Lee Evans (born 18 October 1988) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career 2015 Evans failed to get a PDC Tour Card for 2015 after he could not get past the last 64 on any of the four days of Q-School. However, he did qualify for the 2015 UK Open, where he defeated Nick Fulwell and Ronny Huybrechts, before losing 9–4 to Vincent van der Voort in the third round, after being 4–1 ahead. Evans won the Gosport Open by beating Richard Kirby 4–1. In October he played in the European Darts Grand Prix and knocked out Jyhan Artut 6–3 and Terry Jenkins 6–4 to reach the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time, where he lost 6–3 to Ian White.
2016 Evans began 2016 by twice reaching the last 16 in the UK Open Qualifiers. He entered the main event at the second round stage and eliminated Rowby-John Rodriguez 6–2, but then lost 9–7 to Jamie Caven. He won through to the final of the 9th Challenge Tour event but was beaten 5–4 by Matt Padgett. He reached the last 16 of a main tour event for the third time this year at the 10th Players Championship with wins over Dave Ladley, Vincent van der Voort and Mervyn King, but was whitewashed 6–0 by Dave Chisnall.
2023 In January 2023, Evans won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing second on the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
Evans qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals as the 61st seed. He was defeated by 4th seed Dave Chisnall 6–2 in the first round.
2024 Evans qualified for the 2024 World Championship through the ProTour Order of Merit. On debut he whitewashed Sandro Eric Sosing 3–0 in sets, but was himself whitewashed 3–0 by the eventual champion, Luke Humphries, in the second round.
Evans made it to one PDC European Tour event in 2024, through the 2024 International Darts Open (ET3) Tour Card Holder qualifier. He defeated Jermaine Wattimena 6–5 in a deciding leg and Ronny Huybrechts 6–1. Evans lost in the final round of the qualifier to Mike De Decker 6–2, but was the highest ranked final round loser on the ProTour Order of Merit and entered the tournament as the first reserve, as a replacement for Michael van Gerwen. He lost to Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round.
Evans finished outside on the qualifying places on the ProTour Order of Merit for the 2025 World Championship. He therefore participated in the PDPA’s Tour Card Holder Qualifier where he received a bye through the first round as the 9th seed. He defeated Arron Monk 6–3 but lost to Adam Hunt 6–5 in a deciding leg. This meant he failed to qualify for the World Championship and lost his Tour Card due to being outside of the top 65 with £66,750 in ranking money earned over two years.
Personal life Evans was a bricklayer and labourer to his father Steve before he quit in 2015 to concentrate on his darts career.
World Championship results
PDC 2024: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 0–3)
Performance timeline Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2023 2024PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDid not qualify 2R UK Open 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R Did not qualify 1RDNQCareer statisticsYear-end ranking114106-18980
PDC European Tour Tournament 2015 2023 2024European Grand Prix3R1RDNQInternational OpenDNQ2R1RGerman Grand PrixNH3RDNQGerman ChampionshipDNQ1RDNQ
PDC Players Championships Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 302021Not a Tour card holder Did not participateMIL1RMIL1R Did not participate2022BAR4RBAR4RWIG3RWIG2RBAR2RBAR2R Did not participateBAR1RBAR2RWIG1RWIG1R DNPBARQFBAR1RBAR2RBARDNPBAR2RBAR1R Did not participate2023BAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RHIL1RHIL1RWIG2RWIG4RLEI4RLEI1RHIL3RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL3RHIL2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR4RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RBAR1R2024WIG4RWIG1RLEI2RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI1RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RHIL3RHIL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL4RMIL1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RWIG1RWIG2RMIL1RMIL4RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RLEI1RLEI1R
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