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:''This article is about the English darts player, for the American darts player of the same name see Steve Brown (darts player)'' Steve Brown (born 25 January 1981 in Bristol) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. ==Career== He has competed on the PDC Pro Tour since 2006, regularly reaching the last 64 of events. His best performances came in the 2007 Windy City Open in Chicago and the 2007 UK Open Irish Regional where he reached the quarter-finals. He also made it to the last 16 of the 2007 Peachtree Open and 2007 Hayling Island PDPA Players Championship. His consistency on the Pro Tour during 2007 saw him qualify for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship for the first time. He was the fifth highest ranked player on the Pro Tour of those who had not sealed an automatic place in the tournament. Having started the year at 613 in the world rankings—he had climbed to 76th by November. He lost to Chris Mason in the first round. Brown next qualified for the World Championship in 2010, losing 1-3 to James Wade in the first round. 2010 was a breakthrough year for Brown, as he reached the second round of both the World Matchplay and the World Grand Prix. He also reached the second round of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, defeating Jelle Klaasen to secure a second-round match with Terry Jenkins, which he lost 4-1. Brown won his first PDC Pro Tour event in February 2011, defeating Ian White 6-3 in the final of UK Open Qualifier 1.〔(Brown Sinks White For Maiden Win ) PDC.tv〕 In April, he climbed into the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. At the 2012 World Championship Brown lost in the first round to South Africa's preliminary qualifier Devon Petersen 3–2 in sets, having led 2–1 and had a dart at the bullseye to win the match.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=World Championship - Night Seven )〕 In the rest of 2012, Brown performed well in the five new European Tour events by qualifying for four of them. He lost in the last 64 once, the last 32 twice and saved his best run for the final event, the Dutch Darts Masters where he defeated Dick van Dijk 6–5 and Wes Newton 6–2, before losing to Mark Walsh 6–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2012 PDC Dutch Darts Masters Results )〕 It was largely thanks to these results that he reached the 2013 World Championship by finishing 41st on the ProTour Order of Merit, taking the 11th of 16 spots that were awarded to the highest non-qualified players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers )〕 Brown lost to Terry Jenkins 0–3 in the first round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ladbrokes WDC Day Two )〕 After the tournament, Brown was ranked world number 36. He lost 5–4 to Adrian Gray in the first round of the 2013 UK Open.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday )〕 At the fifth Players Championship of the year, Brown threw a nine-dart finish during a 6–2 second round win over Connie Finnan, but lost 6–0 to Joe Cullen in the next round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Wright Brilliant In Crawley )〕 At the Gibraltar Darts Trophy he hit six doubles from eight attempts to defeat Brendan Dolan 6–4 and then beat Paul Nicholson 6–3, before being whitewashed 6–0 by youngster Jamie Lewis in the third round.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gibraltar Darts Trophy Day One )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results )〕 He reached the same stage of the German Darts Championship with impressive 6–2 wins over both Gary Anderson and Ian White, but lost by a reverse of this scoreline to Richie Burnett.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2013 PDC German Darts Championship Results )〕 These two results made up almost half of Brown's prize money in 2013 and he earned the final spot for the 2014 World Championship through the ProTour Order of Merit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers )〕 Brown played 27th seed Andy Smith in the opening round and missed one dart to take a 2–0 set lead. In the third set Brown wired a dart at double 12 to fall agonisingly close to hitting the third nine-dart finish of the event. He did get the double in his next visit to take the leg in 10 darts but this was the last leg he could win in the match as he was beaten 3–1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/1alv34ezca3l1eqpqz2h4y5tc/title/ladbrokes-world-championship-day-six )〕 He dropped 10 places over the course of the year to begin 2014 ranked world number 46. Brown lost 5–4 to Ewan Hyslop in the first round of the 2014 UK Open and had to wait until the penultimate Players Championship of the year to reach the last 16 for the only time this season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9fh9esorrn8y19s5sogecwcqf/title/coral-uk-open---friday-afternoon )〕 He knocked out Dave Ladley, James Wade and Jelle Klaasen, before Adrian Lewis defeated him 6–3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2014 PDPA Players Championship Coventry Results )〕 In 2015 he missed out on qualifying for the UK Open for the first time since 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Steve Brown Premier Events )〕 He won the Southern Counties Open with a 6–5 victory over Andy Jenkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2015 Southern Counties Open Results )〕 Brown had a poor year on the Pro Tour as he only reached the last 32 on two occasions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steve Brown (English darts player)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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