Rob Cross
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Bio
Name: Rob Cross
Nickname: Voltage
Date of birth: 21 September 1990
Home town: Hastings
Walk on music: Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
Performances
World titles: 1
TV titles: 5
Nine darters: 3
Highest TV match average: 107.67 (World Championship 2018)
Career Story
The unlikeliest of world champions emerged at Alexandra Palace in 2018 when Rob Cross took down the game’s best to lift the Sid Waddell Trophy. From that moment Voltage has continued to appear in the spotlight.
The rise of Rob Cross can only be described as meteoric. In the space of two years he launched himself from a local pub league to the top of the world, a journey that will take some matching.
Cross played darts in his spare time while providing for his family as an electrician. Now 29, he gave up the game completed in his early 20s to focus on family life but having picked up his arrows once again he attempted to qualify for the 2016 BDO World Championship. He was unsuccessful and returned home to his life.
In 2016 Cross entered the UK Open amateur qualifiers and at first failed to secure a spot. But what followed was the first step in Cross’ journey to where he is today.
He made the long trip from his hometown of Hastings to Norwich the next weekend where he entered the final qualifier and went on to win that event. This saw him headed for the UK Open where he ran into none other than Michael van Gerwen in the last 32. He put in a good account for himself despite losing 9-5 in a match where Van Gerwen recorded a nine-dart finish.
Cross then headed for the PDC Challenge Tour and after 16 events finished top of the Order of Merit with three wins to his name. This meant he secured a two-year card on the PDC Pro Tour.
His first PDC Pro Tour win came at Players Championship 3 in 2017 where he got the better of Mervyn King in the final. His year continued in a similar fashion as he racked up a total of four Players Championship wins, the last of which saw him crack the world’s top 32 for the first time.
2018 saw Cross’ biggest win to date as he handed Phil Taylor a defeat in the final match of his career to win the PDC World Championship on his debut in the event.
Voltage won 7-2 in the final after beating the likes of Van Gerwen, Michael Smith and John Henderson on route. He survived match darts against both Van Gerwen and Smith and this saw him become the first player to win the World Championship after surviving match darts in two separate matches.
Cross came into the World Championship as 20th seed and the victory had some big implications for the year ahead. He jumped to third in the Order of Merit and automatically qualified for the Premier League Darts where he coped with the pressure of being world champion to reach the last four.
Cross added another Players Championship title to his record and made three World Series finals in 2018, winning once at the Brisbane Darts Masters.
Having made the final of the UK Open in 2019 only to run into an in-form Nathan Aspinall, Cross was knocking on the door for another major title.
This came at the World Matchplay in July where he defeated Michael Smithok and was one of only two players to record a 170 finish. Another major title was just around the corner as he secured the European Championship in October with a win over Gerwyn Price.
In 2020, Cross only reached one TV Quarter-Final. However he became runner-up at the World Cup of Darts (with Michael Smith) and World Series of Darts Finals. He was knocked out by Dirk van Duijvenbode in the second round at the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.
In 2021, he returned to form again and with his back up against the wall at the European Championship - he sealed it to defend his money. But failed to be invited to the Premier League in 2022 - he sealed two ProTours in 2022 and finished runner-up at the Players Championship Finals, while falling in the fourth round at Ally Pally to Chris Dobey.
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- Probably i will receive a lot of backlash and hate for this reaction, but well, so be it. I am more than sick and tired of those lies of you Barry Hearn. How dare you defend yourself over the back of Fallon’s son! He has a disability and not an illness, so let me correct that for you! I know because I have the exact same disability. I have tried to reach out to Fallon in the past, and offered her to help her and her son, because I was struggling with the same problems, and I understood the boy. I wanted him to have finally someone who understood him. However she told me that she did not want my help, and I have respected Fallon’s choice. I have never asked Fallon for money. They don’t need money in that case. I only ever wanted the best for Fallon and Rory, but I have to be honest about the situation. Fallon should tell the true story and not be forced to tell lies. I don’t hate Fallon, and I don’t begrudge or envy a single penny that she gets, but this situation/case is just not fair. I hate the lies and the dishonesty and injustice. I don’t want Fallon to be hated because there is an unfair disadvantage created. Don’t proclaim your false lies over the back of Rory! I only stand for integrity and justice. I am precisely the one who always sticks up for Fallon. And you don't, you don't give a damn about them. You were never there for them, and now you only want to save your own position! You are just trying to talk your way out of your own bad behavior at the expense of someone with a disability. And to Fallon, I don’t know if this may ever reach you, and you read it, but I want you to know I love you and I love your son Rory very much, I am sorry how things developed and went. I hope you and Harriet are still friends. I am sorry if I were too persistent to you, or you experienced it that way, but it was never my intention. Please understand I have autism as well. As Barry Hearn would say, I am only just a human being too, and I also make mistakes and misjudge things sometimes. I promise you I did everything out of the deepest love and care for you and Rory. If I were you, I should just keep all the money, only please never be dishonest or tell lies anymore for Barry Hearn, or anyone else. I hope you have the best life, and I wish nothing more than the best for you. I have always loved the two of you. Farewell.Hiddo05-11-2026
- She is a professional. If darts is her income, she is a professional. Same as Adrian Lewis, Martin Adams. A tour card just means someone can play on the PDC tour. You could even make a case that Clayton wasn't a professional (until recently I believe) because he had employment elsewhere.BandB04-11-2026
- She's technically not a professional though as she doesn't hold a pro tour card.mr-pablo04-11-2026
- Such a shame that lakeside has been reduced to this. Fantastic venue,and previously a great tournament. Not any morerick6703-11-2026
- Seems to me that the top 16 players pick and choose whatever they want to play. Good,all the money will get spread out more. They get more money from exhibitions than tournaments so let them all withdrawrick6703-11-2026
- Play all legs and the winners split the pot. Luke gets the lot of he wins them all. If your occupation is darts player you can't enter, regardless of ability.BandB01-11-2026
- I'm quite a jaded person all things considered, but to be honest I found Beat Luke Littler to be pretty entertaining. It certainly wasn't seamless, which is to be expected given the lack of precedence, but I actually think the pacing was pretty good, the production was impressive, and there was a good sense of humour and levity to it. I think it was a very ambitious undertaking but one that, for the most part, paid off. I liked the system with the four pots and I think it added to the drama and intrigue. I enjoyed seeing the diverse range of entrants and learning about their backstories. I think the interactivity was pretty clever and well-integrated. The panel was a little incoherent at times; Lee Mack shone however, and his improvisational skills were appreciated during some more awkward interstitial moments. As far as the darts is concerned, it was a shame that the format didn't allow Littler to get into full flow. You obviously don't want him to steamroll everyone but you want to feel like you're getting the full Littler package rather than seeing him struggling to get out of first gear. I will say that his leg against Jayden Walker was very impressive, but it was mostly downhill from there. The attraction revolves around Littler being this untouchable, indomitable force, yet the format doesn't really allow him to fulfil that characterisation. As for Fallon Sherrock, she was mightily impressive and deserved the victory. It is a testament to her unshakeable character that she was able to bang in a 14-darter under such mind-bending pressure. Everything that has been said about the misleading marketing is valid, though they were clear about their eligibility criteria and were able to offload the responsibility somewhat by bringing the viewers into the decision-making process in real time. What is clear though, is that Fallon played the game according to the rules, and she should not be criticised for that, much less abused. I will admit though that it is a kick in the teeth for those true amateurs who committed time and money to the course, and I would also question those who think pub players would have no chance, given that some of Littler's winning legs were dispatched in 7 visits to the board! The great thing about darts is that it isn't so much that amateurs cannot replicate the feats of brilliance pulled off by professionals of the sport, than it is that they simply cannot replicate the consistency of their output, something that this format almost entirely removes from the equation. It should also be noted that, financially, Fallon certainly stands to benefit much less in relative terms from the paycheque than would your average pub thrower, as I'm sure she nets a fair income from the lucrative exhibition circuit alone. What I do hope is that she might use this as an opportunity to really build up a head of steam heading into the new season, as it seems long overdue that she come through Q-School and really take it to the pros on a week-in week-out basis, but whatever she chooses to do, she has certainly achieved enough already for one if not several lifetimes, so who am I to dictate terms? To conclude though, I will state once again that I found Beat Luke Littler to be a pretty enjoyable evening of entertainment. I do feel for the contestants who never actually had the chance to try their luck against the world #1, although I suppose it comes with the format, but all which inevitably raises the question: will Netflix be tempted to do it all again next year? It's hard to say. Whether it would be financially viable, I can't weigh in there. One point I have been making though, and which I touched on earlier, is that the entire concept relies on a public perception that Littler is more or less unbeatable, and that certainly hasn't been the case of late. If the execs had been trying to pitch the show in recent months while Littler has seemed vulnerable, rather than when he was mopping up almost every major title on the calendar, it would certainly be a tougher sell. We will have to see in about 6 months' time whether Littler can still reliably command perception as a near-unstoppable force in darts, and then we'll have a clearer idea about whether we should expect a second helping. Even as a one-off experiment though, and with all the controversy taken into account, I still don't think they disgraced themselves by any means, and that will probably be my lingering assessment of the event when all is said and done.Deduce635801-11-2026
- Fair play to Fallon. But...shows the mockery when a professional players wins what was meant to be an amateur v Pro event, Littlers performance was poor, and what about the players who didn't get a game? Would have been better if the pot was split amoungst all the winners and they all got a leg.BandB31-10-2026
- Not even slightly interestedrick6730-10-2026
- And yet the PDC has decided to aggravate this problem by doubling the Players Championship Finals field from 2027. I can't imagine there will be fewer withdrawals next year with even less reason to turn up. I can only hope that a whole slew of Challenge Tour top-up players receive enough prize money in the absence of much of the elite, that some of the more complacent among them struggle to scrape into even a heavily diluted field! More semi-pro players will get to test their mettle, but the standard of competition will be much inferior. It could hardly be said that the Players Championship series will provide an opportunity for darts' second string to test their Tour Card credentials anymore, but at least it will underscore the achievements of those Challenge Tour players of current and previous years, who were able to prove themselves as more than capable of competing with, and beating, the elite of the sport on a consistent basis, and reaping the due rewards.Deduce635828-10-2026