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.
Ted Evetts | |||||
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Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Super Ted | ||||
Born | 3 August 1997 Stockton, Warwickshire, England | ||||
Home town | Stockton, Warwickshire, England | ||||
Darts information | |||||
Playing darts since | 2013 | ||||
Darts | Unicorn Ted Evetts Darts | ||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
Walk-on music | "Country Roads" by Hermes House Band | ||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
PDC | 2014– | ||||
Current world ranking | 150 4 (17 November 2024)[1] | ||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||
World Masters | Last 80: 2015 | ||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2018, 2019 | ||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2017, 2023 | ||||
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2016, 2022 | ||||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2019, 2021 | ||||
PC Finals | Last 64: 2019 | ||||
Other tournament wins | |||||
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Career
editEvetts 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 PDC Pro Tour card on the second day of the 2016 Qualifying School.[2]
Evetts was a qualifier for the 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, which was his first televised event.[3] He lost all of three of his group games.[4]
Evetts went on to hit the first 9 darter on the PDC Pro Tour of 2017. In 2017 he qualified for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Gerwyn Price.
Evetts won his first PDC World Darts Championship match in the first round of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship when he defeated Simon Stevenson 3–0. He lost 0–3 to Adrian Lewis in the next round.
Evetts reached his first senior quarter-final at The 2019 German Darts Grand Prix. He beat Mark Wilson, Jonny Clayton and Ricky Evans before losing to eventual winner Michael van Gerwen 5-6.[5][6]
On 17 December 2019, Evetts lost to Fallon Sherrock at the PDC World Championships in the first round. This was the first time a woman won at the World Championships, and Evetts was praised by the presenting team and on social media for his gracious reaction.[7]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2018: First round (lost to Gerwyn Price 0–3)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Adrian Lewis 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Fallon Sherrock 2–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Jim Williams 1–3)
Performance timeline
editTournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 5R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Non-major televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | QF | QF | SF | 3R | 2R | W | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 3R | PDC | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | – | 115 | 81 | 76 | 81 | 60 | 75 | 102 | 81 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2016 | DDM DNP |
GDM DNP |
GDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDC 2R | |||
2017 | GDC DNQ |
GDM 2R |
GDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO 1R |
EDT DNQ | |
2018 | EDO DNP |
GDG DNP |
GDO DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
DDO 1R |
EDM DNQ |
GDC 1R |
DDC DNP |
IDO DNP |
EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO 2R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG QF |
GDO 2R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO 3R |
ADC 1R |
EDM DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 3R | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC WD |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT 1R |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO 2R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO 2R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 1R |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
References
edit- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC.tv. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ "Double Dolan Delight In Qualifiers". PDC.tv. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "News | PDC". www.pdc.tv. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015.
- ^ "2019 PDC German Darts Grand Prix Results". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Van Gerwen smashes Bunting with a 106 average, will face Evetts in Quarter-Finals". Dartsnews.com. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Shamoon Hafez (17 December 2019). "PDC Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock beats Ted Evetts to make history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2019.