David Evans (darts player)

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David Evans
Personal information
Nickname"Stretch"
Born (1989-11-09) 9 November 1989 (age 35) [1]
Preston, England
Home town Tyldesley, England [2]
Darts information
Playing darts since2000
Darts22g Red Dragon Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"The Business" by Tiësto
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2013–2014, 2019-2020
PDC 2013, 2016-
WDF 2019-2020
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Finals: 2020
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2021
UK Open Last 64: 2018, 2021
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour 2018, 2020 (x2)

David Evans (born 9 November 1989) is an English professional darts player and previous BDO world number 2 until 2020 and held a PDC tour card for two years, losing it at the end of 2022. David has won three Challenge Tour Titles and topped the Challenge Tour Order of Merit in 2020.

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Evans played in the PDC until December 2022 after obtaining his Tour Card through topping the Challenge Tour Order of Merit in 2020. He now plays on the PDC Challenge Tour across Germany and UK and ADC events across the UK, also featuring on the Modus Super Series recently.

Evans is a 3 x Challenge Tour Winner, and a 6 x participant of the UK Open. He has played in two European Tour in Sindelfingen and Jena, averaging over 100 on his debut.

Career

In September 2019, Evans qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship as the 14th seed, where he got to the quarter-finals on debut. [3] He also had a successful spell in his younger days whilst playing cricket, opening the bowling for Stacksteads Cricket Club in the Ribblesdale Cricket league.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "David Evans - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "David Evans - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
  3. ↑ "Field for men's and ladies BDO World Darts Championship 2020 confirmed". dartsnews.com. 30 September 2019.


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