Tavis Dudeney he won a PDC Tour Card for the first time in his career in the UK Q School 2025. The 20-year-old Englishman won the tournament on the third day of the Final Stage. He is looking forward to his debut on stage Professional tripbut I don’t want to put too much pressure on myself.
In the final of the third tournament, Dudeney defeated Adam Paxton 6:4. “Honestly, words can’t explain it. I still don’t think it’s gotten through to me, even though countless messages have poured in.” – he says in an interview with Tungsten Tales. “I think once this sinks in, it will be the first Pro Tour event I go to and just look around the room and see guys like Littler, Humphries, Van Gerwen and Anderson.”
For Dudeney, the Tour Card wasn’t a complete surprise. “Saturday came and I don’t know what really happened, something just clicked and I just took a risk in difficult moments,” he recalls the success of Q-School. “I knew I had a chance to win a Tour Card. However, I thought not to go there with too high expectations. I didn’t want to run before I could walk.”
Immediately after receiving the PDC Tour Card, Dudeney received another pleasant surprise – a congratulatory message from the current world champion Łukasz Małyr. “His dad also wrote to me. I’ve known Luke for a long time and I’ve seen him come into his own. So it’s nice to see him do it, and it’ll be nice to play a few more games against him, too,” he says. “We spoke briefly since then. I asked him how many Pro Tour tournaments he planned to enter. I want to be able to spend a lot of time with him, just because we get along so well. I remember we used to do that, stay up with FIFA until 2/3 in the morning, and yes, it was nice.”
Much like what brought him success at Q-School in his first year as a Tour Card holder, Dudeney doesn’t want to set his goals too high. “I think in my case it’s enough to try and do it step by step,” he sums up. “I think the first step is to win the first game, get the first win under your belt and then just build from there. I know for myself that I play regularly, averaging in the mid-90s to a ton. I know I can do it and I think if I keep repeating it to myself it will be a huge help to me.
