| Matthew Dennant | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | "The Scholar"[1] |
| Born | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991[2][3] Walsall, England[2] |
| Home town | Bloxwich, Walsall, England[1] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2008[2] |
| Darts | 25g Unicorn[4][5] |
| Laterality | Right-handed[4][2] |
| Walk-on music | "Red Right Hand by The Arctic Monkeys"[1] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2012– (Tour Card: 2016–2017; 2024–2025) |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 128: 2026 |
| UK Open | Last 64: 2013, 2017 |
Matthew Dennant (born 25 June 1991) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "the Scholar", Dennant won a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in both 2016 and 2024. He has won three titles in the PDC secondary tours.
Career
2012–2013: First secondary tour title
Matthew Dennant reached a final on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2012.[2] A year later he made his debut at the 2013 UK Open. After two wins he was eliminated in the third round by Adrian Lewis.[6] Dennant won event seventeen on the 2013 Challenge Tour, defeating Max Hopp in the final.[2]
2016–2017: First stint as a Tour Card holder
At the beginning of 2016, Dennant was able to win a PDC Tour Card for the first time through the PDC Qualifying School.[2][7] In 2016 PDC Players Championship series events, Dennant was able to reach the third round (last 32) stage on two occasions. At the 2016 European Darts Trophy he made his PDC European Tour debut. He lost to Devon Petersen 6–5 in the first round. By reaching the last 16 at 2017 UK Open Qualifier 1, Dennant qualified for the UK Open for the second time. At the 2017 edition, he started in the second round where he beat Zoran Lerchbacher before losing to Benito van de Pas in the third round. Due to poor results in 2017 on the PDC Pro Tour– not reaching a last 32 in a 2017 Players Championship event and only one making one European Tour appearance at the Gibraltar Darts Trophy– Dennant was not able to reach the top 64 of the Order of Merit at the end of 2017 and therefore he lost his Tour Card.[8][2]
2018–2021: Two Challenge Tour titles and Euro Tour appearances
After losing his Tour Card, Dennant made appearances on the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour and qualified for the 2018 International Darts Open but lost his first round game for the third time on the European Tour. He qualified for the 2019 UK Open via his ranking on the 2018 PDC Challenge Tour but lost in the first round to amateur player Kevin Thoburn. At the opening European Tour event of the 2019 PDC Pro Tour, the 2019 European Darts Open, Dennant was able to defeat Madars Razma to win a match on the European Tour for the first time. He then lost to Mensur Suljović 6–4 in the second round.[8][2] On the 2020 Challenge Tour, he won the third event by defeating Nathan Rafferty 6–4 in the final.[9] The following year, he took part in the 2021 UK Open but lost in the first round.[8][2] In September, he won his third PDC secondary tours title at UK Challenge Tour 8.[10][11]
2024–2025: Second stint as a Tour Card holder
In 2024, Dennant won a PDC Tour Card for the second time at PDC Qualifying School by topping the UK Q-School Order of Merit.[2][12] Dennant lost in the last 96 stage of the 2024 UK Open. He qualified for two events on the 2024 PDC European Tour– the 2024 Baltic Sea Darts Open and 2024 European Darts Open– as a Tour Card holder qualifier.[13][14][15] However, he lost to Moritz Hilger and Karel Sedláček respectively in the first round. In August, Dennant reached the fourth round (last 16) of Players Championship 19. On the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, Dennant qualified for the Belgian Darts Open and missed match darts in a deciding leg loss to Ricardo Pietreczko 6–5. In March, Dennant lost in the last 96 at the 2025 UK Open. He reached the last 16 at Players Championship 10 before reaching his first two Pro Tour quarter-finals at events 11 and 22. At the Austrian Darts Open and 2025 Hungarian Darts Trophy, he reached the second round on the European Tour for the second and third time on the European Tour by defeating Rowby-John Rodriguez in the former and Andrew Gilding in the latter. He then lost to Martin Schindler and Michael van Gerwen in the respective second round matches.[2][8]
Despite qualifying for his debut at the PDC World Darts Championship at the 2026 edition via the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, Dennant lost his Tour Card following a lost to Kevin Doets 3–1 in the first round.[1][16][2]
Performance timeline
Matthew Dennant's performance timeline is as follows:[8]
| Tournament | 2013 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||||||
| World Masters[N 1] | Did not qualify | Prel. | DNQ | |||||||
| UK Open | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | ||||
PDC Players Championships
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Did not participate | WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
BAR DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
COV 3R |
COV 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
DUB 2R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
DUB 1R |
DUB 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Did not participate | BAR 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Did not participate | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | BAR DNP |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
BAR DNP |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
NIE Did not participate |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 2R |
COV 3R |
COV 1R | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Did not participate | LEI 1R |
Did not participate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 4R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG DNP |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 4R |
LEI QF |
LEI 3R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL QF |
HIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
PDC Challenge Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | L16 | L64 | L64 | L128 | L128 | L128 | L128 | L16 | L64 | L32 | L256 | L256 | L32 | L128 | L64 | L64 | L256 | SF | L16 | |||||
| 2020 | L512 | L64 | W | L64 | SF | L16 | L32 | QF | L128 | L32 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | QF | L256 | L128 | L128 | L128 | L16 | L256 | W | L64 | L256 | L256 | L128 |
Key
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
Titles
- PDC secondary tours
- PDC Challenge Tour
- 2020: 3
- 2021 UK: 8
- PDC Development Tour
- 2013: 17
- PDC Challenge Tour
Notes
- ^ A non-ranked event until 2025
References
- ^ a b c d Blakemore, Chris; Dawkins, Andrew. "'Childhood dream' to be achieved at world darts". BBC News. Walsall, West Midlands. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Dart Profis – Matthew Dennant – „The Scholar"" [Darts Professionals – Matthew Dennant – “The Scholar”]. dartn.de (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Matthew Dennant". Flashscore. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Matthew Dennant". Mastercaller. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ^ "Matthew Dennant PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
- ^ "Matthew Dennant is top class in PDC UK Open". Express & Star. 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Matthew Dennant the scholar at Q School". Express & Star. 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Matthew Dennant Player Profile". Darts Database.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (26 January 2020). "Dennant & Van der Wal claim Challenge Tour titles". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Verbeek, Pieter (3 September 2021). "Dennant wins third Challenge Tour title after surviving seven matchdarts". Darts News.
- ^ Allen, Dave (3 September 2021). "Thomas, Dennant, Justicia & Alcinas enjoy Challenge Tour wins". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 January 2024). "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Razma, Edhouse & Nijman complete ET5-6 qualification double". Darts World. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (10 April 2024). "Razma, Edhouse & Nijman complete ET5-6 qualification double". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". tv.dartconnect.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (23 November 2025). "2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship field confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
External links
- Matthew Dennant player profile at Darts Orakel
- Player profile for Matthew Dennant from Dartsdatabase
