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Adrian Lewis
Personal information
Full nameAdrian Lewis
NicknameJackpot
Born
Home townStoke-on-Trent
Darts information
Playing darts since2003
Darts22g Unicorn Maestro 'Adrian Lewis'
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicReach Up (Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag) by Perfecto Allstarz
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2003 – present
Current world ranking2
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipWinner 2011
World MatchplaySemi-finals 2007
World Grand PrixRunner-up 2010
UK OpenQuarter-finals 2006, 2010
Grand SlamSecond round 2007
European Ch'shipRunner-up 2008
Premier LeagueSemi-finals 2008
Ch'ship LeagueInitial groups, Runner-up 2008
Desert ClassicLast 16 2008
PC FinalsQuarter Final 2010
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
British Teenage Champs

Chris de Roo Open Holland
PDPA Players Championship Scotland

UK Open Scottish Regional Final		2002

2004

2005, 2006

2005
Updated on 17 February 2008.

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Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985 in Stoke-on-Trent) is a darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) who is the reigning PDC World Darts Champion. He is nicknamed Jackpot, following a visit to a casino whilst competing at the 2005 Las Vegas Desert Classic when he "won" a $75,000 jackpot but was unable to claim the money as he was under-age by US gaming laws – despite being eligible in the UK. During the early part of his career until 2007, he was a protégé of multi-world champion Phil Taylor having practised together in their home city Stoke-on-Trent and made his television debut in 2004, aged 19 at the UK Open.

Early career

Lewis had shown his potential at the age of 18 by winning the 2003 British Teenage Open and after competing at the 2003 Winmau World Masters he joined the PDC without ever qualifying or playing in the Lakeside World Championship.[1]

Lewis reached a semi-final of the regional qualifiers for the UK Open in 2004, which provided his opportunity for a television debut at the 2004 UK Open in Bolton, where he narrowly lost his last 64 match to Dennis Harbour. His next television appearance came against his mentor Taylor at the 2004 Las Vegas Desert Classic where he went out 0–2 in the first round. He then went on to win his first match on television at the 2004 World Grand Prix beating former world champion Richie Burnett.

He failed to qualify for the 2005 PDC World Championships but back at Bolton for the UK Open he produced one of the rare whitewashes in the tournament history, beating Colin Monk 11–0 before falling to Chris Mason in the last 16. His World Matchplay debut came in 2005 and reached the quarter-finals before losing to Colin Lloyd.

Major Breakthrough

During 2005, Lewis began to produce some promising results including a run to the quarter-finals of the 2005 World Matchplay. Towards the end of 2005, he matched Phil Taylor by winning both PDC Pro Tour events during a weekend in Scotland by taking the PDPA Players Championship and the UK Open Scottish Regional titles.[2]

But his biggest breakthrough came in May 2006 when he joined the 15 other PDC players in the top 16 competing against 16 American qualifiers in the World Series of Darts which was broadcast on ESPN. Lewis' performance in this tournament has made others refer to him as a major threat in years to come. He beat Lloyd, Denis Ovens and Priestley before falling in the final to Taylor.

His ranking continued to rise by reaching the later stages of the non-televised PDC Pro Tour events during 2006 as well as the quarter-finals of the UK Open in 2006 where he beat Wayne Mardle 11–10 in the last 16, before losing to John MaGowan 11–8 in the last eight.

2007–2010

Between 2007 and 2010, Lewis produced inconsistent form and was often unable to follow up on big wins such as the 2007 World Matchplay in Blackpool where he beat the incumbent world champion Raymond van Barneveld 16–14 in the quarter finals before losing heavily 7–17 in the semi finals to James Wade.

At the 2008 European Darts Championship, Lewis played his first-round match against Hannes Schnier with three plasters on his non-throwing hand – having attempted to catch a falling glass backstage but shattered in his hand. After winning the match 5–2, Lewis was taken to hospital for checks on two deep cuts.[3] Lewis went on to beat Ovens 9–5 in the 2nd round, before producing arguably the best performance of his career with a 9–2 victory over van Barneveld in the quarter-finals. An 11–7 victory over Manley set up a final with Taylor. Lewis lost 11–5 but his performance in the tournament guaranteed him a place in the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.

A title drought was ended in September 2009, when he won his first PDC Pro Tour event in three years at the Austrian Players Championship, where he beat Carlos Rodriguez 6–4 in the final, including a nine dart finish. He dedicated victory to his one month old daughter. He added another Pro Tour title the following month at the Irish Open Players Championship beating Andy Hamilton in the final by 6 legs to 4.

His form on television also improved during 2009 reaching the quarter finals of the Las Vegas Desert Classic, World Matchplay and World Grand Prix. During 2010 he also made the last eight of the World Championship, Players Championships and UK Open before reaching his first televised final on Sky Television in the 2010 World Grand Prix where he beat Phil Taylor for the first time on television in the semi finals but lost to James Wade in the final. There were further title successes in 2010, when he won Players Championships in Crawley and Germany to bring his overall Pro Tour title tally to seven.

2011–present

Lewis reached the final of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship where he faced Gary Anderson. During the first set of the match, Lewis became the first player to throw a nine dart finish in a World Championship final.[4] Lewis went on to win the match 7–5 and with it the championship.[4]

World Championship performances

Although Lewis had made his televised debut in 2004, he didn't make his PDC World Championship debut until 2006 when he went on to reach the quarter finals and lost a controversial match 3–5 to Peter Manley. Earlier in the tournament he had beaten former world champion Dennis Priestley and number four seed Roland Scholten and began to raise prospects of a possible final clash against Taylor before Manley ended his hopes.

In the 2007 PDC World Championship, he reached the last 16 stage losing 3–4 to Andy Jenkins. Despite a disappointing result, Sky Sports invited him into the 2007 Premier League, the prestigious tournament for eight top PDC players,[5] with their wildcard selection. Lewis reached the quarter-finals again in 2008, losing 2–5 to Kevin Painter and in 2010 when he was whitewashed by Taylor.

Lewis's victory in the 2011 PDC World Championship came courtesy of victories over Tony Eccles, Mark Dudbridge, Robert Thornton, Vincent van der Voort and Mark Webster en route to the final against Gary Anderson. Before that year, only four different players had won the PDC version of the World Championship, and all of them were former winners of the rival British Darts Organisation's version of the World Championship. Lewis playing Anderson in the final ensured the streak would be broken, and Lewis's run to the final was also the first time in PDC history that a player had reached the World Championship final having never played full-time on the BDO circuit. In addition, at 25 years old Lewis became the fifth youngest player to win a World Championship, behind Jelle Klaasen (21 in 2006), Eric Bristow (22 in 1980), Keith Deller (23 in 1983), and Mark Webster (24 in 2008), as well as the youngest ever PDC World Champion.

World Championship Results

Controversies

Lewis has been involved in several controversial matches during his career, including his debut World Championship in 2006. During his quarter final with Peter Manley he decided to leave the stage part-way through the match as he alleged Manley had been trying to upset him whilst he was throwing.[6]

At the 2009 World Grand Prix Lewis was playing Gary Anderson in the second round and during the first set the two players exchanged words after Anderson felt Lewis went into the exclusion zone while Anderson was throwing. Lewis put the incident behind him and won the match 3–2.[7]

The final of the 2010 World Grand Prix saw Lewis in an ill-tempered clash which eventually he lost 3–6 to James Wade. Lewis accused Wade of putting off his throw, by "stamping" on the oche.[8] The pair exchaged a brief handshake, which Wade appeared to look reluctant about. Lewis had also been involved in an incident with Taylor, just 24 hours earlier, during their semi-final match, where Taylor accused Lewis of playing up to the crowd to put him off.[9]

Lewis has also been known to hit 'blind' shots during matches, most notably during 180 attempts. Videos showing him successfully hitting the 180 without looking against Peter Manley and repeatedly failing to do so against Raymond van Barneveld are popular on Youtube.

Ranking and earnings

Lewis has risen to the top three in the PDC Order of Merit – the PDC's world ranking system, and is now ranked second after beating Gary Anderson in the world championship final. He has won £880,000 during his five year career.[10]

Personal life

His first daughter, Myla Niamh was born in August 2009.[11] He supports his local football team Stoke City.[12]

References

  1. ^ "2003 British Teenage Open". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Adrian Lewis Profile". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  3. ^ "PartyPoker.net European Championship – Night Two (Adrian Lewis v Hannes Schnier)". planetdarts.tv. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  4. ^ a b Newman, Paul (4 January 2011). "Nine-dart finish propels Lewis to maiden title". The Independent. London: Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  5. ^ Lewis Gets Final Premier League Place Planet Darts, 16 January 2007
  6. ^ Sky Sports
  7. ^ 2009 Skybet World Grand Prix
  8. ^ Wade stamps his authority
  9. ^ – Lewis Pull the Plug on The Power
  10. ^ "Adrian Lewis Profile". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  11. ^ Lewis hits Jackpot in Austria planetdarts.tv
  12. ^ "City Salute World Champion Lewis". stoke cityfc.com. 4 January 2011.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by PDC World Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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