Andy Jenkins

This article is about the English darts player. For other people, see Andrew Jenkins.

Andy Jenkins
Personal information
Nickname	"Rocky"
Born	(1971-03-11) 11 March 1971 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Home town	Cosham, Hampshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1980s
Darts	19g Andy Jenkins Dynamic Series
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1994–2002
PDC	2002–
WDF	2018–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 1996
World Masters	Quarter-finals: 1999, 2000
World Trophy	Last 40: 2007
Int. Darts League	Group stage: 2007
Finder Masters	Last 16 Group: 2001
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-finals: 2007
World Matchplay	Quarter-finals: 2001, 2004
World Grand Prix	Semi-finals: 2002
UK Open	Semi-finals: 2004
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2008
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2008
Ch'ship League	Initial groups, 8th, 2008
Desert Classic	Last 16: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
US Open/WSoD	Last 16: 2006
PC Finals	Last 32: 2009
WSDT major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2023
Other tournament wins
Bob Anderson Classic 2003 Cosham Xmas Open 2002, 2011 England Open 2000 Japan Open 2001 Mill Rythe Darts Festival 1992, 1998, 2002 PDC Challenge Tour 2019, 2022 Portsmouth Grand Prix 2015 Swiss Open 2001 Target Open Series 7 2023 Vauxhall Autumn Open 2000 UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers UK Open Regional (SOU) 2002

Andrew Jenkins (born 11 March 1971) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was nicknamed "Rocky" due to his rough personality. Jenkins has reached high rankings in the PDC, but has never won a major tournament. In 2009, Jenkins was given a PDC ban for almost two years for an assault on Terry Jenkins during a non-televised PDC tournament.

Career

BDO

Jenkins began his career playing in British Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002.

His record at the BDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut at the Lakeside Country Club in 1995, and managed only one win in his seven consecutive appearances. His only victory came in 1996 against Belgian Bruno Raes, and suffered defeats to Sean Palfrey (1995), Andy Fordham (1996, 1998), Ronnie Baxter (1997), Graham Hunt (1999), Colin Monk (2000) and Kevin Painter (2001).

Despite his poor record at Lakeside, Jenkins made it to the semi-finals of the revived News of the World Darts Championship in 1997, and the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 1999 and 2000.

PDC

He decided to switch to the Professional Darts Corporation in 2002 where his first round jinx continued - he lost to number nine seed Denis Ovens at the 2002 PDC World Championship. He rose steadily up the world rankings after joining the PDC and was seeded 10th for the 2003 World Championship. Again he went out in the first round to Chris Mason.

When the World Championship field expanded in 2004, the top players joined in at the third round stage - where Jenkins again lost his first match (to Bob Anderson). At the 2005 World Championship, Jenkins finally notched up a victory over Peter Evison, who had played dreadfully, averaging just 67.34 for the match. Jenkins went out to Painter in the last 16. A second round defeat came in the 2006 World Championship - Jenkins was seeded eight (his highest ever ranking) who defeat Patrick Bulen and but went down to Wayne Jones.

He went into the 2007 World Championship as the number 12 seed. He finally managed a decent run to justify his consistent high ranking, putting out highly fancied Adrian Lewis in the last 16 on his way to the semi-final. Raymond van Barneveld was too strong for him and won 6-0. In the 2008 World Championship, Jenkins got through a tough first-round game against Czech qualifier Miloslav Navratil but was then beaten 4-0 by Alan Tabern in the second round.

Jenkins has had more success away from the World Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix in 2002 and the semi-finals of the UK Open in 2004 - losing to John Part on both occasions.

Jenkins received a suspension from the tour following misconduct at the PDC's German Open event. He returned to the circuit on 15 May, with another nine months suspended in case of future misdemeanours. His suspension however cost him a place in the 2008 World Matchplay as he didn't win enough money to qualify.

He beat Phil Taylor at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts but went out in the last 16 to Simon Whitlock.

Jenkins suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Championship, losing to Co Stompé. His inability to defend semi-final prize money from the 2007 Championship, meant that Jenkins dropped out of the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit.

In November 2009, the Darts Regulation Authority gave Jenkins a 24-month ban (20 months suspended) for an assault on Terry Jenkins that took place at the Nuland Players Championship in the Netherlands in October.

He lost in the first round of the 2010 World Championship to Peter Manley. He was due to participate in the 2010 Players Championship Finals, but due to his ban, his place in the draw was taken by Manley. After four months out, Jenkins returned the PDC circuit, but failed to qualify for any major events that year. His failure to qualify for the 2011 World Championship was his first absence from either World Championship since 1994. Jenkins qualified for the 2013 World Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit and lost to Justin Pipe 3–0 in sets in the first round, winning only two legs during the match. He lost 9–3 to Stephen Bunting in the third round of the UK Open. In November, Jenkins reached his first ranking final for five years at the 14th Players Championship of the year. Whilst the top 16 in the Order of Merit were competing in the Masters, Jenkins was winning six games before losing 6–3 to Ian White in the final. Jenkins came agonisingly close to reaching the 2014 World Championship as he finished just £200 behind the final qualifier on the ProTour Order of Merit. He therefore played in the qualifier and won four games to advance to the semi-finals where a fifth win would guarantee him at least a place in the preliminary round, but he was beaten 5–3 by Matt Clark.

Jenkins could not qualify for the 2014 UK Open as he failed to progress past the last 128 in any of the six qualifiers. His best result of the year was in the reaching the last 16 of the 13th Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to Mervyn King.

Jenkins' ranking of world number 69 at the beginning of 2015 meant he needed to enter Q School as he was outside the top 64 who remain on tour and he qualified for a two-year tour card on the second day by beating Chris Dobey 5–3. He was eliminated of the UK Open 9–6 by Josh Payne in the third round. Successive wins over Dave Chisnall and Ronnie Baxter saw Jenkins play in his only quarter-final this year at the 12th Players Championship where he lost 6–2 to Peter Wright.

Jenkins had 6–5 and 9–5 wins over Wayne Jones and Richie Corner at the 2016 UK Open, before losing 9–2 to Vincent van der Voort in the fourth round. He had his best run of the year at the eighth Players Championship by knocking out Kevin Painter, Steve Brown, Michael Smith and Justin Pipe to play in the quarter-finals, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Jamie Caven. Jenkins beat Steve West 6–3 and watched Alan Norris miss match darts to win 6–5 at the European Darts Trophy. He lost 6–3 to James Wade in the third round. As well as his quarter-final, a last 16 finish and a number of last 32 finishes saw Jenkins earn a place in the Players Championship Finals, where he lost 6–3 to Justin Pipe in the first round.

Jenkins qualified for the 2019 UK Open on 9 February 2019 following success at the Riley's qualifier in South Benfleet.

In November 2023, Jenkins was one of three players suspended by the Darts Regulation Authority over suspicious betting patterns on matches in the Modus Super Series.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1995: First round (lost to Sean Palfrey 1–3)
• 1996: Second round (lost to Andy Fordham 2–3)
• 1997: First round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 0–3)
• 1998: First round (lost to Andy Fordham 1–3)
• 1999: First round (lost to Graham Hunt 1–3)
• 2000: First round (lost to Colin Monk 2–3)
• 2001: First round (lost to Kevin Painter 0–3)

PDC

• 2002: First round (lost to Denis Ovens 3–4)
• 2003: Second round (lost to Chris Mason 2–4)
• 2004: Third round (lost to Bob Anderson 1–4)
• 2005: Fourth round (lost to Kevin Painter 3–4)
• 2006: Second round (lost to Wayne Jones 3–4)
• 2007: Semi-finals (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0–6)
• 2008: Second round (lost to Alan Tabern 0–4)
• 2009: First round (lost to Co Stompé 1–3)
• 2010: First round (lost to Peter Manley 2–3)
• 2013: First round (lost to Justin Pipe 0–3)

WSDT

• 2023: Second round (lost to Richie Howson 1–3)

Career statistics

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Prel.

DNQ

DNP

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held

Performance timeline

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
BDO World Championship	DNQ	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	No longer a BDO Member
World Masters	4R	2R	4R	1R	3R	QF	QF	1R	No longer a BDO Member
Zuiderduin Masters	Not held						DNP	RR	No longer a BDO Member
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC								1R	2R	3R	4R	2R	SF	2R	1R	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ
UK Open	Not held									4R	SF	4R	4R	4R	3R	4R	DNQ	2R	1R	3R	DNQ	3R	4R	2R	1R	2R
World Matchplay	Non-PDC			1R	1R	DNQ	1R	QF	1R	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	DNQ	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	Not held				DNP		1R	1R	SF	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	DNQ
European Championship	Not held														1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	Not held													RR	2R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Not held															1R	DNQ						1R	DNQ
Las Vegas Desert Classic	Not held								1R	DNQ	2R	2R	2R	DNQ			Not held
News of the World	Not held			SF	Not held

External links

• Management website
• Player profile for Andy Jenkins from Dartsdatabase