Simon Stevenson

Simon Stevenson
Personal information
Nickname The Mirror Man
Born (1972-02-18) 18 February 1972
Plymouth, England
Home town Plymouth
England
Darts information
Playing darts since 1990
Darts 23 Gram Bristows
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Who Are You by The Who
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2014–
Current world ranking 86
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Preliminary Round: 2017
UK Open Last 32: 2014
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 64: 2016
Other tournament wins
Plymouth Open 2014
Plymouth Champ of Champs 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2017

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

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]

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]

World Championship results

PDC

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 2016-11-28.
  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 2018-02-03.
  11. ↑ "96 Stars Seal Coral UK Open Spots". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  12. ↑ "2018 Coral UK Open Day One". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
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