Raymond Smith (darts player)
Raymond Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Guru | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brisbane, Australia | 6 December 1979||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 22 Gram Shot Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton | ||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2008, 2015–2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2018– | ||||||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2021– | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | (PDC) NR (28 November 2021)[1] (WDF) 29 (23 September 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
BDO majors – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond "Ray" Smith (born 6 December 1979 in Brisbane) is an Australian professional darts player who currently plays in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Darts career[]
BDO[]
In 2015, Smith won the Central Coast Australian Classic, New South Wales Open and North Queensland Classic. In 2016 he won the Sunshine State Classic and the North Queensland Classic for the second time. He reached the Last 32 of the 2016 World Masters. He qualified for the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Davy Van Baelen in the Preliminary round before losing to Geert De Vos.[citation needed]
PDC[]
Smith competed on the Dartplayers Australia tour in 2018; winning five events and topping the rankings to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] He also competed in two Australia-held events on the 2018 World Series of Darts, the Melbourne Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen,[4] and the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat Michael Smith before being knocked out by Peter Wright.[5]
World Championship results[]
BDO[]
- 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)
PDC[]
- 2019: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 2–3)
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to Mervyn King 3–4)
References[]
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDC. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Aussie Smith Seals World Championship Spot". PDC. 7 September 2018.
- ^ Banks, Jamie. "2018 Melbourne Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ Allen, Dave. "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
External links[]
- Living people
- Australian darts players
- British Darts Organisation players
- Professional Darts Corporation associate players
- 1979 births
- People from Brisbane