Raymond 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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| Nickname | "Guru" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1979 Brisbane, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Brisbane, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g Shot Signature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO | 2008, 2015–2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2021– | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editBDO
editIn 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
editSmith 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. He beat Jamie Hughes, Devon Petersen and Florian Hempel along the way.
On 4 February 2023, Smith won the second edition of the MODUS Super Series beating Matt Clark in the final in a last leg decider.
Personal life
editRaymond 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
editBDO
edit- 2017: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 0–3)
PDC
edit- 2019: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 2–3)
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to Mervyn King 3–4)
- 2023: First round (lost to Karel Sedláček 0–3)
References
edit- ^ "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.