Dubai Duty Free Darts player guide: Adrian Lewis

Nickname Jackpot

Date of birth January 21 1985

Home town Stoke-on-Trent, England

Darts used 21g Target

PDC Order of Merit 4th (at Feb 23 2015)

Twitter @Jackpot180

Flamboyant, heavy-scoring and entertaining, Adrian has established himself amongst the sport’s leading stars over the past decade since emerging as a teenage prodigy,

A former practice partner of another Stoke ace, Phil Taylor, when he first broke through, Lewis has since developed a thrilling on-stage rivalry with darts’ greatest-ever player during his own rise to the top of the game.

Lewis’ first ranking title came in 2004 and seven more PDC wins would follow before he finally tasted glory in a televised major - but Lewis did it in typical style with a stunning nine-darter as he defeated Gary Anderson in the 2011 World Championship final.

Anderson would gain revenge in the Premier League final four months later, but Lewis went on to become only the third player in the sport's history to successfully defend their first World Championship when he overcame Andy Hamilton at Alexandra Palace in 2012.

A third major title followed at the 2013 European Championship before he was crowned as the UK Open champion last March, while the Stoke ace has also teamed up twice with Taylor to win the World Cup of Darts title for England.

The past year also saw him reach the final at the Players Championship Finals, losing out to Anderson, and he is also a former World Grand Prix and Masters runner-up.

Also a two-time semi-finalist in the Grand Slam of Darts, his 2013 defeat to Taylor in Wolverhampton saw Lewis hit 18 maximum 180s and averaged 110.99 in one of the greatest individual displays ever seen.

A player whose game is naturally suited to the big stage, expect plenty to cheer when Lewis lights up the oche during the World Series of Darts.