Raymond Smith (darts player)

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Raymond Smith
Personal information
Nickname"Guru"
Born (1979-12-06) 6 December 1979 (age 44)
Brisbane, Australia
Home townBrisbane, Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts22g Shot Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2008, 2015–2017
PDC 2018–
WDF 2021–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2017
World Masters Last 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2022
World Series Finals Last 24: 2018
Other tournament wins
Australian Darts Open 2022
Australian Classic 2015
New South Wales Open 2015
North Queensland Classic 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024
Challenger Classic 2021
Pacific Masters 2023
Sunshine State Classic 2016, 2022
DPA Pro Tour 2018 (x5), 2022 (x4)
DPA Satellite Finals 2021, 2022
Modus Super Series (Season 2) 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
WDF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kobe Men's team
WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Osaka Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Osaka Men's pairs

Raymond "Ray" Smith (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in both Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

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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. [1] 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, [2] and the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat Michael Smith before being knocked out by Peter Wright. [3] Raymond Smith qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and reached the last 16 losing to Mervyn King 4-3. Beating Jamie Hughes, Devon Petersen & Fiorian Hempel

On 4 February 2023. Raymond Smith won the 2nd edition of the Modus Super Series beating Matt Clark in the final in a last leg thriller

Personal life

Raymond has a son, Ky Smith, who is also a professional darts player. In the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, they became the first father-son duo to compete at a World Championship.

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "Aussie Smith Seals World Championship Spot". PDC. 7 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Banks, Jamie. "2018 Melbourne Darts Masters Day One". PDC . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Allen, Dave. "2018 Brisbane Darts Masters Day One". PDC . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
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