Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional

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player who competed in

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(BDO) and

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(PDC) events.

BDO career

Caris made seven

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appearances, his first coming in 1988, losing in the first round to

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of the United States. In 1990, he reached the quarter finals, beating Antero Rantala and

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before losing to

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. He is famous for his semi final match in the

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against crowd favourite

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. He defeated

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and

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to set up a match with George who was struggling with a very bad back following his quarter final win over

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. Caris lost the first 2 sets against George, but then won the next 4 sets and went 2 legs up in the seventh set. In the third leg of the seventh set, Caris had one dart at double 18 to win the match with a 141 checkout. Following this, George won 9 legs in a row and prevailed 5–4 in sets. Caris also played in the

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five times, with his best performance coming in 1992, reaching the semi finals with wins over

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, Bristow and

before losing to

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. Caris returned to televised darts at the 2009 World Masters, losing to defending champion

in the last 16.

PDC career

At the end of 2009, Caris competed in the 2010 PDC World Championship. He whitewashed Spain's Francisco Ruiz in the preliminary round before losing to Colin Lloyd in the first round. In December 2010, Caris competed for Sweden in the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts alongside

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. Sweden beat Slovenia by 6 legs to 2 in the first round, but were defeated 6–4 by United States in the second round. At the end of 2010, Caris qualified again for the 2011 PDC World Championship. He beat

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in the preliminary round 4–3, surviving several match darts against him, before losing to Mervyn King in the first round. At the start of 2011, Caris competed in the PDC qualifying school and earned his 2011 PDC tour card by getting the semi-final on the second day of qualifying. Caris qualified for the 2011 UK Open and beat

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in the first round. In the second round he was drawn against

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and took a 3–0 lead before Hudson hit back to force a deciding leg, which Hudson won with a ten-darter. Caris also missed eight match darts including a bullseye for a 164 finish in the sixth leg. Caris qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts after reaching the final of the Wildcard qualifier. He finished 3rd in his group with one victory and two defeats. At the 2012 World Championship he let a 2–0 lead slip against

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in the first round. Caris had three darts to wrap up a straight sets victory, but seemingly let the boisterous crowd get to him, and eventually lost the match, 2–3. He represented Sweden with

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once again in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 1–3 by Belgium in the second round, having defeated Japan in round 1. In June, Caris earned a place in the European Tour Event 2 in

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by defeating Roger Palmen and Christian Gödl in the European Qualifier. In the first round he lost to

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3–6. He also qualified for the third European Tour Event with a win over

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, but was then beaten by

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3–6 in the first round in

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. At the European Championship, Caris lost in the first round to Phil Taylor 3–6 with an average of 90. Caris finished 2012 sixth on the European Order of Merit which qualified him for the 2013 World Championship, as he took the second of four spots that were available for the highest non-qualified players. He played Robert Thornton in the first round and lost 0–3 in sets, winning just a single leg during the match. He was ranked world number 44 after the tournament. Caris played in his third

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in February 2013, but they finished bottom of Group C, losing to Canada 4–5 and Scotland 2–5. Caris produced a very good run in the fourth UK Open Qualifier of the year by reaching the quarter-finals, beating

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and Andy Smith, before losing to

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. He lost 5–1 to

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in the second round of the

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itself. He won two events on the Scandinavian Pro Tour during the year to finish third on their Order of Merit. In March 2014, Caris reached the semi-finals of the fourth Players Championship, only the second time he has done so in his PDC career. He beat

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and

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, before losing 6–4 to Ian White. In the

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. Caris claimed a new two-year PDC Tour Card in January 2015 by coming through the fourth day of Q School. He began the year brightly by reaching the quarter-finals of the first Players Championship event, losing 6–5 to

. Caris lost in two finals on the Scandinavian Pro Tour, but won the first Russian event with a 6–3 victory over

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. He also took the SDC qualifier for the European Championship, where he was eliminated 6–2 by

in the opening round. Caris lost in the final of two Scandinavian Tour events in the early part of 2016. He reached the third round of the

for the first time and lost 9–4 to John Henderson. Caris and Daniel Larsson were defeated 5–2 by Denmark in the first round of the

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. He won the final Scandinavian Tour event of the year by seeing off Cor Dekker 6–4. In the first round of the 2017 World Championship, Caris missed one set dart to level his first round match with

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at 1–1 and was beaten 3–0. At the 2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Caris overcame

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6–1,

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6–3 and

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6–2 to reach his first European Tour quarter-final and he was beaten 6–3 by

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. He announced his intention to retire from professional darts after the 2019 World Cup of Darts. On 08/06/19 he played his final match as a professional darts player at the 2019 World Cup of Darts where he lost his match 4–0 to Gary Anderson. His partner then went on to lose meaning his team lost 2–0 to Team Scotland, Peter Wright and Gary Anderson. Following this match he officially retired from darts.

World Championship results

BDO

* 1988: First round (lost to

1–3) * 1989: Second round (lost to

0–3) * 1990: Quarter-finals (lost to

1–4) * 1991: First round (lost to

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0–3) * 1992: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 1–3) * 1994: Semi-finals (lost to

4–5) * 1995: First round (lost to

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2–3)

PDC

* 2010: First round (lost to Colin Lloyd 1–3) * 2011: First round (lost to Mervyn King 0–3) * 2012: First round (lost to

2–3) * 2013: First round (lost to Robert Thornton 0–3) * 2017: First round (lost to

0–3)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caris, Magnus Swedish darts players 1968 births Living people British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Stockholm PDC World Cup of Darts Swedish team