LUKE HUMPHRIES will be hoping to secure back-to-back wins at the upcoming World Darts Championship.
And by his side all the way will be his partner Kayley Jones – SunSport has all you need to know about Cool Hand Luke’s family.
Who is Kayley Jones and how many children does she have with Luke Humphries?
Kayley Jones, born in 1994, is the partner of world darts No1 player, Luke Humphries.
Ahead of the US Darts Masters in May 2024, Humphries announced that he and his long-term girlfriend Kayley got engaged.
Cool Hand shared the news with his followers on Instagram, he posted: “A moment that I’ve been waiting to do for some time now.. just wanted to wait until that perfect moment!
“Today was that time. up the edge in New York all by ourselves I popped the question, proud to say kayley said yes!”
Luke Humphries and Kayley Jones got engaged in May 2024[/caption]Kayley has two children, Grace, born in 2013, and Rowan Ellis, born on October 9, 2022.
The family live together in Crewe, Cheshire.
It is unclear whether Kayley had her firstborn child, Grace, with her darts champ partner or with a former partner, as some online sources say Luke became a father for the first time in 2022.
Kayley stays low-key on social media, but shares photos of her family with her followers.
She shared a photo of her eldest child Grace on her birthday on Instagram, with the caption: “Happy 10th birthday Gracie” and a heart emoji.
Luke shared the news of the couple’s new baby in 2022 with his Facebook followers:
“Absolutely overwhelmed to welcome mine and Kayley Marie’s son into the world last night at 10:09pm, weighing 7 pound 9 and a half!
“Absolutely in awe off how amazing Kayley was, going through it all. she’s was incredibly strong throughout labour and am so proud of her.
“We have named him ‘Rowan Ellis Humphries’ both are doing fine and settling in at home now!”
Who is Luke Humphries and what’s his darts record?
Luke Humphries, was born on February 11, 1995, in Newbury, Berkshire.
Although he’s a major dart champion today, he was born into a football-mad family.
His Leeds-supporting father named him Luke in honour of his club, the letter of his name spelling out “Leeds United Kings of Europe”.
At the time of writing, Luke was ranked World No 1 and is the reigning world darts champion after beating Luke Littler in the 2024 final.
Despite playing as a teenager, Luke only became a professional player at the age of 21, but has since played on average, more than 1000 legs of darts per year.
Cool Hand Luke won his first major title with the 2023 World Grand Prix, defeating favourite Gerwyn Price, earning himself £120,000 in prize money.
Here is a look at what Humphries has won in his career so far:
Majors
Grand Slam of Darts (1) – 2023
PDC World Championship (1) – 2024
Players Championship Finals (2) – 2023, 2024
World Grand Prix (1) – 2023
World Matchplay (1) – 2024
Other TV
PDC World Cup (1) -2024
World Tour
New Zealand Darts Masters (1) – 2024
Euro Tour
Czech Darts Open (2) – 2022, 2024
European Darts Grand Prix (1) – 2022
European Darts Matchplay (2) – 2022, 2023
German Darts Grand Prix (2) – 2022, 2024
PDC Ranked
PDC Challenge Tour (1) – 2017 CT 12 Milton Keynes
Players Championships (4) – 2022 PC 01 Barnsley, 2023 PC 15 Leicester, 2023 PC 20 Barnsley, 2024 PC 26 Wigan
Annual Ranking Champion
PDC Youth/Development Tour Ranking Champion (2) – 2017, 2018
Rest
Austrian Darts Championship Qualifiers (1) – 2019 UK TCH
Austrian Darts Open Qualifiers (1) – 2018 UK
Belgian Darts Championship Qualifiers (1) – 2020 TCH
European Darts Matchplay Qualifiers (1) – 2018 UK
European Darts Open Qualifiers (1) – 2018 UK
European Darts Trophy Qualifiers (1) – 2018 UK
German Darts Championship Qualifiers (1) – 2019 UK TCH
German Darts Grand Prix Qualifiers (1) – 2018 UK
German Darts Open Qualifiers (2) – 2018 UK, 2019 UK TCH
Gibraltar Darts Trophy Qualifiers (1) – 2021 TCH
Hungarian Darts Trophy Qualifiers (1) – 2021 TCH
Youth Tournaments
PDC Youth/Development Tour (11)
2017 DT 01 Wigan, 2017 DT 04 Wigan, 2017 DT 09 Hildesheim, 2017 DT 16 Barnsley, 2017 DT 20 Wigan, 2018 DT 07 Hildesheim, 2018 DT 13 Peterborough, 2018 DT 17 Wigan, 2019 DT 11 Milton Keynes, 2019 DT 17 Wigan, 2019 DT 20 Wigan
Youth Majors
PDC World Championship Youth Final (1) – 2019