Raymond Carver (born June 13, 1973 in
Baltimore, Maryland
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) is a former
American
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professional
darts
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player who competed in the
Professional Darts Corporation
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and is generally regarded as one of the top American darts players. He was nicknamed Razor and lives in
Chicago, IL
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Career
Carver made his World Championship debut in the
2003 PDC World Darts Championship
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, losing 4–0 to
Wayne Mardle
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in the qualifying round. His second World Championship appearance in the
2006 World Championship saw him defeating number three seed
Ronnie Baxter
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in the first round. He lost in the second round to
Andy Smith. In the
2008 PDC World Darts Championship, Carver suffered a first round exit to Wayne Mardle. He has also qualified for the
Las Vegas Desert Classic
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in 2005, 2006 and 2007, reaching to quarter-finals in 2005 before losing to
Wes Newton
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Darts career
Newton's first PDC major was the 2003 UK Open where he lost 8–6 to Mark Thomson in the last 32. He was beaten in the semi-finals of the Eastbourne Op ...
. Carver was one of the American qualifiers for the inaugural
World Series of Darts
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Beginning in 2013, the World Series has comprised between two and seven tournaments across the world, where a mixture of the top-ranked P ...
but lost easily in the first round to
Peter Manley
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.
World Championship Results
PDC
* 2003: 1st Round (lost to
Wayne Mardle
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0–4)
* 2006: 2nd Round (lost to
Andy Smith 3–4)
* 2008: 1st Round (lost to Wayne Mardle 2–3)
External links
Ray Carver web siteDarts Database
1973 births
American darts players
Living people
Sportspeople from Nashua, New Hampshire
British Darts Organisation players
Professional Darts Corporation former pro tour players
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