Jason Heaver
| Jason Heaver | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | "Tsunami" |
| Born | 9 December 1974[1] Newbury, England |
| Home town | Thatcham, England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2014 |
| Darts | 21g Winmau |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "We Will Rock You" by Queen |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2015-2016 |
| PDC | 2016- |
| Current world ranking | 71  (20 March 2022)[2] |
| BDO majors – best performances | |
| World Masters | Preliminary Round: 2016 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022 |
| UK Open | Last 128: 2016, 2020 |
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 64: 2021 |
Jason Heaver (born 9 December 1974) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Heaver started his career relatively late, first appearing on England Classic in 2014 and reaching last 32. In the following year he attempted to qualify for BDO World Darts Championship 2016, but failed. In 2016 he appeared as a qualifier on PDC UK Open 2016, in the first round he lost in deciding leg 5–6 to Steve Maish. Later on he was eliminated in the preliminary round of 2016 World Masters. Throughout seasons 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 he was appearing on tournaments of BDO and WDF. He reached the final of Bruges Open 2019 and Northern Ireland Open 2019.
He qualified for the second time for UK Open in 2020, winning Rileys Amateur Qualifiers in London Victoria. He whitewashed Spanish Jesús Noguera in the first round, losing to Kyle McKinstry 4–6 in last 128. Few days after he reached the final of Isle Of Man Classic 2020.
An assembly manager by trade, Heaver secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021 by winning the second day of UK Q-School, defeating Alan Soutar 6–4 in the final, winning the match with a 123 checkout. As a new Tour Card holder, he started in the first round of UK Open 2021 and won 6–2 over Lorenzo Pronk. In the second round he lost in the deciding leg 5–6 to Eddie Lovely.
Heaver qualified in his first season as a professional for 2021 Players Championship Finals as a 46th seed, he lost in the first round to Luke Humphries 4–6. In December 2021 Heaver made his debut on 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, where he qualified via PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit from 19th place. He was supposed to play Spanish Juan Rodriguez, but his opponent was forced to withdraw due to positive COVID test. Rodriguez was replaced by Australian Gordon Mathers and Heaver won 3–1 on sets.[3] In the second round he faced Danny Noppert, with who he led 1–0 on sets, but eventually lost 1–3.[4]
World Championship results[]
PDC[]
- 2022: Second round (lost 1–3 to Danny Noppert)
Performance timeline[]
PDC
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | |||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | 85 | |||||||||||
References[]
- ^ https://mastercaller.com/players/jason-heaver
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Jason Heaver on DAUNTING debut: "It was very scary out there, I was so worried about the crowd"". Live darts. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ Headd, Liam. "PDC World Championship: Jason Heaver vows to return after defeat to Danny Noppert at Alexandra Palace". Newbury Todaz. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
External links[]
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
- English darts players
- People from Berkshire