| Steve West | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 5 June 1975 Epping, Essex, England |
| Home town | Culemborg Netherlands |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1989 |
| Darts | 22g Rovadel Steve West |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2004 to present |
| Current world ranking | 6 (BDO) 10 (WDF) |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 32 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| World Masters | Last 32 2005 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 40 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Preliminary 2007 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Denmark Open German Gold Cup Finnish Open Open Noord West Nederland |
2007 2008 2008 2008 |
Steve West (born 5 June 1975 in Epping) is an English darts player who currently plays for the British Darts Organisation. He is the brother of 2003 World Master Tony West and currently resides in Culemborg, Holland.
West showed signs of a promising career quickly by reaching the final of the 2005 French Open, losing to local Dominique le Roy. He also reached the last 32 of the 2005 World Masters where he lost to Gary Anderson. In 2007, West reached another Open final in the 2007 Dutch Open, one of the BDO's biggest Open tournaments. Amongst his scalps were Dutchmen Co Stompé and Edwin Max before losing in the final to Scott Waites. Following this and three further quarter-finals, he qualified for the 2007 International Darts League, but was knocked out at the Preliminary Group Stage.
West then won his first Open title, winning the 2007 Denmark Open, beating Holland's Niels de Ruiter in the semi-finals and then beat fellow Englishman James Wilson in the final. His performances earned him qualification for the 2008 BDO World Championship. He faced former World Champion Ted Hankey in the first round and lost 3-2 despite leading 2-1. West bounced back from his Lakeside defeat to win the 2008 German Gold Cup beating Andree Welge in the final. He then won the Finnish Open, beating local favourite and former Masters finalist Jarkko Komula in the semi-finals and then beat Norway's Robert Wagner in the final. He also made two semi-final showings in the Belgium Open and the French Open and reached the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Open. These performances helped West qualify automatically for the 2009 BDO World Championship at the Lakeside, where he was the number 13 seed. However, he was outclassed by Alan Norris 3-0 in the first round. West could not better this in 2010 either, as once again he relinquished a 2-1 lead this time to Irish débutante Martin McCloskey. In 2011, West once more lost in the first round to 2010 finalist David Chisnall after missing three darts at double top to win before Chisnall came back to force a tiebreak in the final set and eventually win.