Magnus Caris (born 15 November 1968) is a Swedish former professional
darts
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player who competed in
British Darts Organisation
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(BDO) and
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events.
BDO career
Caris made seven
BDO World Darts Championship
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The championship was first held at the Heart of the Midlands Nightclub in the Englis ...
appearances, his first coming in 1988, losing in the first round to
Rick Ney of the United States. In 1990, he reached the quarter-finals, beating
Antero Rantala and Brian Cairns before losing to
Eric Bristow.
He is famous for his semi final match in the
1994 BDO World Darts Championship
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against crowd favourite
Bobby George. He defeated
Wayne Weening,
Leo Laurens and
Martin Adams to set up a match with George who was struggling with a very bad back following his quarter final win over
Kevin Kenny. 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
Winmau World Masters
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five times, with his best performance coming in 1992, reaching the semi-finals with wins over
John Lowe, Bristow and
Martin Adams before losing to
Mike Gregory. Caris returned to televised darts at the
2009 World Masters, losing to defending champion
Martin Adams 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
Par Riihonen. 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
Austria
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's
Dietmar Burger 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
Kevin McDine in the first round. In the second round he was drawn against
Peter Hudson 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
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F ...
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
Steve Beaton 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
Dennis Nilsson 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
Berlin
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by defeating Roger Palmen and Christian Gödl in the European Qualifier. In the first round he lost to
Terry Jenkins 3–6. He also qualified for the third
European Tour Event with a win over
Mareno Michels, but was then beaten by
James Wade 3–6 in the first round in
Düsseldorf
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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
World Cup of Darts and second with
Par Riihonen 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
Simon Whitlock
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Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
and
Andy Smith, before losing to
Jamie Caven. He lost 5–1 to
Kirk Shepherd in the second round of the
UK Open 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
Nigel Heydon,
Peter Hudson,
Justin Pipe
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Playing career
Pipe was a Boxing, boxer in his youth, and, as a staunch anti- ...
,
Adam Hunt and
Stephen Bunting, before losing 6–4 to
Ian White. In the
World Cup of Darts, Caris and his playing partner Peter Sajwani lost both their singles games in the second round against Scotland's
Peter Wright and
Robert Thornton to exit the tournament. Caris lost in the final of the European Championship Qualifier 6–4 to
Robert Wagner
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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
James Wade. Caris lost in two finals on the Scandinavian Pro Tour, but won the first Russian event with a 6–3 victory over
Per Laursen. He also took the SDC qualifier for the
European Championship, where he was eliminated 6–2 by
Simon Whitlock
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Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
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
UK Open 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
World Cup
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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
Adrian Lewis at 1–1 and was beaten 3–0.
At the
2017 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Caris overcame
Dyson Parody 6–1,
Jelle Klaasen 6–3 and
Benito van de Pas 6–2 to reach his first European Tour quarter-final and he was beaten 6–3 by
Mensur Suljović.
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
Rick Ney 1–3)
* 1989: Second round (lost to
Mike Gregory 0–3)
* 1990: Quarter-finals (lost to
Eric Bristow 1–4)
* 1991: First round (lost to
Dennis Priestley 0–3)
* 1992: First round (lost to
Phil Taylor 1–3)
* 1994: Semi-finals (lost to
Bobby George 4–5)
* 1995: First round (lost to
Kevin Painter 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
Steve Beaton 2–3)
* 2013: First round (lost to
Robert Thornton 0–3)
* 2017: First round (lost to
Adrian Lewis 0–3)
Performance timeline
References
External links
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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