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Steve Lennon

Steve Lennon
Lennon in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Brendan Lennon
Nickname	"Scuba Steve"
Born	(1993-11-25) 25 November 1993 (age 30) 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	"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2017
PDC	2017– (Tour Card: 2017-)
Current world ranking	101 1 (3 July 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 80: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022
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, 2020
Premier League	Challenger: 2019
PC Finals	Quarter 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[edit]

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[edit]

PDC[edit]

• 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)
• 2021: Second round (lost to Devon Petersen 1–3)
• 2022: Third round (lost to Mervyn King 0–4)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Jonny Clayton 1–3)

Career finals[edit]

PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

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)

Performance timeline[edit]

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Media related to Steve Lennon at Wikimedia Commons
• Steve Lennon player profile at Darts Orakel