Raymond Smith (darts player)
| Raymond Smith | |||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||
| Nickname | Guru | ||||||||||
| Born | December 6, 1979 Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Home town | Brisbane | ||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||||||||
| Darts | 22 Gram Shot Signature | ||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||
| Walk-on music | Guru by Sprinx | ||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||
| BDO | 2008, 2015-2017 | ||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– | ||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (BDO) 190 | ||||||||||
| 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 96: 2019 | ||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||
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Raymond Smith (born 6 December 1979) is an Australian darts professional player who currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation events.
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.
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]
World Championship results
BDO
- 2017: 1st Round (lost to Geert De Vos 0-3)
PDC
- 2019: Qualified
References
- ^ "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.