Ted Evetts
Ted Evetts (born 3 August 1997) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
| Ted Evetts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | Super Ted | ||
| Born | 3 August 1997 Warwick, England | ||
| Home town | Stockton, Warwickshire | ||
| 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 | 62  2 (3 January 2021)[1] | ||
| BDO majors – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2015 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2018, 2019 | ||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2016 | ||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2019 | ||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2017 | ||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 64: 2019 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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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
- 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)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "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.
- http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/13j6gyfm3rvap133em6wexe7j8/title/singha-beer-grand-slam-netzone
- "2019 PDC German Darts Grand Prix Results". www.dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- "Van Gerwen smashes Bunting with a 106 average, will face Evetts in Quarter-Finals". Dartsnews.com. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- Shamoon Hafez (17 December 2019). "PDC Darts Championship: Fallon Sherrock beats Ted Evetts to make history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
External links
- Player profile on Ted Evetts from Dartsdatabase