Simon Stevenson

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Simon Stevenson
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Stevenson in 2019
Personal information
NicknameThe Mirror Man
Born (1972-02-18) 18 February 1972 (age 51)
Plymouth, Devon, England
Home town London
Darts information
Playing darts since1990
Darts23 Gram Bristows
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Mirror Man by The Human League
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2014–
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 72: 2017
UK Open Quarter Final: 2019
PC Finals Last 64: 2016, 2018
Other tournament wins
Plymouth Open 2014
Plymouth Champ of Champs 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2023

Simon Stevenson (born 18 February 1972) is an English darts player, who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Contents

Career

Stevenson first rose to prominence after winning the Rileys Plymouth qualifier for the 2014 UK Open. [1] He defeated Ian Jones, Jason Lovett, Mark Barilli and Rocco Maes to reach the last 32 before losing 9-5 to Jamie Lewis. [2]

Stevenson gained the nickname 'The Mirror Man' in a late 2014 clash, matching exactly dart-for-dart on three unusual finishes by opponent Darren 'Hardbox' Hardyment before eventually clinching a resounding victory in the West Midlands derby. It was 6th time lucky for Stevenson who self-proclaimedly suffered 5 years bad luck at the event before triumphing.

The following year, he again qualified for the 2015 UK Open via the Rileys Reading qualifier, [3] but could not repeat his 2014 performance as he lost 5-2 to Dave Prins in the preliminary round. [4]

Stevenson first claimed a PDC Tour Card in 2016, defeating Lee Evans on Day 1 of Q-School. [5] His performances in his first year on the PDC Pro Tour, including his first quarter final in August, resulted in him qualifying for the 2016 Players Championship Finals as the 44th seed, drawing Jelle Klaasen in the first round. He led Klaasen 3-1 and 4-2 but then lost four legs in a row to be defeated. [6]

He subsequently qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace by beating Scott Taylor at the PDPA Qualifier in Wigan, [7] but lost 2-1 in sets to Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher in the preliminary round. Stevenson qualified for the 2017 World Series of Darts Finals by defeating Andy Jenkins 5-4 in their deciding match. [8] He defeated Jan Dekker 6-3 in the first round before losing 6-5 to James Wade. [9]

At the end of 2017, Stevenson was ranked 77 in the world and therefore outside of the Top 64 who automatically retain their Tour Cards. He returned to the PDC Q School and regained his Tour Card after finishing 5th on the UK Q-School Order of Merit. [10] In the first and last 2018 UK Open Qualifiers, Stevenson reached the last 16, eventually losing 6-3 to Michael van Gerwen and 6-5 to Peter Wright. These runs secured a Third Round entry in the UK Open. [11] He was defeated 10-6 by James Wade in the third round. [12]

Stevenson went on a run to the Quarter-Finals of the 2019 UK Open. [13] He defeated Adrian Gray, Mark Webster, Raymond van Barneveld, Kim Huybrechts and Dave Chisnall before losing 10-5 to Gerwyn Price in the Quarter-Finals. [14] It was Stevenson’s first run to a televised Quarter-Final.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2014201520162017201820192020
PDC World Championship Did not qualify PR DNQ 1R DNQ
UK Open 4R PR DNQ 3R QF 5R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ
Non-major televised events
World Series of Darts Finals NHDNQ 2R Did not qualify

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References

  1. ↑ "Butlins trip will be no holiday for Stevenson". Plymouth Herald.
  2. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Saturday Afternoon". PDC.
  3. ↑ "Final Rileys Qualifiers Confirmed". PDC.
  4. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC.
  5. ↑ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC.
  6. ↑ "2016 Players Championship Finals". PDC.
  7. ↑ "2017 PDPA World Championship Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Eight Secure World Series Finals Place". PDC.
  9. ↑ "2017 Ladbrokes World Series Finals Day Two". PDC.
  10. ↑ "2018 Qualifying School Day Four | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "96 Stars Seal Coral UK Open Spots". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "2018 Coral UK Open Day One". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Simon Stevenson Player Profile". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Stevenson S. live score, schedule and results - Darts - SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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