Leonard Gates

Leonard Gates (born November 26, 1970) is an American professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. In World Seniors Darts (WSD) he won three televised titles in 2023; the WSDT Champion of Champions, World Seniors Matchplay and the World Seniors Masters. He was the 2022 PDC North American champion and has won 11 titles on the CDC Pro Tour. Gates has been ranked as WDF world number one.

He is also a former baseball player, playing for Abilene Prairie Dogs, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Catskill Cougars and Nashua Pride.

Career Gates started to play in WDF in 2007, winning numerous American darts tournaments, including exhibition ones.

In 2022, Gates qualified as a seed for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, but he lost in the second round to Steve Hine of England.

In September, Gates took part in the 2022 World Series of Darts Finals, where he reached the second round, defeating Devon Petersen 6–4 in the first round, In round 1, he narrowly beat Conan Whitehead in a close game, in the second round he faced Rhys Grffin whom he beat 6-3, in the third round he faced former World Championship finalist Jim Williams who Gates went on to beat 6-2 with an average of 92 per three darts, in the next round he faced a very experienced player in Martin Lukeman, it was a very long and competitive game but Gates was knocked out of the tournament with Lukeman beating him 10-5.

World Championship results

WDF

WSD

Nine-dart finishes

+ Leonard Gates televised nine-dart finishes Date Opponent Tournament Method Prize November 25, 2023 MODUS Super Series 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 –