Raymond Smith (darts player)

Raymond "Ray" Smith (born 6 December 1979 in Queensland) is an Australian darts professional player who currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation events.

Raymond Smith
Personal information
NicknameGuru
Born (1979-12-06) December 6, 1979
Queensland, Australia
Home townBrisbane
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts22 Gram Shot Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicGuru by SPRINX
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2008, 2015-2017
PDC2018–
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2017
World MastersLast 32: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2019
Other tournament wins
Central Coast Australian Classic 2015
DPA Australian Pro Tour Brisbane 2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour Hobart 2018 (x2)
DPA Australian Pro Tour New South Wales 2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour Victoria 2018
New South Wales Open 2015
North Queensland Classic 2015, 2016
Sunshine State Classic 2016
WDF World Cup Team 2017

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

PDC

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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