Andrew Jenkins (born 11 March 1971) is an English former professionaldarts player who competed inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was nicknamed "Rocky" due to his rough personality.^{[citation needed]} Jenkins has reached high rankings in the PDC, but has never won a major tournament. In 2009, Jenkins was given a PDC ban for almost two years for an assault onTerry Jenkins during a non-televised PDC tournament. In 2025, Jenkins was banned from DRA regulated events for eleven years after being found guilty of match-fixing.

Jenkins began his career playing inBritish Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002.

His record at theBDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut at theLakeside Country Club in1995, and managed only one win in his seven consecutive appearances. His only victory came in 1996 against Belgian Bruno Raes, and suffered defeats toSean Palfrey (1995),Andy Fordham (1996, 1998),Ronnie Baxter (1997), Graham Hunt (1999),Colin Monk (2000) andKevin Painter (2001).

Despite his poor record at Lakeside, Jenkins made it to the semi-finals of the revivedNews of the World Darts Championship in 1997, and the quarter-finals of theWinmau World Masters in 1999 and 2000.

He decided to switch to theProfessional Darts Corporation in 2002 where his first round jinx continued – he lost to number nine seedDenis Ovens at the 2002 PDC World Championship. He rose steadily up theworld rankings after joining the PDC and was seeded 10th for the 2003 World Championship. Again he went out in the first round toChris Mason.

When the World Championship field expanded in 2004, the top players joined in at the third round stage – where Jenkins again lost his first match (toBob Anderson). At the 2005 World Championship, Jenkins finally notched up a victory overPeter Evison, who had played dreadfully, averaging just 67.34 for the match. Jenkins went out to Painter in the last 16. A second round defeat came in the 2006 World Championship – Jenkins was seeded eight (his highest ever ranking) who defeat Patrick Bulen and but went down toWayne Jones.

He went into the2007 World Championship as the number 12 seed. He finally managed a decent run to justify his consistent high ranking, putting out highly fanciedAdrian Lewis in the last 16 on his way to the semi-final.Raymond van Barneveld was too strong for him and won 6–0. In the 2008 World Championship, Jenkins got through a tough first-round game againstCzech qualifierMiloslav Navratil but was then beaten 4–0 byAlan Tabern in the second round.

Jenkins has had more success away from the World Championships. He reached the semi-finals of theWorld Grand Prix in 2002 and the semi-finals of theUK Open in 2004 – losing toJohn Part on both occasions.

Jenkins received a suspension from the tour following misconduct at the PDC's German Open event. He returned to the circuit on 15 May, with another nine months suspended in case of future misdemeanours. His suspension however cost him a place in the 2008 World Matchplay as he didn't win enough money to qualify.

He beatPhil Taylor at the2008 Grand Slam of Darts but went out in the last 16 toSimon Whitlock.

Jenkins suffered a first round exit in the2009 PDC World Championship, losing toCo Stompé. His inability to defend semi-final prize money from the 2007 Championship, meant that Jenkins dropped out of the top 32 on thePDC Order of Merit.

In November 2009, the Darts Regulation Authority gave Jenkins a 24-month ban (20 months suspended) for an assault onTerry Jenkins that took place at the Nuland Players Championship in theNetherlands in October.^[1]

He lost in the first round of the 2010 World Championship toPeter Manley. He was due to participate in the2010 Players Championship Finals, but due to his ban, his place in the draw was taken by Manley. After four months out, Jenkins returned the PDC circuit, but failed to qualify for any major events that year. His failure to qualify for the 2011 World Championship was his first absence from either World Championship since 1994.^[2] Jenkins qualified for the2013 World Championship via the Pro Tour Order of Merit and lost toJustin Pipe 3–0 in sets in the first round, winning only two legs during the match.^[3] He lost 9–3 toStephen Bunting in the third round of theUK Open.^[4] In November, Jenkins reached his first ranking final for five years at the 14thPlayers Championship of the year. Whilst the top 16 in the Order of Merit were competing in theMasters, Jenkins was winning six games before losing 6–3 toIan White in the final.^[5] Jenkins came agonisingly close to reaching the2014 World Championship as he finished just £200 behind the final qualifier on theProTour Order of Merit.^[6][7]He therefore played in the qualifier and won four games to advance to the semi-finals where a fifth win would guarantee him at least a place in the preliminary round, but he was beaten 5–3 byMatt Clark.^[8]

Jenkins could not qualify for the2014 UK Open as he failed to progress past the last 128 in any of the six qualifiers.^[9] His best result of the year was in the reaching the last 16 of the 13thPlayers Championship where he lost 6–5 toMervyn King.^[10]

Jenkins' ranking of world number 69 at the beginning of 2015 meant he needed to enter Q School as he was outside the top 64 who remain on tour and he qualified for a two-year tour card on the second day by beating Chris Dobey 5–3.^[11][12] He was eliminated of theUK Open 9–6 byJosh Payne in the third round.^[13] Successive wins overDave Chisnall andRonnie Baxter saw Jenkins play in his only quarter-final this year at the 12thPlayers Championship where he lost 6–2 toPeter Wright.^[14]

Jenkins had 6–5 and 9–5 wins overWayne Jones and Richie Corner at the2016 UK Open, before losing 9–2 toVincent van der Voort in the fourth round.^[15] He had his best run of the year at the eighthPlayers Championship by knocking outKevin Painter,Steve Brown,Michael Smith andJustin Pipe to play in the quarter-finals, where he was whitewashed 6–0 by Jamie Caven.^[16] Jenkins beatSteve West 6–3 and watchedAlan Norris miss match darts to win 6–5 at theEuropean Darts Trophy. He lost 6–3 toJames Wade in the third round.^[17] As well as his quarter-final, a last 16 finish and a number of last 32 finishes saw Jenkins earn a place in thePlayers Championship Finals, where he lost 6–3 toJustin Pipe in the first round.^[18][19]

Jenkins qualified for the2019 UK Open on 9 February 2019 following success at the Riley's qualifier in South Benfleet.

In November 2023, Jenkins was one of three players suspended by the Darts Regulation Authority over suspicious betting patterns on matches in the Modus Super Series.^[20] In April 2025, he received an eleven year ban from DRA events and a £17,850 fine for match-fixing.^[21]

• 1995: First round (lost toSean Palfrey 1–3)
• 1996: Second round (lost toAndy Fordham 2–3)
• 1997: First round (lost toRonnie Baxter 0–3)
• 1998: First round (lost to Andy Fordham 1–3)
• 1999: First round (lost to Graham Hunt 1–3)
• 2000: First round (lost toColin Monk 2–3)
• 2001: First round (lost toKevin Painter 0–3)

• 2002: First round (lost toDenis Ovens 3–4)
• 2003: Second round (lost toChris Mason 2–4)
• 2004: Third round (lost toBob Anderson 1–4)
• 2005: Fourth round (lost to Kevin Painter 3–4)
• 2006: Second round (lost toWayne Jones 3–4)
• 2007: Semi-finals (lost toRaymond van Barneveld 0–6)
• 2008: Second round (lost toAlan Tabern 0–4)
• 2009: First round (lost toCo Stompé 1–3)
• 2010: First round (lost toPeter Manley 2–3)
• 2013: First round (lost toJustin Pipe 0–3)

• 2023: Second round (lost toRichie Howson 1–3)

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