Steve Lennon

Steve Lennon
Lennon in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Brendan Lennon
Nickname	"Scuba Steve"
Born	(1993-11-25) 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	"Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2014–2017
PDC	2017– (Tour Card: 2017-)
Current world ranking	93 1 (21 April 2024)
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

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.

Lennon entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017, and picked up a Tour Card on the third day.

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.

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. He hit his first PDC nine-dart finish in his last 32 game against Kai Fan Leung.

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.

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

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)
• 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

PDC team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Country	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2019	World Cup of Darts	Ireland	William O'Connor	Scotland – Peter Wright and Gary Anderson	1–3 (m)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	DNQ	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R	DNQ	2R
UK Open	2R	DNQ	6R	3R	4R	4R	3R	2R
World Matchplay	DNQ	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ	1R	DNQ
European Championship	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	2R	DNQ	RR	DNQ			RR
Players Championship Finals	2R	QF	1R	1R	1R	DNQ	2R
Non-major televised events
Premier League Darts	DNP		C	DNP
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP	1R	F	1R	1R	2R	DNP
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	BSD	DDC	EDO	GDC	FDT	HDT	SDT	CDO

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

External links

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