Lee Evans (darts player)

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Lee Evans
Personal information
NicknameEvz
Born (1988-10-18) 18 October 1988 (age 35)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Home town Kempsford, Gloucestershire
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts21 Gram Target
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-)
Current world ranking 67 Steady2.svg (9 April 2024) [1]
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, from Kempsford) is an English professional darts player who currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation 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, but 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. [2] [3] Evans won the Gosport Open by beating Richard Kirby 4–1. [4] 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. [5] [6]

Evans began 2016 brightly 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. [7] He won through to the final of the 9th Challenge Tour event and was beaten 5–4 by Matt Padgett. [8] 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. [9]

Personal life

Evans was a bricklayer and labourer to his father Steve before he quit in 2015 to concentrate on his darts career. [2]

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
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
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

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Performance timeline legend
DNPDid not play in the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventWDWithdrew from the event#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Darts: Lee Evans set for TV debut against darts legends". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Darts: Lee Evans moves up world rankings after successful Coral Uk Open". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 Gosport Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "European Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC . Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC . Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Padgett & Cross' Challenge Tour Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Chisnall Wins Players Championship Ten". PDC . Retrieved 31 October 2016.


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