Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. In his youth career, Evetts won the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship and fourteen PDC Development Tours, making him one of the most successful players in the history of the PDC's youth system.

Career

Evetts plays for his local Super League team and also plays Men's County for Warwickshire as well as being signed on to Warwickshire Youth County. He is also a qualified chef. After competing on the PDC Development Tour in 2014 and 2015, Evetts gained a

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on the second day of 2016 Q-School. Evetts was a qualifier for the 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, which was his first televised event. He lost all of three of his group games. Evetts went on to hit the first

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on the

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. He qualified for the

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, losing in the first round to

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. Evetts won his first PDC World Championship match in the first round of the 2019 edition when he defeated Simon Stevenson 3–0. He lost 0–3 to

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in the next round. Evetts reached his first senior quarter-final at the

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. He beat Mark Wilson,

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and Ricky Evans before losing to eventual winner

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6–5. On 17 December 2019, Evetts lost to

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at the

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in the first round. This was the first time a woman won at the PDC World Championship, and Evetts was praised by the presenting team and on social media for his gracious reaction. In 2021, Evetts became the PDC World Youth Champion after defeating Nathan Rafferty 6–4 in the final.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2018: First round (lost to

0–3) * 2019: Second round (lost to

0–3) * 2020: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to Jim Williams 1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Evetts, Ted 1997 births Living people English darts players Sportspeople from Warwickshire Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders PDC world youth champions