Steve Lennon
| Steve Lennon | |||||
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.jpg) Lennon in 2019 | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Stephen Brendan Lennon | ||||
| Nickname | "The Shamrock" | ||||
| Born | 25 November 1993 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 | 40 | ||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2016 | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2018, 2019 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Premier League | Challenger: 2019 | ||||
| PC Finals | Quarter Final: 2018 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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| 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 Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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.[1]
Lennon entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017, and picked up a Tour Card on the third day.[2]
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 will play a one-off match against Peter Wright on night three in Dublin.
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.[3]
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.[4]
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)
References
- ^ 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.