Lee Evans (darts player)

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Lee Evans
Personal information
Nickname"Evz"
Born (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 36)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Home town Kempsford, Gloucestershire
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts21 Gram Mission
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014
PDC 2015–
(Tour Card: 2023–2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2024
UK Open Last 64: 2015, 2016
PC Finals Last 64: 2023
Other tournament wins
Gosport Open 2015
Birmingham Open 2022
Andover Open 2023

Lee Evans (born 18 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Contents

Career

2015

Evans failed to get a PDC Tour Card for 2015 after he could not get past the last 64 on any of the four days of Q-School. However, he did qualify for the 2015 UK Open, where he defeated Nick Fulwell and Ronny Huybrechts, before losing 9–4 to Vincent van der Voort in the third round, after being 4–1 ahead. [1] [2] Evans won the Gosport Open by beating Richard Kirby 4–1. [3] In October he played in the European Darts Grand Prix and knocked out Jyhan Artut 6–3 and Terry Jenkins 6–4 to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–3 to Ian White. [4] [5]

2016

Evans began 2016 by twice reaching the last 16 in the UK Open Qualifiers. He entered the main event at the second round stage and eliminated Rowby-John Rodriguez 6–2, but then lost 9–7 to Jamie Caven. [6] He won through to the final of the 9th Challenge Tour event but was beaten 5–4 by Matt Padgett. [7] He reached the last 16 of a main tour event for the third time this year at the 10th Players Championship with wins over Dave Ladley, Vincent van der Voort and Mervyn King, but was whitewashed 6–0 by Dave Chisnall. [8]

2023

In January 2023, Evans won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing second on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.

Evans qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals as the 61st seed. [9] He was defeated by 4th seed Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the first round.

2024

Evans qualified for the 2024 World Championship through the ProTour Order of Merit. On debut he whitewashed Sandro Eric Sosing 3–0 in sets, but was himself whitewashed 3–0 by the eventual champion, Luke Humphries, in the second round.

Evans made it to one PDC European Tour event in 2024, through the 2024 International Darts Open (ET3) Tour Card Holder qualifier. He defeated Jermaine Wattimena 6–5 in a deciding leg and Ronny Huybrechts 6–1. Evans lost in the final round of the qualifier to Mike De Decker 6–2, but was the highest ranked final round loser on the ProTour Order of Merit [10] and entered the tournament as the first reserve, as a replacement for Michael van Gerwen. [11] He lost to Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round.

Evans finished outside on the qualifying places on the ProTour Order of Merit for the 2025 World Championship. He therefore participated in the PDPA’s Tour Card Holder Qualifier where he received a bye through the first round as the 9th seed. He defeated Arron Monk 6–3 but lost to Adam Hunt 6–5 in a deciding leg. This meant he failed to qualify for the World Championship and lost his Tour Card due to being outside of the top 65 with £66,750 in ranking money earned over two years. [12]

Personal life

Evans was a bricklayer and labourer to his father Steve before he quit in 2015 to concentrate on his darts career. [1]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R
UK Open 2R 3R 2R 2R DNQ 1R 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking114106-189----80

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2015 GDC
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 GDM
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 EDT
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 EDG
3R
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		IDO
2R		GDG
3R		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
1R		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 GDC
1R
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
1R		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2024 WIG
4R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
4R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
4R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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