Draft:Kaya Baysal
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| Kaya Baysal | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 July 2010 Burnley, England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2024 |
| Darts | Target |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2026–present |
| WDF | 2025–present |
Kaya Baysal (born 2 July 2010) is a Turkish and English darts player who competes under the Turkish flag in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He competes under the English flag in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Junior Darts Corporation (JDC) events.
He won the 2026 JDC Junior Masters. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2025 WDF World Youth Championship and the final of the 2025 JDC World Darts Championship.
Career
[edit]In 2025, Baysal won his first two senior WDF titles.[1] At the Budapest Classic, he beat the defending champion, Sybren Gijbels, 5–2 in the final, after overcoming former PDC Tour Card holder Krzysztof Kciuk 4–1 in the semi-finals. He also won two youth events in Budapest - the Youth Open and the Youth Masters - and reached the semi-finals of the pairs event with his friend and fellow Blackburn Youth Darts Academy player Joseph Westby.[2]
Baysal competed in the 2025 WDF World Youth Championship. He defeated Thees Kogelnik 2–1 in sets in the quarter-finals before losing to Mitchell Lawrie 3–0 in the semi-finals.
On 20 December 2025 at Alexandra Palace, Baysal was defeated in the JDC World Championship final by Lawrie 5–2.[3]
On 1 February 2026 at Arena MK, Baysal won the JDC Junior Masters by defeating Lawrie 2–0 in sets.[4][5]
Performance timeline
[edit]Kaya Baysal's performance timeline is as follows:: [1][6][7]
WDF
| Tournament | 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked platinum/major youth events | ||||
| World Championship | SF | |||
| World Masters | L32 | |||
| World Open | SF | |||
Personal life
[edit]Baysal supports football club Burnley F.C.[2][8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Kaya Baysal". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- 1 2 "Darts prodigy beats Luke Littler's record". BBC News. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ Stafford, Ali (20 December 2025). "Mitchell Lawrie: 'Next Luke Littler' and teenager described 'future of darts' wins JDC Junior World Championship title at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ Gorton, Josh (1 February 2026). "Baysal beats Lawrie to win Winmau Junior World Masters in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "Kaya Captures Junior Winmau World Masters". Darts World. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Kaya Baysal". Mastercaller. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Kaya Baysal Player Profile". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Kaya Baysal". Target Darts. Retrieved 31 January 2026.