Steve Lennon

Steve Lennon
Steve Lennon
	Lennon in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Brendan Lennon
Nickname	Scuba Steve
Born	25 November 1993 (age 30); 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	"Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2017
PDC	2017–
Current world ranking	96 9 (31 October 2024)
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
Ireland Players Championship	2014
PDC Development Tour England	2016
Other achievements
	2019 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Stephen Brendan Lennon (born 25 November 1993) is an Irish professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Career

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]

World Championship results

PDC

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)

Career finals

PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
PDC World Championship	DNQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R
UK Open	2R	DNQ	6R	3R	4R	4R
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
Players Championship Finals	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R
Non-major televised events
Premier League Darts	DNP		C	DNP
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP	1R	F	1R	1R	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	71	41	41	45	44

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ dartsdatabase.co.uk Steve Lennon player profile
^ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Three". 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.

External links

Steve Lennon player profile at Darts Orakel

[score-7] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[2] rtsdatabase.co.uk Steve Lennon player profile

[3] "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Three". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[4] "Scotland beat Republic of Ireland to win the 2019 World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[5] "PDC Players Championship 05 - Steve Lennon". Dart Connect. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[6] "PDC Players Championship 05 - Steve Lennon vs Kai Fan Leung". Dart Connect. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

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