Denis Ovens
English darts player
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Denis Ovens (born 1 July 1957) is an English former professional darts player. He is nicknamed "The Heat" and is based in Stevenage.[1]
| Denis Ovens | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Heat"[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1957[1] Enfield, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Stevenage, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 20g LazerDarts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 1984–2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2000–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter-final: 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | First Round: 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Quarter-final: 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2001, 2003, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Semi-final: 2010, 2011, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Last 16: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ch'ship League | Semi-final: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Desert Classic | Quarter-final: 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open/WSoD | Quarter-final: 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2009, 2010, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||
Players Championships
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers
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BDO
Ovens entered the British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuit in 1984, reaching the quarter-final stage at the Double Diamond Masters. He made his World Masters debut in 1986, reaching the last 16. He then reached the semi-finals of the Double Diamond Masters in 1987.[2] Ovens began to rise up the rankings in 1999 after winning the Scottish Open and making the quarter-finals at the World Masters. He made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000, losing to Bobby George in the first round. He switched to the PDC later that year.[1]
PDC
After switching to the PDC, Ovens made his PDC World Championship debut in 2001 Ovens made his PDC World Championship debut in 2001, but lost to Les Fitton in the first round. During the 2001 season, Ovens won the Irish Masters, Claims Solutions Classic and Jersey Darts Festival. Ovens was defeated by Richie Burnett defeated in the second round at the 2002 World Championship, but he won the Irish Masters again that year.[1]
He qualified for the World Matchplay for 12 consecutive years from 2000 to 2011 and the World Grand Prix for 11 years in a row from 2001 to 2011.[2]
Af the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship, he reached his only World Championship quarter-final before losing to former World Masters champion Mark Dudbridge. In 2007 he was beaten by Alan Tabern in a sudden death deciding leg, with Ovens narrowly missing a double 12 for a nine dart finish and a £15,000 bonus), in 2008.
Ovens was runner-up at the inaugural German Darts Championship in 2007, losing to Phil Taylor in the final but qualifying for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.[1]
He reached the semi-final of the UK Open in three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012, where he was defeated by Phil Taylor (twice) and Wes Newton.[2]
World Championship results
BDO
- 2000: 1st Round (lost to Bobby George 1–3)
PDC
- 2001: 1st round (lost to Les Fitton 1–3)
- 2002: 2nd round (lost to Richie Burnett 4–6)
- 2003: 3rd round (lost to Dennis Smith 1–5)
- 2004: 3rd round (lost to Alex Roy 3–4)
- 2005: Quarter-finals (lost to Mark Dudbridge 3–5)
- 2006: 2nd round (lost to Steve Alker 1–4)
- 2007: 2nd round (lost to Alan Tabern 3–4)
- 2008: 2nd round (lost to Jan van der Rassel 1–4)
- 2009: 2nd round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 1–4)
- 2010: 2nd round (lost to Colin Lloyd 3–4)
- 2011: 2nd round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–4)
- 2012: 1st round (retired due to injury while trailing Kevin Münch 1–0)
- 2013: 2nd round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–4)
Career statistics
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
Performance timeline
Source:[2]
BDO
| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2007 | |
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| BDO World Championship | Did not participate | 1R | PDC | ||||||||
| World Masters | 4R | DNP | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | PDC | ||
| British Professional | 2R | 1R | 1R | Not held | |||||||
| World Darts Trophy | Not held | 1R | |||||||||
| News of the World | DNP | 1R | Not held | DNP | Not held | ||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
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| PDC World Championship | BDO | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | |
| UK Open | Not held | 4R | 5R | 4R | 5R | 5R | 3R | 3R | SF | SF | SF | DNQ | |||
| World Matchplay | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||
| World Grand Prix | DNP | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||
| European Championship | Not held | 2R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Not held | DNQ | 2R | RR | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Not held | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||
| Las Vegas Desert Classic | Not held | QF | RR | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | Not held | |||||||