Peter Evison
| Peter Evison | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Fen Tiger |
| Born |
27 May 1964 Chiswick, England |
| Darts information | |
| Darts | peter evison b+w |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Lost In Space by Apollo 440 |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1987-1993, 2008-2011 |
| PDC | 1993-2007 (Founding Member) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 1988, 1989 |
| World Masters | Winner 1989 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Third Place: 1997 |
| World Matchplay | Winner 1996 |
| World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2002 |
| UK Open | Last 16: 2004 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Finnish Open French Open German Open Norway Open PDC Samson Darts Classic Swiss Open |
1988 1997, 1999 1992, 1993 1991, 1992 1994 1987 |
| Updated on 22 June 2009. | |
Peter Evison (born 27 May 1964 in Chiswick) is a former darts player who enjoyed a long career in the game. His greatest achievements were to win the 1989 Winmau World Masters and the 1996 World Matchplay. He came close to winning the World Championship on a number of occasions.
Before appearing in a major tournament, Evison was a contestant on Bullseye. He, along with his teammate, failed however, to get to Bully's prize board. Evison later appeared on the show in 1989, soon after winning the 1989 World Masters, in which he scored 240 points on the "Points for Charity" round. Evison appeared on the show again in 1992, scoring over 300 points in 9 darts in the "Points for Charity" round.
Evison burst on the darts scene in 1986 with a surprise victory over John Lowe in the British Professional Championship, a major televised tournament in that era.
Evison made his World Championship debut in 1988, and went on to reach the quarter-finals, before losing to the eventual champion, Bob Anderson. Evison returned to the same stage the following year, only to be defeated by Eric Bristow in a close quarter-final match. Evison avenged this defeat in the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters later in 1989, to take the title. However, 1989 was the year of the big slump in darts' television coverage and prize money. As a result, Evison's 1989 World Masters win was not televised, and he received only half of the prize money that the 1988 World Masters champion, Bob Anderson, had received for winning the tournament the year before Evison. Evison was one of the tournament favourites to win the 1990 World Championship. However, despite hitting a 170 checkout, Evison was beaten in the first round by Jack McKenna. Evison had a dip in form at the World Championship between 1990 and 1992, failing to get to the quarter finals in any of the three, despite a first round win over John Lowe in 1991. Evison failed to qualify for the last unified World Championship in 1993.
Evison was one of the top players who left the British Darts Organisation to form the World Darts Council (now the Professional Darts Corporation, PDC). Evison reached the semi-final of the inaugural 1994 PDC World Darts Championship losing to eventual champion, Dennis Priestley.
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