Madars Razma

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Madars Razma
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Personal information
Nickname"Razmatazz"
Born (1988-09-26) 26 September 1988 (age 36)
Priekule, Latvia
Home town Liepāja, Latvia
Darts information
Playing darts since1999
DartsMadars Razma – 25g Mission 95% Tungsten
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–2017
PDC 2017–
(Tour Card: 2017–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 42 Steady2.svg (12 January 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2015, 2016
World Masters Last 16: 2015
World Trophy Last 32: 2014, 2015, 2016
Finder Masters Group Stage: 2014, 2015, 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2024, 2025
World Matchplay Last 32: 2022
World Grand Prix Quarter Final: 2022
UK Open Last 32: 2019, 2021
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2022, 2023
PC Finals Last 32: 2018, 2020
World Series Finals Last 16: 2021
Other tournament wins
Baltic Cup Open 2014
Finnish Open 2013
Latvia National Ch'ships 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Latvia Open 2016
Lithuania Open 2014
Riga Open 2013
Scottish Classic 2015
Top Of Waregem 2016

PDCNB Pro Tour

PDCNB Iceland2018 (x2), 2021 (x2)
PDCNB Denmark2019, 2022
PDCNB Finland2019
PDCNB Latvia2019
PDCNB Sweden2019
SDC Sweden2016

Madars Razma (born 26 September 1988) is a Latvian professional darts player. Nicknamed "Razmatazz", he competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number forty-three. Razma made the quarter-finals at the 2022 World Grand Prix and has been the runner-up at three PDC ranking events. He is also a multiple-time winner of the Latvia National Championships.

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Career

Razma originally played handball until the age of 21, before sustaining a series of injuries and turning his full attention to darts. [2]

In 2013, Razma qualified for the last 32 of the World Masters (losing 0–3 to Geert De Vos). He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, after finishing top of the Baltic and Scandinavia qualification table. [3] He won the 2013 Riga Open and Finnish Open, reached the semi-finals of the Tallukka Open and Lithuania Open, and quarter-finals of the German Gold Cup and Polish Open, and won the 2013 Antwerp Open pairs along with Ron Meulenkamp. [4] At the 2014 World Championship he beat John Michael to reach the last 32 stage before losing to Geert De Vos. The following year, after a consistent season, Razma upset fifth seed Martin Phillips 3–0 in the first round. He was beaten 3–4 in the second round by Brian Dawson.

At the 2016 BDO World Championship, Razma beat Gary Robson in the first round 3–1, before losing to Jamie Hughes 4–1 in the second round.

Razma entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017. A run to the last eight on the second day saw Razma finish twelfth on the Q School Order of Merit, earning the final Tour Card on offer and making him the first Latvian to hold one. [5]

In September 2018, Razma made his first PDC final at Players Championship 19, losing in the final to Max Hopp, 6–3. [6] This helped qualify him for his first televised PDC event, the 2018 Players Championship Finals. [7]

After failing to qualify for the World Championship, he managed to regain his PDC Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019. A run to the final on the third day saw Razma finish first on the Order of Merit, earning him his card. [8]

In 2022, Razma had a landmark year, making his debut in the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and European Championship. He made the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Grand Prix, which was his first time reaching the last 8 of a premier prevent in the PDC. [9] His successful year saw him enter the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time. [10]

Playing style

Razma is known for his preference for throwing for treble 19 rather than the standard treble 20. [11] [12]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20132014201520162017
BDO World Championship DNQ 1R 2R 2R DNQ
BDO World Trophy DNQ 1R 1R 1R PDC
Winmau World Masters L32 L32 L16 L48 PDC
Zuiderduin Masters DNQ RR RR RR PDC

PDC

Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship BDODNQ 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R
UK Open DNQ 5R 3R 5R 3R 3R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix DNQ QF DNQ
European Championship DNQ 1R 1R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R DNQ 2R 1R 1R DNQ 1R
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts WDDNP 2R DNP 2R 2R RR
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 2R DNPDNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking13190865349353342

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2017 GDC
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
1R
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
1R
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
2R
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
2R
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
1R
GDC
1R
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
1R
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
1R
IDO
2R
2021 HDT
1R
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
2R
GDC
DNQ
GDG
3R
ADO
3R
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
2R
DDC
1R
EDM
SF
HDT
3R
GDO
DNQ
BDO
2R
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
1R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
DDC
2R
BDO
DNQ
CDO
2R
EDG
3R
EDM
DNQ
GDO
2R
HDT
1R
GDC
1R
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
BSD
SF
DDC
1R
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
3R
CDO
1R

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2017 BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
1R
DUB
SF
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
2018 BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
DUB
F
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2019 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
1R
DUB
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
2020 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
4R
NIE
F
NIE
3R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
4R
COV
2R
COV
1R
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
3R
BOL
QF
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
3R
NIE
3R
NIE
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
SF
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2022 BAR
2R
BAR
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
NIE
F
NIE
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
QF
HIL
SF
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
MIL
QF
MIL
4R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
QF
    Performance Table Legend
    WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
    RR
    Prel.
    Lost in # round
    Round-robin
    Preliminary round
    DQDisqualified
    DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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