Jeff Smith (born 6 November 1975) is a Canadian professional
darts
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player. He reached the final of the
2016 BDO World Championship, where he finished as runner-up to
Scott Waites
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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
Professional Darts Corporation
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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
John Part
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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
Robbie Green
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PDC career
Green made his televised debut at the 2004 UK Open, reaching the last 64 stage. The same year he qualified for the World Matchpl ...
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
2015
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BDO World Trophy
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, losing to
Jeffrey de Graaf
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.
He qualified for the
2016 BDO World Darts Championship
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, and entered the preliminary stage, where he beat Matthew Medhurst 3–0 with a 130 checkout. He played
Martin Adams
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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
Martin Adams
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...
.
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
Martin Adams
Martin Adams (born 4 June 1956) is an English professional darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. Nicknamed "Wolfie", he is a three-time BDO World Champion and three-time World Masters champion. He represents Cambridgesh ...
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
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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