Rob Cross
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| Full name | Robert Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Voltage" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1990 Pembury, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Hastings, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21.5g Target Signature Gen 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "I Don't Wanna Wait" by David Guetta and OneRepublic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2015–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2017–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2015–2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 9 (19 June 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Masters | Last 48: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Winner (1): 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Winner (1): 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Runner Up: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Runner Up: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Winner (2): 2019, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Runner Up: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Runner Up: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Runner Up: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Champions League | Group Stage: 2018, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Runner Up: 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Tour Events (x2)
Players Championships (x10)
World Series of Darts (x5)
Challenge Tour
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| 2016 Tops the PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Cross (born 21 September 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2018 and 2019. Nicknamed "Voltage", Cross is a former PDC World Champion, defeating Phil Taylor in the 2018 World Championship final after turning professional less than a year beforehand. He has won three other PDC major titles: the 2019 World Matchplay and the European Championship in 2019 and 2021. He has also won five World Series of Darts titles. Cross has won a total of twenty-one PDC titles in his professional career; sixteen ranking and five non-ranking.
Before turning professional he reached the last 32 at the UK Open, losing there to Michael van Gerwen, and won four titles on the PDC Challenge Tour in 2016, which earned him his PDC Tour Card.