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James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number fifteen, having reached a peak of world number two in 2010.
The Darts World Rankings are systems designed to determine a list of the best darts players in the world based on their performances in past tournaments. In 1993, a group of former world champions and other high-profile players separated from the British Darts Organisation , meaning there were several major governing bodies in the sport.
The 2025 PDC World Masters (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Winmau World Masters) is an upcoming professional darts tournament that will take place at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, from 30 January to 2 February 2025.
James Wade won the following year by defeating Mervyn King 11–10 in the 2014 final. [2] Michael van Gerwen became the third different champion in 3 years when he defeated Raymond van Barneveld 11–6. [3] In 2013 and 2014, the tournament took place in the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and was played in early November.
The 2007 Stan James World Matchplay was the 14th annual staging of the World Matchplay darts tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at its traditional home, the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, between 22 and 28 July 2007. James Wade won his first major title, defeating Terry Jenkins 18–7 in the final.
In 2007, Phil Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, James Wade and Terry Jenkins, ranked numbers one to four in the Order of Merit respectively at the time, participated in the tournament. In the following year, Taylor and Wade, returned to the tournament, being ranked numbers one and three in the world at the time.
James Wade hit his first World Championship nine-dart finish and the first PDC World Championship nine-darter since 2016 in his third round defeat to Stephen Bunting. Third seed Gerwyn Price won the first PDC World Championship of his career. He was the first Welsh player to win the PDC World Championship.
José de Sousa was the defending champion, after defeating James Wade 16–12 in the 2020 final, [1] but he was eliminated in the second round, losing 10–9 to Peter Wright. Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the third time in four years, defeating Peter Wright 16–8 in the final.