Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays in the

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(PDC) events. He reached the semi-final of the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship and the final of the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship in the following year where he faced

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Career

In his first tournament, Smith reached the semi-final of the Canada National Championships in 1996. He won the tournament in 2008 beating Jeff Noble. Smith entered the

Q School in January 2011. He won a PDC tour card on the third and final day by defeating Ross Smith 6–2 in his final match. He took part in the

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with

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. In 2014, he returned to the BDO, and won the Halifax Open and the Canadian Open. He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Mike Day of

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3-0, hitting three 100+ checkouts. He then played two-time semi-finalist

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in the last 32, winning 3–1 after losing the first set. Smith then beat Gary Robson 4-3 in the last 16, after Robson had recovered from 3-1 down to level the match. In the quarter-finals, Smith caused yet another upset as he beat bookmakers' favourite

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5-1, crucially hitting a 160 checkout to win the fourth set, with Green waiting on 56. Smith was beaten 6-0 by fourth seed and eventual champion Scott Mitchell in the semi-finals. Smith followed this good run by reaching the semi-finals of the

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, losing to

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. He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Matthew Medhurst 3–0 with a 130 checkout. He played

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in the first round, winning 3–0. In the second round, be beat Brian Dawson 4–1. He played

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in the Quarter-Finals, winning 5–2 to reach the Semi-Finals. He played

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and won 6–5 to reach his first Final, where he played

. In the final, Smith lost to Waites 7–1. In the post match interview, Smith promised to return next year. He received the runners up cheque of £35,000. In the

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Smith entered in the preliminary round, where he beat

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3–1. In the first round Smith beat Brian Dawson 3–2. In the second round Smith lost 4–1 to

. Smith was a wild card entry into the

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. He hit a 170 checkout on his way to a 2–0 win against Luke Humphries in the preliminary round. In the first round Smith lost 3–0 to Gary Anderson. After his first round defeat in the

he announced ‘I definitely will be playing Q-school this year, based on the current situation. I owe it to my family and my sponsors to carry on playing, wherever it takes me. I will do just that.’ Smith failed to gain a tour card at Q-School. Smith qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the

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, securing his place with a 6–4 win over John Norman Jnr. On 18 January 2020, Smith regained his PDC Tour Card by beating

5–4 in the play-off match at day 3 of UK Q-School. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2015: Semi-final (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–6) * 2016: Runner-up (lost to

1–7) * 2017: Second round (lost to

1–4)

PDC

* 2018: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 0–3) * 2019: First round (lost to Josh Payne 2–3) * 2021: Second round (lost to

Chris Dobey Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to N ...

2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to Ross Smith 0–3) * 2023: First round (lost to

Mike De Decker Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a professional Belgian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Career He won two PDC Development Tour events in 2015, followed by another one in 2016. He also won a PDC ...

1–3)

Career statistics

(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

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jeff 1975 births Living people Canadian darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders British Darts Organisation players People from Hampton, New Brunswick Sportspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick PDC World Cup of Darts Canadian team