Jeff Smith (darts Player)
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Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional
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player. He reached the final of the 2016 BDO World Championship, where he finished as runner-up to
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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
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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 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts 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 Wesley Harms 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
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, 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 Dennis Harbour in the Quarter-Finals, winning 5–2 to reach the Semi-Finals. He played Richard Veenstra and won 6–5 to reach his first Final, where he played
Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. He is also ...
. 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 2017 BDO World Darts Championship Smith entered in the preliminary round, where he beat Seigo Asada 3–1. In the first round Smith beat Brian Dawson 3–2. In the second round Smith lost 4–1 to
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. Smith was a wild card entry into the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. 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 2018 PDC World Darts Championship 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 North American Championship, securing his place with a 6–4 win over John Norman Jnr. On 18 January 2020, Smith regained his PDC Tour Card by beating Seigo Asada 5–4 in the final of day 3 of UK Q-School.


World Championship results


BDO

* 2015: Semi-final (lost to Scott Mitchell 0–6) * 2016: Runner-up (lost to
Scott Waites Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a two-time BDO World Darts Champion having won the 2013 tournament and 2016 tournament. He is also ...
1–7) * 2017: Second round (lost to
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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 2–3) * 2022: First round (lost to Ross Smith 0–3) * 2023: First round (lost to Mike De Decker 1–3)


Career statistics


Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour PDC World Series of Darts PDC Players Championships


Career finals


BDO major finals: 1


PDC World Series finals: 1


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jeff 1975 births Living people Canadian darts players Professional Darts Corporation former 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