Peter Evison - PDC

PDC

Having failed to qualify for the 1993 World Championship, he followed the top players who left the British Darts Organisation to form the WDC (now the Professional Darts Corporation, PDC). He reached the semi-final of the inaugural 1994 PDC World Darts Championship losing to eventual champion, Dennis Priestley.

Rod Harrington halted him in the semi-final of the 1995 PDC World Darts Championship. A quarter-final defeat followed in 1996, before he reached (and lost) his third semi-final in the 1997 PDC World Darts Championship. There was a third-placed play-off in that year and he beat Eric Bristow to finish third. He also got to the quarter-finals of the 1998 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Harrington.

He failed to pass the first round of the 1999 World Championships, but reached the quarter-finals again in 2000 - losing this time to Peter Manley. For the next four years Evison lost in the first round as his career began to fade. He managed one preliminary round win in 2005 at Purfleet, before being badly beaten in a grudge match against Andy Jenkins. It was Evison's last appearance in the tournament.

His best performance in the PDC came in the 1996 World Matchplay. He beat Phil Taylor 8-1 in the second round and beat Priestley 16-14 in the final to clinch the title. The defence of his title ended with a quarter-final loss to Richie Burnett. He had further quarter-final appearances in 1999 and 2003, but he also suffered a humiliating 10-0 whitewash in the 2004 World Matchplay to Ronnie Baxter which was his last appearance in Blackpool.

He also reached the semi-final of the World Grand Prix in 2002 but lost 0-6 to Phil Taylor.

With his PDC world ranking falling rapidly, he was forced to qualify for all the PDC darts tournaments, which he failed to do for the World Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

In 2008, it was announced that Evison was one of eight players to take part in the BetFred League of Legends alongside the likes of Bristow, Bobby George and Lowe. He would go on to reach the semi finals of the tournament. It was also announced that Evison had re-joined the BDO system, becoming one of only a handful of players to return to the BDO after switching to the rival PDC. Evison took part in the BDO International Open on 15 June 2008, receiving a bye into the second round before losing to Paul Hanvidge 3-2 in legs. He reached the last 16 of the Czech Open in November 2008.

In 2009 he reached the last 16 of both the Isle of Man Open and the Open Holland. He then reached the quarter finals of the Swiss Open, his best performance since returning to the BDO.

In 2012 Evison attempted to rejoin the PDC via the qualifying school. He failed to earn a tour card, but is eligible to enter the qualifiers for the UK Open and World Championship.