007) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a PDC World Youth Champion and also the youngest player to have won a match in the WDF World Darts Championship, and PDC World Darts Championship. Additionally, he is the youngest player to reach the PDC World Darts Championship final, aged 16 years, and both the youngest ever player to hit a televised nine-dart finish and the youngest to hit 2 televised nine darters; the first one he achieved, at the 2024 Bahrain Darts Masters aged 16, and the second, he achieved at the 2024 Belgian Darts Open aged 17. As well as this, Littler is the youngest ever player to hit a broadcast nine-darter. He achieved the feat at the age of 14 in 2021. He uses the nickname "The Nuke" for his matches. As he had gained a PDC Tour Card, Littler played his debut Players Championships event in 2024 and won the event, hitting a nine-darter on the way to victory. Littler defeated Rob Cross 8–7 in the final of the 2024 Belgian Darts Open, to win his first PDC European Tour event on debut. Due to his great successes in such a short time, he is considered as one of the greatest talents in darts and in sports in general. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |