Steve Lennon
Stephen Brendan Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Stephen Brendan Lennon | ||||||
| Nickname | "Scuba Steve" | ||||||
| Born | 25 November 1993 Carlow, Ireland | ||||||
| Home town | County Carlow, Ireland | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2011 | ||||||
| Darts | 23 Gram Bull's Germany Signature | ||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2014–2017 | ||||||
| PDC | 2017– (Tour Card: 2017-) | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 92 (14 April 2024)[1] | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2016 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2022 | ||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2017 | ||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2018, 2020 | ||||||
| Premier League | Challenger: 2019 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter Final: 2018 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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| Other achievements | |||||||
| 2019 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time | |||||||
Career edit
Lennon played county darts for Kilkenny and Kildare. Lennon has played professional darts since 2011. He first won a tournament in the Ireland Players Championship, beating Stephen Byrne 6–1 in the Final. In 2016, he made it to the Final of Finnish Masters, beating Dennis Nilsson.[2]
Lennon entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017, and picked up a Tour Card on the third day.[3]
He made his World Championship debut in 2018 but lost 2–3 to Michael Smith in the first round.
Lennon made it to the final of the 2018 Dutch Darts Masters, where he lost out to Michael van Gerwen. He reached the quarter-final of the 2018 Players Championship Finals, again losing to van Gerwen.
Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, Lennon was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He played Peter Wright on Night 3, in Dublin. Lennon took a 3–0 lead, only to lose 7–5.
In June 2019, Lennon alongside William O'Connor made it all the way to the final of the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts where they eventually lost to Scotland 3–1.[4]
He enjoyed one of his finest days in the PDC on 22 February 2020 when he got to the semi-finals of Players Championship 5, only to lose narrowly to Gerwyn Price. Lennon had three averages of over 100.[5] He hit his first PDC nine-dart finish in his last 32 game against Kai Fan Leung.[6]
Unable to qualify for any ranking major apart from UK Open in 2022, Lennon dropped down in ranking. He missed his first World Championship in six years, but managed to stay within top 64 of PDC Order of Merit and continued on the Pro Tour in 2023.
In 2023 Lennon continued to struggle, missing out on PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time since 2017. He qualified for 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, but did not qualify from the round robin. He was also able to qualify for 2023 Players Championship Finals and was eliminated in Second Round. After one year absence he returned to Alexandra Palace for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. Lennon came back from 0–2 on sets against Owen Bates in the First Round and won 3–2, giving him chance to keep his Tour card. However, he lost in Second round against Jonny Clayton 1–3 and finished the season on 66th place in PDC Order of Merit.[7][8][9]
Lennon lost his Tour card after 2023 season, but managed to win his Tour card back on first day of UK Q-School 2024, defeating William Borland 6–4 and securing his position for seasons 2024 and 2025. In the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, Lennon made the quarter-finals of event 3, defeating Adam Warner 6–5, Gerwyn Price 6–3, Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–3 and Ritchie Edhouse 6–4 before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–5.
World Championship results edit
PDC edit
- 2018: First round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Alan Norris 2–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Callan Rydz 2–3)
- 2021: Second round (lost to Devon Petersen 1–3)
- 2022: Third round (lost to Mervyn King 0–4)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Jonny Clayton 1–3)
Career finals edit
PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up) edit
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Country | Teammate | Opponents in the final | Score[N 1] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | World Cup of Darts | Ireland | William O'Connor | Scotland – Peter Wright and Gary Anderson | 1–3 (m) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.
Performance timeline edit
| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | DNQ | 2R | ||||
| UK Open | 2R | DNQ | 6R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 2R | ||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | 2R | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | |||||||
| Players Championship Finals | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | |||||
| Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||
| Premier League Darts | DNP | C | DNP | |||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | 1R | F | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNP | |||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 71 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 44 | 61 | 66 | |||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2017 | GDC DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDO 1R | EDG 1R | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | DDM 1R | GDG DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT DNQ | |
| 2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG 2R | GDO 2R | ADO 2R | EDG 1R | DDM F | GDT 1R | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO 2R | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO 1R | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM 1R | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC 2R | GDC 2R | EDG 2R | IDO DNQ | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 1R | EDM 1R | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO 1R | IDO 2R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO 1R | HDT DNQ | GDC 2R |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 2R | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO | BSD | DDC | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
| 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. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Steve Lennon player profile
- ^ . PDC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "Scotland beat Republic of Ireland to win the 2019 World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "PDC Players Championship 05 - Steve Lennon". Dart Connect. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
- ^ "PDC Players Championship 05 - Steve Lennon vs Kai Fan Leung". Dart Connect. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "I am lost for words Steve Lennon superb comeback seals Round Two spot". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ O'Keeffe, Shane. ""I was even thinking of pulling out" Steve Lennon produces remarkable comeback at PDC World Darts Championship". Scoreline. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ Delaney, Luke. "Steve Lennon crashes out of PDC Championship". Q102. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
External links edit
- Media related to Steve Lennon at Wikimedia Commons
- Steve Lennon player profile at Darts Orakel