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Irish darts player (born 2002)

Darts player

Dylan Slevin
Slevin in 2024
Personal information
Nickname	"Ocean's",[1] "Slevinator"[2]
Born	(2002-11-19) 19 November 2002 (age 23)[1]Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland[3]
Darts information
Playing darts since	2014
Darts	25g Mission Signature
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"Crazy Crazy Nights" by Kiss[4]
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2018–2020
PDC	2023–(Tour Card: 2023–2025)
WDF	2018–2022
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2025
UK Open	Last 32: 2025
PC Finals	Last 64: 2023
Other tournament wins
Youth events Irish Open 2019 PDC Development Tour 2023
Medal record Men's Darts Representing Ireland WDF Europe Cup Youth 2019 Ankara Boys team 2018 Ankara Boys team

Dylan Slevin (born 19 November 2002) is an Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Ocean's", Slevin was a PDC Tour Card holder from 2023 to 2025.[5] On his PDC Pro Tour debut, Slevin reached the semi-finals at 2023 Players Championship 1.

In his youth career, Slevin won 2023 Development Tour 2. He also won two medals in the WDF Europe Cup Youth representing Ireland.

Slevin was a leading youth player in Ireland. As a member of the Irish youth (boys) team, he won the medal twice in the WDF Europe Cup Youth, bronze in 2018 and gold in 2019.[6]

In November 2022, he participated in the Irish Open. On his way to the final, he defeated several of the top players in the World Darts Federation ranking, including Nick Kenny, Neil Duff, Richard Veenstra and Chris Landman. In the final, he lost to Jelle Klaasen by 3–6 in legs.[7] In the Irish Classic, he ended his participation in the fourth round after losing to Dennie Olde Kalter by 3–4 in legs.[8] This year, Slevin participated in the PDC Development Tour, reaching the semi-finals twice. He managed to qualify for the PDC World Youth Championship 2022, in the group stage, he remained unbeaten and would eventually reach the quarter-finals, in which he lost 4–6 with Josh Rock.[9]

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.[10] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years. In early February, he made his debut at 2023 PDC Players Championship 1. He advanced to the semi-finals, where he lost to Jamie Hughes 7–2 in legs.[11]

He took part in the 2023 UK Open where he defeated Maik Kuivenhoven, Shaun Wilkinson and Robbie Knops, before losing to Joe Cullen 10–7 in legs. In March he won his first PDC Development Tour title, winning 2023 Development Tour 2 by beating Luke Littler 5–4 in the final.[12][13][14] Slevin made his PDC European Tour debut at the 2023 Austrian Darts Openwhere he lost to John Henderson 6–4 in legs. He appeared in seven European Tour events during the season, but failed to qualify for 2023 European Championship.[15][16]

He finished on 65th place of Players Championship Order of Merit, initially not qualifying for 2023 Players Championship Finals. However, ninth seed Danny Noppert withdrew prior to the tournament due to the imminent birth of his second child and Slevin came directly into the draw to replace him. In the first round he lost in a deciding leg to Matt Campbell 6–5.[17]

Slevin was able to qualify for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, finishing in 50th place on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit.[18][19][20]

At the World Championship, Slevin lost to Florian Hempel. 3–1 in the first round, despite winning the first set and hitting a 167 checkout in the second set.[21]

He made it to the semi finals of the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship, but lost to eventual champion Gian van Veen.[22]

After not initially qualifying for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Slevin was one of four players to qualify for the event through the Tour Card Holder qualifier.[23] He was drawn against Irish compatriot William O'Connor in the first round and beat O'Connor 3–1 in sets.[24][25] Slevin lost in the second round to Dimitri Van den Bergh.

World Championship results

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• 2024: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)
• 2025: _S_econd Round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–3)

Performance timeline

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PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

1. ^ a b "Dylan Slevin". PDC TV. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
2. ^ "Dylan Slevin - MDA Events". MDA Events. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
3. ^ "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin has an impressive PDC debut". tippfm.com. 12 February 2023.
4. ^ "Tipp's Slevin impresses in defeat at Ally Pally". RTÉ. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
5. ^ "Borrisokane's Dylan Slevin secures a PDC Tour Card". tippfm.com. 15 January 2023.
6. ^ "Dylan Slevin". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
7. ^ "Winmau Irish Open Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
8. ^ "High Performance Roofing Irish Classic Men 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
9. ^ "PDC World Youth Championship Finals 2022". Dart Connect. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
10. ^ "Dylan Slevin". Mastercaller. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
11. ^ "Super Searle topples Hughes to claim Players Championship 1 title". PDC. 11 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023.
12. ^ Gill, Samuel (31 March 2023). "Dylan Slevin seals maiden PDC Development Tour title, denies Luke Littler in final of Event 02". Darts News. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
13. ^ "PDC Development Tour 02". Dart Connect. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
14. ^ Gorton, Josh (31 March 2023). "Toonders & Slevin prevail on opening day of 2023 Development Tour". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023.
15. ^ Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin books place in German Darts Open". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
16. ^ Carroll, Paul. "Dylan Slevin qualifies for German Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
17. ^ Allen, Dave. "Noppert to miss 2023 Cazoo Players Championship Finals". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 November 2023.[_dead link_]
18. ^ "From Borrisokane to the World for rising Darting star Dylan Slevin". The Nenagh Guardian. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
19. ^ Carroll, Paul. "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin qualifies for World Darts Championship". TippFM. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
20. ^ Byrne, Tom. "Tipperary's Slevin to face big hitter in World Darts Championship if progresses to second round". Tipperary Live. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
21. ^ "Tipperary's Dylan Slevin impresses in defeat at PDC World Darts Championship". RTÉ. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
22. ^ "Tipp's Slevin beaten in PDC World Youth Championship semi-final". TippFM. 15 October 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
23. ^ Gorton, Josh (25 November 2024). "Campbell, De Zwaan, Slevin, Griffin secure last Ally Pally spots". PDC.tv. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
24. ^ Browne, PJ (25 November 2024). "Limerick and Tipp clash in first round of World Darts Championship". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
25. ^ "Dylan Slevin beats Willie O'Connor to win all-Irish battle at World Darts Championship". Irish Independent. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
26. ^ "Post World Championship Order of Merit 2023". dartsrankings.com. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
27. ^ "Post World Championship Order of Merit 202;". dartsrankings.com. Retrieved 11 January 2026.

• Personal website
• Player profile for Dylan Slevin from Dartsdatabase