Steve Beaton - PDC Career

PDC Career

Beaton has never made the same impact in the PDC, having failed to reach the quarter-finals in any of his attempts at the world crown, his best finishes being two Round of 16 losses in 2002 and 2004. His poor form has seen him slip down the world rankings but always maintained a position in the top 32. Beaton recently qualified for the 2009 World Championships, but lost 0-3 to Alan Tabern in the first round.

On a more positive note, Beaton reached the semi finals in three major PDC tournaments, the 2001 World Matchplay when he lost to Burnett, the 2004 UK Open when he lost to Roland Scholten, and the 2004 World Grand Prix when he lost to Warriner.

Beaton has seen a rise in form in the 2009 season taking him even further up the rankings to 19th in the world. Beaton won his first title in almost nine years when he took the Players Championship in Nuland in October. He also finished runner up in the European championship beating the likes of Adrian Lewis, Mark Walsh and James Wade en route to the final where he was defeated 11-3 by Phil Taylor. This result however gave Beaton a place in the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, where he progressed from the round robin stage courtesy of wins over Co Stompe and Kevin McDine before being comprehensibly outplayed by Simon Whitlock.

At the 2010 Grand Slam Of Darts Beaton produced a major upset by beating three-time defending champion Phil Taylor 16-14 in the quarter-finals, having trailed 13-9 and 14-11. Earlier in the week Beaton had needed to defeat Paul Nicholson 5-3 or better at the round robin stage to stay in the tournament (he won 5-1), and followed that up with a 10-6 win over Ted Hankey who had himself defeated Taylor in his group. Beaton was defeated by eventual champion Scott Waites 16-9 in the semi-final. Despite his good form in 2010 he was narrowly defeated in the first round of the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by Mark Hylton eventually losing by 3 sets to 2.