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Steve Lennon
Lennon in 2019
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brendan Lennon
Nickname"Scuba Steve"
Born (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30)
Carlow, Ireland
Home townCounty Carlow, Ireland
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts23 Gram Bull's Germany Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2014–2017
PDC2017–
(Tour Card: 2017-)
Current world ranking105 Steady (27 October 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 80: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2022
World MatchplayLast 32: 2018
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2018
UK OpenLast 16: 2019
Grand SlamLast 16: 2017
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2018, 2020
Premier LeagueChallenger: 2019
PC FinalsQuarter Final: 2018
Other tournament wins
Ireland Players Championship 2014
PDC Development Tour England 2016
PDC UK Q School 2024
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

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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]

Unable to qualify for any ranking major apart from UK Open in 2022, Lennon dropped down in ranking. He missed his first World Championship in six years, but managed to stay within top 64 of PDC Order of Merit and continued on the Pro Tour in 2023.

In 2023 Lennon continued to struggle, missing out on PDC World Cup of Darts for the first time since 2017. He qualified for 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, but did not qualify from the round robin. He was also able to qualify for 2023 Players Championship Finals and was eliminated in Second Round. After one year absence he returned to Alexandra Palace for 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. Lennon came back from 0–2 on sets against Owen Bates in the First Round and won 3–2, giving him chance to keep his Tour card. However, he lost in Second round against Jonny Clayton 1–3 and finished the season on 66th place in PDC Order of Merit.[7][8][9]

Lennon lost his Tour card after 2023 season, but managed to win his Tour card back on first day of UK Q-School 2024, defeating William Borland 6–4 and securing his position for seasons 2024 and 2025. In the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, Lennon made the quarter-finals of event 3, defeating Adam Warner 6–5, Gerwyn Price 6–3, Dimitri Van den Bergh 6–3 and Ritchie Edhouse 6–4 before losing to Michael van Gerwen 6–5.

World Championship results

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PDC

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Career finals

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PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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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)
  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R DNQ 2R
UK Open DNP 2R DNQ 6R 3R 4R 4R 3R 2R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R DNQ
European Championship DNP DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ 2R DNQ RR DNQ RR
Players Championship Finals DNP 2R QF 1R 1R 1R DNQ 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts DNP C DNP
PDC World Cup of Darts DNP 1R F 1R 1R 2R DNP
PDC World Youth Championship 1R 1R QF 1R DNP
BDO Ranked televised events
World Masters 2R 1R 3R No longer a BDO Player
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - 71 41 41 45 44 61 66


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
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
1R
IDO
2R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
2R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
2R
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ


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 30 31
2011 HAL
DNP
HAL
DNP
DER
DNP
DER
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
VIE
DNP
VIE
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
NUL
DNP
NUL
DNP
ONT
DNP
ONT
DNP
DER
DNP
DER
DNP
NUL
DNP
NUL
DNP
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
KIL
1R
GLA
DNP
GLA
DNP
ALI
DNP
ALI
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
2012
[nb 1]
ALI
DNP
ALI
DNP
REA
DNP
REA
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BIR
DNP
BIR
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
KIL
PR
KIL
PR
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
2013
[nb 1]
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
CRA
DNP
CRA
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
DUB
DNP
DUB
DNP
KIL
1R
KIL
PR
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
2017 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
4R
MIL
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
DUB
QF
DUB
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2018 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
DUB
4R
DUB
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2019 WIG
3R
WIG
4R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
2R
DUB
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2020 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
SF
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
COV
2R
COV
3R
COV
1R
COV
3R
COV
2R
2021 BOL
3R
BOL
1R
BOL
2R
BOL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
QF
NIE
4R
NIE
QF
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
COV
1R
COV
3R
COV
1R
COV
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2022 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
4R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
3R
LEI
QF
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
LEI
  1. ^ a b Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ dartsdatabase.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.
  7. ^ "I am lost for words Steve Lennon superb comeback seals Round Two spot". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  8. ^ O'Keeffe, Shane. ""I was even thinking of pulling out" Steve Lennon produces remarkable comeback at PDC World Darts Championship". Scoreline. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  9. ^ Delaney, Luke. "Steve Lennon crashes out of PDC Championship". Q102. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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