Denis Ovens (born 1 July 1957) is an English former professional darts player. He is nicknamed "The Heat" and is based in Stevenage.

BDO Ovens entered the British Darts Organisation (BDO) circuit in 1984, reaching the quarter-final stage at the Double Diamond Masters. He made his World Masters debut in 1986, reaching the last 16. He then reached the semi-finals of the Double Diamond Masters in 1987. Ovens began to rise up the rankings in 1999 after winning the Scottish Open and making the quarter-finals at the World Masters. He made his BDO World Darts Championship debut in 2000, losing to Bobby George in the first round. He switched to the PDC later that year.

PDC After switching to the PDC, Ovens made his PDC World Championship debut in 2001 Ovens made his PDC World Championship debut in 2001, but lost to Les Fitton in the first round. During the 2001 season, Ovens won the Irish Masters, Claims Solutions Classic and Jersey Darts Festival. Ovens was defeated by Richie Burnett defeated in the second round at the 2002 World Championship, but he won the Irish Masters again that year.

He qualified for the World Matchplay for 12 consecutive years from 2000 to 2011 and the World Grand Prix for 11 years in a row from 2001 to 2011.

Af the 2005 PDC World Darts Championship, he reached his only World Championship quarter-final before losing to former World Masters champion Mark Dudbridge. In 2007 he was beaten by Alan Tabern in a sudden death deciding leg, with Ovens narrowly missing a double 12 for a nine dart finish and a £15,000 bonus), in 2008.

Ovens was runner-up at the inaugural German Darts Championship in 2007, losing to Phil Taylor in the final but qualifying for the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts.

He reached the semi-final of the UK Open in three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012, where he was defeated by Phil Taylor (twice) and Wes Newton.

World Championship results

BDO

2000: 1st Round (lost to Bobby George 1–3)

PDC

2001: 1st round (lost to Les Fitton 1–3) 2002: 2nd round (lost to Richie Burnett 4–6) 2003: 3rd round (lost to Dennis Smith 1–5) 2004: 3rd round (lost to Alex Roy 3–4) 2005: Quarter-finals (lost to Mark Dudbridge 3–5) 2006: 2nd round (lost to Steve Alker 1–4) 2007: 2nd round (lost to Alan Tabern 3–4) 2008: 2nd round (lost to Jan van der Rassel 1–4) 2009: 2nd round (lost to Ronnie Baxter 1–4) 2010: 2nd round (lost to Colin Lloyd 3–4) 2011: 2nd round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–4) 2012: 1st round (retired due to injury while trailing Kevin Münch 1–0) 2013: 2nd round (lost to Adrian Lewis 1–4)

Career statistics

Performance timeline Source: BDO Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 1995 1997 1999 2000 2007 Did not participate 1RPDC World Masters4RDNP2R3R1R2RQF2RPDC British Professional2R 1R 1RNot held World Darts TrophyNot held 1R News of the WorldDNP1RNot heldDNPNot held

PDC Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 PDC World ChampionshipBDO 1R 2R 3R 3R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R UK OpenNot held 4R 5R 4R 5R 5R 3R 3R SF SF SFDNQ World Matchplay 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2RDNQ World Grand PrixDNP 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2RDNQ European ChampionshipNot held 2RDNQ 1RDNQ Grand SlamNot heldDNQ 2R RRDNQ Not held1R1R1R1RDNQ Las Vegas Desert ClassicNot held QF RR 2R 1R 1RDNQNot held

References

External links Interview with Denis Ovens Profile and stats on Darts Database