Simon Stevenson (born 18 February 1972) is an English

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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 The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination ...

. He defeated Ian Jones, Jason Lovett,

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and Rocco Maes to reach the last 32 before losing 9-5 to

Jamie Lewis Jamie Lewis (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. His biggest achievement to date was reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 ...

. 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 The 2015 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the thirteenth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competing in a single elimi ...

via the Rileys Reading qualifier, but could not repeat his 2014 performance as he lost 5-2 to

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in the Preliminary Round. Stevenson first claimed a PDC Tour Card in 2016, defeating Lee Evans on Day 1 of Q-School. His performances in his first year on the

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, including his first quarter final in August, resulted in him qualifying for the

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as the 44th seed, drawing

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in the first round. He led Klaasen 3-1 and 4-2 but then lost four legs in a row to be defeated. He subsequently qualified for the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace by beating Scott Taylor at the PDPA Qualifier in Wigan, but lost 2-1 in sets to

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in the preliminary round. Stevenson qualified for the

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by defeating

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5-4 in their deciding match. He defeated

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6-3 in the first round before losing 6-5 to James Wade. 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. In the first and last

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Qualifiers, Stevenson reached the last 16, eventually losing 6-3 to

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and 6-5 to Peter Wright. These runs secured a Third Round entry in the UK Open. He was defeated 10-6 by James Wade in the Third Round. Stevenson went on a run to the Quarter-Finals of the 2019 UK Open. He defeated

Adrian Gray Adrian Gray (born 28 February 1981) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career Gray made his televised debut at the 2003 UK Open. He only began playing darts at the age of 18, and within thr ...

, Mark Webster, Raymond van Barneveld,

Kim Huybrechts Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He made the final of a major TV event, the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 1 ...

and

Dave Chisnall Dave Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Champion ...

before losing 10-5 to

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Stephen Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. Nicknamed "The Iceman", he competes in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC), where he is cu ...

in the Quarter-Finals. It was Stevenson’s first run to a televised Quarter-Final.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2017: Prem round (lost to

1-2) * 2019: First round (lost to

Ted Evetts Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the 2021 PDC World Youth Champion. Career Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County fo ...

0-3)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Simon 1972 births Living people English darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders