Adrian Lewis was born on 21 January 1985 and is a former English professional darts player who played in the PDC.
52 Facts About Adrian Lewis
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Adrian Lewis was a two-time PDC World Darts Champion, winning in 2011 and 2012.
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Adrian Lewis is nicknamed Jackpot, as he won a jackpot gambling in Las Vegas in 2005, but he was unable to collect the money as he was 20 years old, below the US legal gambling age of 21.
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Adrian Lewis made his television debut in 2004, aged 19 at the UK Open.
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Adrian Lewis is a four-time winner of the PDC World Cup of Darts, partnering Phil Taylor.
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Adrian Lewis was born in Stoke-on-Trent and had shown his potential at the age of 18 by winning the 2003 British Teenage Open.
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Adrian Lewis then joined the Professional Darts Corporation without ever qualifying for the BDO World Championship.
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Adrian Lewis then went on to win his first match on television at the 2004 World Grand Prix beating former world champion Richie Burnett, before losing to Gary Welding.
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In late 2005, Adrian Lewis began to produce some promising results including his first major event quarter-final which came in the World Matchplay, where he lost to Colin Lloyd.
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Adrian Lewis then became the first player to win both PDC Pro Tour events during a weekend by taking the PDPA Players Championship and the UK Open Scottish Regional titles.
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Adrian Lewis made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006, reaching the quarter-finals by defeating Dave Honey, Dennis Priestley and Roland Scholten.
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Adrian Lewis was involved in, what has become, an infamous match against Peter Manley.
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Manley won the set and then appeared to say something while Adrian Lewis was throwing, which caused him to leave the stage.
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Adrian Lewis lost to Andy Jenkins in the last 16 of the 2007 World Championship, but was selected by Sky Sports as a wildcard for the 2007 Premier League.
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Adrian Lewis finished seventh in the league, winning five of his fourteen matches.
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Adrian Lewis added another Pro Tour title the following month at the Irish Open Players Championship beating Andy Hamilton in the final by 6 legs to 4.
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Adrian Lewis reached the final of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship courtesy of victories over Tony Eccles, Mark Dudbridge, Robert Thornton, Vincent van der Voort and Mark Webster en route to the final, where he played Gary Anderson.
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Adrian Lewis himself became the only player to have reached the PDC final without playing full-time on the BDO circuit.
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Adrian Lewis had risen to his highest ranking of No 2.
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Adrian Lewis went on to defeat Gary Anderson in Anderson's home country of Scotland after both players were distracted by the crowd.
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Adrian Lewis was now under the management of former World Champion Keith Deller and under his guidance he has appeared in several major finals, including his World Championship win.
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Adrian Lewis almost exited the tournament on multiple occasions, beginning with his first round match against Nigel Heydon.
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Adrian Lewis said after the match that he had "lost his way" during Jenkins' fightback, but was delighted to be in the semi-finals.
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However, Adrian Lewis managed to never trail against Hamilton and was a double 12 away from hitting a nine-darter in the final for the second successive year.
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Adrian Lewis clinched victory with his third attempt at the match winning double and said afterwards he believed he could win 10 World Championship titles.
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Adrian Lewis maintained his form for his next tournament of the season as he represented England and won the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts, with Phil Taylor.
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Australia missed four darts to take the crown and England two, before Adrian Lewis took out double 5 to win his first World Cup, stating that the victory meant more to him than his second world title won a month earlier.
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Adrian Lewis was an automatic entrant for the Premier League due to his Order of Merit ranking.
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Adrian Lewis entered the World Matchplay knowing that if he could progress further than Phil Taylor he would move to world number one for the first time.
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Adrian Lewis had spent 24 hours with his wife Sarah as she went into labour, before travelling to the tournament in Minehead to face Richie Burnett.
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Adrian Lewis took out 116 in the next leg to take the match, before returning to Stoke where Sarah gave birth to a boy in the early hours of the morning.
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Adrian Lewis finally relinquished his World Championship crown in the 2013 edition of the event.
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Adrian Lewis narrowly avoided relegation after week nine, and could only pick up a total of four wins from his 16 games to finish 8th in the table.
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Adrian Lewis won his third major title at the European Championship, his first that wasn't a World Championship.
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Adrian Lewis beat Ronny Huybrechts, Brendan Dolan and Andy Hamilton at the World Matchplay to face van Gerwen in the semi-finals of a major event.
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Adrian Lewis overcame Van Gerwen and Kim Huybrechts in the last 16 and quarter-finals of the Grand Slam of Darts to meet Taylor in the semi-finals.
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Adrian Lewis was untroubled in winning through to the semi-finals of the 2014 World Championship as none of his opponents could take more than a single set off him.
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However, Adrian Lewis then lost four games in a row and went on to finish sixth in the table, to miss out on the play-offs.
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Adrian Lewis' season seemed to be fading dramatically when he lost to youngsters Rowby-John Rodriguez and Keegan Brown at the Grand Slam of Darts which meant he had been eliminated from the competition before his final group game, but he returned to form at the Players Championship Finals.
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Adrian Lewis threw a nine-dart finish to win the opening set of his third round tie against Raymond van Barneveld at the 2015 World Championship.
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Adrian Lewis went a set ahead three times but van Barneveld levelled on each occasion, with Lewis missing one match dart in the sixth set.
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Adrian Lewis said he was happy to reach the last four of such an event whilst playing his D-game.
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Adrian Lewis played with Chisnall at the World Cup for the first time and they were knocked out in the semi-finals after failing to win either of their matches against the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Van Barneveld.
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On 2 February 2018 the Darts Regulation Authority released a statement that Adrian Lewis would be suspended with immediate effect pending an appeal following an incident with Jose Justicia in the first UK Open qualifier.
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On 8 February 2018 Adrian Lewis was given a three-month ban suspended for six months after Adrian Lewis admitted he broke DRA rules.
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In October, Adrian Lewis tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the 2020 World Grand Prix.
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Adrian Lewis returned to the winners circle with his first title in 3 years by winning Players Championship 20.
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At the 2022 World Grand Prix, Adrian Lewis beat Jose de Sousa in the first round before losing to Chris Dobey.
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Adrian Lewis has been involved in several controversial matches during his career, including his debut World Championship in 2006.
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At the 2009 World Grand Prix Adrian Lewis was playing Gary Anderson in the second round and during the first set the two players exchanged words after Anderson felt Adrian Lewis went into the exclusion zone while Anderson was throwing.
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In February 2018, Adrian Lewis was suspended by the PDC after an altercation following his win over Jose Justicia at the 2018 UK Open Qualifier 1.
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Adrian Lewis's daughter, Myla Niamh was born in August 2009, with then girlfriend Katie-Adele Hughes, from whom he separated in January 2011.