Matthew Dennant

Matthew Dennant
Personal information
Nickname	"The Scholar" [1]
Born	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 34) [2] [3] Walsall, England [2]
Home town	Bloxwich, Walsall, England [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since	2008 [2]
Darts	25g Unicorn [4] [5]
Laterality	Right-handed [4] [2]
Walk-on music	"Red Right Hand by The Arctic Monkeys" [1]
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2012– (Tour Card: 2016–2017; 2024–2025)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 128: 2026
UK Open	Last 64: 2013, 2017

Matthew Dennant (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the Scholar", Dennant won a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in both 2016 and 2024. He has won three titles in the PDC secondary tours.

Career

2012–2013: First secondary tour title

Matthew Dennant reached a final on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2012. ^[2] A year later he made his debut at the 2013 UK Open. After two wins he was eliminated in the third round by Adrian Lewis. ^[6] Dennant won event seventeen on the 2013 Challenge Tour, defeating Max Hopp in the final. ^[2]

2016–2017: First stint as a Tour Card holder

At the beginning of 2016, Dennant was able to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time through the PDC Qualifying School. ^{[2] [7]} In 2016 PDC Players Championship series events, Dennant was able to reach the third round (last 32) stage on two occasions. At the 2016 European Darts Trophy he made his PDC European Tour debut. He lost to Devon Petersen 6–5 in the first round. By reaching the last 16 at 2017 UK Open Qualifier 1, Dennant qualified for the UK Open for the second time. At the 2017 edition, he started in the second round where he beat Zoran Lerchbacher before losing to Benito van de Pas in the third round. Due to poor results in 2017 on the PDC Pro Tour– not reaching a last 32 in a 2017 Players Championship event and only one making one European Tour appearance at the Gibraltar Darts Trophy– Dennant was not able to reach the top 64 of the Order of Merit at the end of 2017 and therefore he lost his Tour Card. ^{[8] [2]}

2018–2021: Two Challenge Tour titles and Euro Tour appearances

After losing his Tour Card, Dennant made appearances on the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour and qualified for the 2018 International Darts Open but lost his first round game for the third time on the European Tour. He qualified for the 2019 UK Open via his ranking on the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour but lost in the first round to amateur player Kevin Thoburn. At the opening European Tour event of the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, the 2019 European Darts Open, Dennant was able to defeat Madars Razma to win a match on the European Tour for the first time. He then lost to Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the second round. ^{[8] [2]} On the 2020 Challenge Tour, he won the third event by defeating Nathan Rafferty 6–4 in the final. ^[9] The following year, he took part in the 2021 UK Open but lost in the first round. ^{[8] [2]} In September, he won his third PDC secondary tours title at UK Challenge Tour 8. ^{[10] [11]}

2024–2025: Second stint as a Tour Card holder

In 2024, Dennant won a PDC Tour Card for the second time at PDC Qualifying School by topping the UK Q-School Order of Merit. ^{[2] [12]} Dennant lost in the last 96 stage of the 2024 UK Open. He qualified for two events on the 2024 PDC European Tour– the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open and 2024 European Darts Open– as a Tour Card holder qualifier. ^{[13] [14] [15]} However, he lost to Moritz Hilger and Karel Sedláček respectively in the first round. In August, Dennant reached the fourth round (last 16) of Players Championship 19. On the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, Dennant qualified for the Belgian Darts Open and missed match darts in a deciding leg loss to Ricardo Pietreczko 6–5. In March, Dennant lost in the last 96 at the 2025 UK Open. He reached the last 16 at Players Championship 10 before reaching his first two Pro Tour quarter-finals at events 11 and 22. At the Austrian Darts Open and 2025 Hungarian Darts Trophy, he reached the second round on the European Tour for the second and third time on the European Tour by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the former and Andrew Gilding in the latter. He then lost to Martin Schindler and Michael van Gerwen in the respective second round matches. ^{[2] [8]}

Despite qualifying for his debut at the PDC World Darts Championship at the 2026 edition via the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, Dennant lost his Tour Card following a lost to Kevin Doets 3–1 in the first round. ^{[1] [16] [2]}

Performance timeline

Matthew Dennant's performance timeline is as follows: ^[8]

Tournament	2013	2017	2019	2021	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify						1R
World Masters [N 1]	Did not qualify					Prel.	DNQ
UK Open	3R	3R	1R	1R	3R	3R

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2013	Did not participate												WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR DNP
2016	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 3R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2017	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2018	Did not participate																	BAR 1R	Did not participate
2019	Did not participate																												BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR DNP		WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR DNP		MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE Did not participate					COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	COV 3R	COV 1R
2023	Did not participate											LEI 1R	Did not participate
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R
2025	WIG DNP	WIG 1R	ROS 1R	ROS 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 4R	LEI QF	LEI 3R	ROS 1R	ROS 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL QF	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R

PDC Challenge Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
2019	L16	L64	L64	L128	L128	L128	L128	L16	L64	L32	L256	L256	L32	L128	L64	L64	L256	SF	L16
2020	L512	L64	W	L64	SF	L16	L32	QF	L128	L32
2021	QF	L256	L128	L128	L128	L16	L256	W	L64	L256	L256	L128

Key

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

Titles

• PDC secondary tours
  • PDC Challenge Tour
    • 2020: 3
    • 2021 UK: 8
  • PDC Development Tour
    • 2013: 17

Notes

1. A non-ranked event until 2025

References

1. Blakemore, Chris; Dawkins, Andrew (19 December 2025). "'Childhood dream' to be achieved at world darts". BBC News . Walsall, West Midlands. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
2. "Dart Profis – Matthew Dennant – „The Scholar"" [Darts Professionals – Matthew Dennant – “The Scholar”]. dartn.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2026.
3. "Matthew Dennant". Flashscore. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
4. "Matthew Dennant". Mastercaller. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
5. "Matthew Dennant PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association . Retrieved 19 December 2025.
6. "Matthew Dennant is top class in PDC UK Open". Express & Star . 10 June 2013.
7. "Matthew Dennant the scholar at Q School". Express & Star . 21 January 2016.
8. "Matthew Dennant Player Profile". Darts Database.
9. Phillips, Josh (26 January 2020). "Dennant & Van der Wal claim Challenge Tour titles". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
10. Verbeek, Pieter (3 September 2021). "Dennant wins third Challenge Tour title after surviving seven matchdarts". Darts News.
11. Allen, Dave (3 September 2021). "Thomas, Dennant, Justicia & Alcinas enjoy Challenge Tour wins". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
12. Gorton, Josh (14 January 2024). "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
13. "Razma, Edhouse & Nijman complete ET5-6 qualification double". Darts World. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
14. Gorton, Josh (10 April 2024). "Razma, Edhouse & Nijman complete ET5-6 qualification double". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
15. "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". tv.dartconnect.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
16. Gorton, Josh (23 November 2025). "2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2026.

External links

• Matthew Dennant player profile at Darts Orakel
• Player profile for Matthew Dennant from Dartsdatabase