Ted Evetts

Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Ted Evetts
Personal information
NicknameSuper Ted
Born (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997
Warwick, England
Home townStockton, Warwickshire
Darts information
Playing darts since2013
DartsUnicorn Ted Evetts Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Country Roads" by Hermes House Band
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2014–
Current world ranking62 2 (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 80: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2018, 2019
Grand SlamGroup Stage: 2016
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2019
UK OpenLast 32: 2017
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2017, 2018 (x3), 2019 (x8), 2020

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 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 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 6-5.[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

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20162017201820192020
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 2R 1R
UK Open DNQ 4R 2R 2R 3R
European Championship Did not qualify 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts RR Did not qualify
Players Championship Finals Did not qualify 1R DNQ

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC.tv. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. "Double Dolan Delight In Qualifiers". PDC.tv. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  4. http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13j6gyfm3rvap133em6wexe7j8/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-netzone
  5. "2019 PDC German Darts Grand Prix Results". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  6. "Van Gerwen smashes Bunting with a 106 average, will face Evetts in Quarter-Finals". Dartsnews.com. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  7. Shamoon Hafez (17 December 2019). "PDC Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock beats Ted Evetts to make history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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