Lee Evans (born 18 October 1988, from

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) is an

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professional

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player who currently playing in

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events.

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

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, before losing 9–4 to

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in the third round, after being 4–1 ahead. Evans won the Gosport Open by beating Richard Kirby 4–1. In October he played in the European Darts Grand Prix and knocked out

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6–3 and

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6–4 to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–3 to Ian White. Evans began 2016 brightly by twice reaching the last 16 in the UK Open Qualifiers. He entered the

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at the second round stage and eliminated

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6–2, but then lost 9–7 to

Jamie Caven Jamie Robert Caven (born 10 March 1976) is an English former professional darts player who plays in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He has won seven events on the PDC Pro Tour, including two in the same weekend in May 2013. Caven was a ...

. He won through to the final of the 9th

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event and was beaten 5–4 by

Matt Padgett Matthew Padgett (born 27 March 1982) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. Career A bowling alley technician by trade, Padgett joined the PDC in 2010. In June 2010, he qual ...

. He reached the last 16 of a main tour event for the third time this year at the 10th Players Championship with wins over

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and Mervyn King, but was whitewashed 6–0 by

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Personal life

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

World Championship results

PDC

* 2024: Second round (lost to

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0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

References

External links

* 1988 births Living people English darts players Sportspeople from Gloucestershire Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders {{UK-darts-bio-stub