Raymond "Ray" Smith (born 6 December 1979 in
Brisbane) is an Australian professional
darts player who currently plays in both
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
(PDC) and
World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Darts 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
The 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship was the 26th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Organisation. The event took place at Alexandra Palace in London from 13 De ...
. He also competed in two Australia-held events on the
2018 World Series of Darts The 2018 World Series of Darts was a series of televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2018, there were 6 World Series events and one finals event, which has this year been moved from Glasgow, Scotland to Vien ...
, the
Melbourne Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to
Michael van Gerwen, and the
2018 Brisbane Darts Masters where he beat
Michael Smith before being knocked out by
Peter Wright.
Raymond Smith qualified for the
2022 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2022 PDC World Darts Championship (officially referred to as the 2021/22 William Hill World Darts Championship) was the 29th World Championship organised by the Professional Darts Corporation since it separated from the British Darts Org ...
and reached the last 16 losing to
Mervyn King 4-3. Beating
Jamie Hughes,
Devon Petersen
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&
Fiorian Hempel
On 4th February 2023. Raymond Smith won the 2nd edition of the Modus Super Series beating
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in the final in a last leg thriller
Personal life
Raymond has a son,
Ky Smith
KY or Ky may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Ky Kiske, a fictional character in the ''Guilty Gear'' video game series
* Kashiyatra, a festival in India
People
* Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (1930-2011), South Vietnamese general and prime minister
* ...
who is also an Australian 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
BDO
* 2017: First round (lost to
Geert De Vos 0–3)
PDC
* 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
Karel Sedláček (born 17 February 1979) is a Czech darts player.
Career
Sedláček qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship playing Paul Hogan in the preliminary round, losing 1–3. He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Trophy, won i ...
0–3)
References
External links
Profile and stats on Darts Database
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Living people
Australian darts players
British Darts Organisation players
Professional Darts Corporation associate players
1979 births
Sportspeople from Brisbane