Andy Jenkins | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | Andrew Jenkins | ||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Rocky | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
11 March 1971 ||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Cosham, Hampshire England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 1980s | ||||||||||||||||
Darts | 19g Andy Jenkins Dynamic Series | ||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Gonna Fly Now" - Theme from Rocky | ||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||
BDO | 1994–2002 | ||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2002– | ||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Quarter-finals: 1999, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Last 40: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Int. Darts League | Group stage: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
Zuiderduin Masters | Last 16 Group: 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Semi-finals: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter-finals: 2001, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi-finals: 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Ch'ship League | Initial groups, 8th, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Last 16: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Semi-finals: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Last 16: 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 32: 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
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UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
Andy Jenkins (born 11 March 1971 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.
Jenkins began his career playing in British Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002.
His record at the BDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut at the Lakeside Country Club in 1995, and managed only one win in his seven consecutive appearances. His only victory came in 1996 against Belgian Bruno Raes, and suffered defeats to Andy Fordham (1996, 1998), Sean Palfrey (1995), Ronnie Baxter (1997), Graham Hunt (1999), Colin Monk (2000) and Kevin Painter (2001).
Despite his poor record at Lakeside, Jenkins made it to the semi-finals of the revived News of the World Darts Championship in 1997, and the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 1999 and 2000.
He decided to switch to the Professional Darts Corporation in 2002 where his first round jinx continued - he lost to number nine seed Denis Ovens at the 2002 PDC World Championship. He rose steadily up the world rankings after joining the PDC and was seeded 10th for the 2003 World Championship. Again he went out in the first round to Chris Mason.