Dennis Smith | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Nickname | Smiffy | ||||||||||||
Born |
Reading, Berkshire, England |
2 August 1969 ||||||||||||
Home town |
Swindon, Wiltshire England |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Nickel Tungsten | ||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
Walk-on music | London Calling by The Clash | ||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||
PDC | 1994– | ||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 82 | ||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 128: 2002 | ||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2000 | ||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Quarter Final: 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005 | ||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2001, 2005 | ||||||||||||
Desert Classic | Quarter Final: 2003, 2004, 2007 | ||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2003, 2004, 2010, 2012 | ||||||||||||
US Open/WSoD | Last 64: 2007 | ||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||
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Dennis Smith (born 2 August 1969 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He is a stalwart on the PDC circuit, having been playing on the circuit since 1994 but has yet to capture a major title to add to his collection of Open wins. Smith is known for finding the extremely hot on-stage conditions very difficult at times and has a very unusual throwing action, turning the dart into a 'flight first' position before returning it to a 'point first' position, then throwing. Smith has a unique, measured action learning his trade under the tutelage of Bob Anderson.
Smith's first major event came in the inaugural World Matchplay in 1994, beating American Dave Kelly in the first round but lost in the second round to Shayne Burgess. Smith then made his PDC World Darts Championship debut in 1995, defeating Alan Warriner and Tom Kirby to win group 4 and reach the quarter finals, losing to John Lowe. Smith then suffered a first round exit in the 1995 World Matchplay and the 1996 PDC World Darts Championship. He reached the quarter finals of the 1996 World Matchplay, beating Eric Bristow in the first round and then beat Lowe in round two before losing to Jamie Harvey. He then suffered a second successive first round exit in the 1997 World Championship.