Mark Stephenson

For the American actor, see Mark Kinsey Stephenson. For the British music conductor, see Mark Stephenson (conductor).

Mark Stephenson (born 29 September 1976) is an English former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was formerly an official, working as a marker.

Mark Stephenson
Stephenson in 2008
Personal information
Nickname	"Stevo"
Born	(1976-09-29) 29 September 1976 (age 48) Yarm, England
Home town	Newcastle, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	1994
Darts	22 Gram (custom made)
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Over the Hills and Far Away" by Gary Moore
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2004–2020
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2009
UK Open	Last 96: 2011

Career

Stephenson fell one game short of qualifying for the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Alan Tabern. He then fell two rounds short in qualifying for the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship, losing to Kirk Shepherd who eventually qualified and went on to reach the final. Stephenson finally qualified for the World Championship at the third time of asking, beating Jason Clark, Gary Welding and then Ray Farrell to earn one of the eight qualifying spots.^[1] He faced five-time world champion and the Number 2 seed Raymond van Barneveld in the first round, losing 3 sets to nil. Stephenson left the PDC in January 2020.

Mark currently works for Datadart. He has also created darts practice rings to help players. Prior to his darts career he represented New Zealand at eight-ball pool.^[2]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2009: 1st Round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0–3) (sets)