Simon Stevenson (born 18 February 1972) is an English darts player, who currently competes in

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events.

Career

Stevenson first rose to prominence after winning the Rileys Plymouth qualifier for the

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. He defeated Ian Jones,

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, Mark Barilli and Rocco Maes to reach the last 32 before losing 9-5 to Jamie Lewis. 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

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via the Rileys Reading qualifier, but could not repeat his 2014 performance as he lost 5-2 to Dave Prins 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 PDC Pro Tour, including his first quarter final in August, resulted in him qualifying for the

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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. He subsequently qualified for the

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by beating Scott Taylor at the PDPA Qualifier in Wigan, but lost 2-1 in sets to Austria's Zoran Lerchbacher in the preliminary round. Stevenson qualified for the

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by defeating Andy Jenkins 5-4 in their deciding match. He defeated Jan Dekker 6-3 in the first round before losing 6-5 to

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. 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 Michael van Gerwen and 6-5 to Peter Wright. These runs secured a Third Round entry in the UK Open. He was defeated 10-6 by

in the Third Round. Stevenson went on a run to the Quarter-Finals of the

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. He defeated Adrian Gray, Mark Webster,

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, Kim Huybrechts and Dave Chisnall before losing 10-5 to Gerwyn Price in the Quarter-Finals. It was Stevenson’s first run to a televised Quarter-Final.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2017: Prem round (lost to Zoran Lerchbacher 1-2) * 2019: First round (lost to Ted Evetts 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