Lee Evans (born 18 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
| Lee Evans | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | Evz | ||||||
| Born | 18 October 1988 Swindon, Wiltshire, England | ||||||
| Home town | Kempsford, Gloucestershire | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||||
| Darts | 21 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) | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 66  1 (24 November 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 | |||||||
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Career
edit2015
editEvans 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.[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]
2016
editEvans 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]
2023
editIn 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.[10] He was defeated by 4th seed Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the first round.
2024
editEvans 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[11] and entered the tournament as the first reserve, as a replacement for Michael van Gerwen.[12] He lost to Callan Rydz 6–1 in the event’s first round.
Evans finished 78th on the 2024 Players Championship Order of Merit, outside the top 64, therefore did not qualify for the 2024 Players Championship Finals.[13]
Evans finished outside on the qualifying places on the ProTour Order of Merit for the 2024/25 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.[14]
Personal life
editEvans was a bricklayer and labourer to his father Steve before he quit in 2015 to concentrate on his darts career.[2]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2024: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 0–3)
Performance timeline
edit| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 ranking | 114 | 106 | - | 189 | - | - | - | - | 80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
References
edit- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Darts: Lee Evans set for TV debut against darts legends". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Darts: Lee Evans moves up world rankings after successful Coral Uk Open". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "2015 Gosport Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Padgett & Cross' Challenge Tour Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Chisnall Wins Players Championship Ten". PDC. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit 2023". DartsRankings.
- ^ "PDC ET03 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (11 April 2024). "2024 NEO.bet International Darts Open draw & schedule". PDC. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "Players Championship Order of Merit". www.dartsrankings.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Post World Championship Order of Merit". DartsRankings. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
External links
edit- Player profile for Lee Evans from Dartsdatabase
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