Damon Heta

Damon Heta
Damon Heta
Personal information
Nickname	"The Heat"
Born	10 August 1987 (age 36); Perth, Australia
Home town	Ilkeston, England
Darts information
Playing darts since	2007
Darts	23 Gram Harrows
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2008–
Current world ranking	9 2 (12 May 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2021, 2022
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2021, 2022
UK Open	Quarter Final: 2022
Grand Slam	Quarter Final: 2020
European Ch'ship	Last 16: 2021
PC Finals	Quarter Final: 2020
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC World Cup of Darts (team event)	2022
Australian Darts Open	2019
Australian Masters	2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour Barooga	2019 (x2)
DPA Australian Pro Tour Brisbane	2019
DPA Australian Pro Tour Canberra	2019
DPA Australian Pro Tour Melbourne	2019 (x2)
DPA Australian Pro Tour Warilla	2019 (x2)
DPA Australian Singles	2014
Pacific Masters	2011
Sydney Masters Qualifier	2014
West Coast Classic	2015
PDC Home Tour 3	2020
Gibraltar Darts Trophy	2022
Players Championship (BAR)	2022 (x2)
Players Championship (NIE)	2020
Brisbane Darts Masters	2019

Damon Heta (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the Brisbane Darts Masters in 2019 and also, in pair with Simon Whitlock, World Cup of Darts in 2022. His nickname is "The Heat", a play on letters within his surname.

Career

A roofer by trade, Heta has mainly played on the Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Tour. His first big exposure was qualifying for the 2014 Sydney Darts Masters, where he was whitewashed 6–0 in the first round by Dave Chisnall. Heta qualified for the 2016 Auckland Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 6–3.

He qualified for the 2018 Melbourne Darts Masters, where he defeated his good friend Kyle Anderson 6–5 in the first round, before losing 10–7 to Gary Anderson in the quarter-finals. Gary would then defeat Heta 6–5 in the first round of the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters a week later.

Amongst his titles achieved Down Under are the 2011 Pacific Masters, the 2014 DPA Australian Singles, the 2015 West Coast Classic, and the 2016 DPA Australian Open.

On 3 August 2019, Damon won the first ever DFA Australian Open Darts, beating top BDO players such as Jim Williams 8–1 in the semi-final and former World Champion Scott Mitchell 10–9 in the final to take the $15,000 first prize.

Heta qualified for all three PDC World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019.

At the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters Heta reached his first PDC final by beating former major winners James Wade, Gary Anderson and Simon Whitlock, before defeating former World Champion Rob Cross 8–7 in the final to win his first World Series title. Damon become the first ever non tour card holder to win a world series event and the first to win a world series event on home soil. He became the first non-tour card holder to win a PDC televised event since Scott Waites in 2010.

Heta beat James Wade once again in the first round of the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, but lost 8–3 to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals. He lost 6–1 to Peter Wright in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

On 19 January 2020, Heta won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing fourth on the UK Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021. He won his first PDC ranking event at the PDC Autumn Series in Niedernhausen, beating Joe Cullen 8–4 in the final.^[3]

Heta, in conjunction with Simon Whitlock, beat Wales in the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts on 19 June 2022 to claim the title for Australia for the first time, after Whitlock and Paul Nicholson lost in the grand final in 2012 to England.^[4]

Heta won the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy on the PDC European Tour in October 2022, where along the way, he defeated Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final and Peter Wright in the final.^[5]

World Championship results

PDC

2020: Second round (lost to Glen Durrant 0–3)
2021: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 2–3)
2022: Third round (lost to Peter Wright 2–4)
2023:

Career finals

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 title)

Legend
World Series of Darts (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2019	Brisbane Darts Masters	Rob Cross	8–7 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Country	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Winner	1.	2022	World Cup of Darts	Australia	Simon Whitlock	Wales – Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton	3–1 (m)

^ ^a ^b (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
PDC World Championship	DNQ		2R	1R	3R
UK Open	DNP		1R	3R	QF
World Matchplay	DNP		DNQ	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	DNP		DNQ	1R	1R
European Championship	DNP		DNQ	2R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP		QF	DNQ	RR
Players Championship Finals	DNP		QF	3R	1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP		QF	QF	W
World Series of Darts Finals	2R	2R	2R	DNQ	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	56	29

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2020	BDC 2R	GDC DNQ	EDG 1R	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT 3R	GDT 3R
2022	IDO 3R	GDC 2R	GDG SF	ADO 2R	EDO 2R	CDO 2R	EDG SF	DDC 3R	EDM QF	HDT 2R	GDO 3R	BDO 2R	GDT W

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Prel.	DNQ	DNP	NH	EX	WD

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held; (EX) Excluded; (WD) Withdrew

References

^ "Damon Heta". Mastercaller.com. 10 August 1987. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Heta lands maiden title on Autumn Series Day Two". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Wayne Mardle applauds Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock as Australia lifted the World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Heta secures maiden European Tour title at Gibraltar Darts Trophy". PDC. 16 October 2022.

External links

Damon Heta player profile at Darts Orakel

[score-6] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

[1] "Damon Heta". Mastercaller.com. 10 August 1987. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

[3] "Heta lands maiden title on Autumn Series Day Two". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[4] "Wayne Mardle applauds Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock as Australia lifted the World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

[5] "Heta secures maiden European Tour title at Gibraltar Darts Trophy". PDC. 16 October 2022.

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Premier tournament winners	Phil Taylor (79) Michael van Gerwen (47) James Wade (11) Gary Anderson (8) Peter Wright (8) Gerwyn Price (7) Raymond van Barneveld (6) Jonny Clayton (4) Rob Cross (4) Luke Humphries (4) Adrian Lewis (4) John Part (3) Nathan Aspinall (2) Daryl Gurney (2) Rod Harrington (2) Colin Lloyd (2) Michael Smith (2) Robert Thornton (2) Dimitri Van den Bergh (2) Stephen Bunting Larry Butler Joe Cullen Chris Dobey Glen Durrant Peter Evison Andrew Gilding Luke Littler Peter Manley Paul Nicholson Danny Noppert Colin Osborne Kevin Painter Dennis Priestley Roland Scholten Ross Smith José de Sousa Mensur Suljović Scott Waites Alan Warriner-Little Simon Whitlock
World Series event winners	Michael van Gerwen (16) Phil Taylor (8) Gary Anderson (6) Peter Wright (4) Rob Cross (3) Michael Smith (3) Dimitri Van den Bergh (2) Kyle Anderson Nathan Aspinall Jonny Clayton Damon Heta Adrian Lewis Luke Littler Gerwyn Price Mensur Suljović
World Cup winners	Raymond van Barneveld (4) Adrian Lewis (4) Phil Taylor (4) Michael van Gerwen (3) Jonny Clayton (2) Gerwyn Price (2) Peter Wright (2) Gary Anderson John Henderson Damon Heta Co Stompé Simon Whitlock