Scott Waites

Scott Waites

To person
Nickname	Scotty 2 hotty
nation	England
Date of birth	17th February 1977
place of birth	Bradford , England
place of residence	Halifax , West Yorkshire , England
Darts
Throwing hand	right
Enema music	"Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
BDO	2004-2020
PDC	since 2020
Place in the world rankings	9. (BDO)
Most important successes
BDO World Champion 2013, 2016 World Masters 2011 Grand Slam Of Darts 2010 Zuiderduin Masters 2011 WDF World Cup Singles 2011
Infobox last updated: January 16, 2017

Scott Waites (born February 17, 1977 in Bradford , England ) is an English darts player . His nickname is "Scotty 2 Hotty".

Career

In 2013 he became world champion at the British Darts Organization (BDO) by defeating the Englishman Tony O'Shea 7: 1 in the final. He is also the first and so far only BDO player who was able to win a major tournament with the competing darts association of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He succeeded in doing this at the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts . In the final, he beat the Englishman James Wade 16:12. In 2016 Scott Waites was again BDO world darts champion with a 7-1 final victory over the Canadian Jeffrey Smith.

At the UK Q-School 2020 Waites managed to earn a Tour Card for the next 2 years. He then switched to PDC.

Results at world championships

BDO World Championship

• 2008 : quarter-finals (lost 3-5 to Brian Woods )
• 2009 : quarter-finals (4-5 loss to Darryl Fitton )
• 2010 : quarter-finals (4-5 loss to Martin Phillips )
• 2011 : 2nd round (2-4 loss to Stephen Bunting )
• 2012 : 2nd round (3: 4 loss to Ted Hankey )
• 2013 : Winner (7-1 win over Tony O'Shea )
• 2014 : 1st round (3-0 loss to Alan Norris )
• 2015 : 2nd round (4-0 loss to Ross Montgomery )
• 2016 : Winner (7-1 win over Jeff Smith )
• 2017 : quarter-finals (3: 5 loss to Danny Noppert )
• 2018 : semi-finals (6-2 loss to Glen Durrant )
• 2019 : Final (3: 7 loss to Glen Durrant )
• 2020 : quarter-finals (4-5 loss to Scott Mitchell )

title

BDO

• Majors
  • BDO World Darts Championship : (2) 2013 , 2016
  • World Masters : (1) 2011
  • Finder Darts Masters : (1) 2011
• Further
  • 2007: Dutch Open, Welsh Masters
  • 2008: Belgium Open, Swedish Open
  • 2010: Turkish Open, Czech Open
  • 2011: Swedish Open, British Open
  • 2012: Czech Open
  • 2013: Dutch Open, Czech Open
  • 2014: Isle of Man Classic, Police Masters, Romanian Open
  • 2015: British Classic
  • 2016: European Darts Classic
  • 2017: Jersey Open
  • 2018: Slovak Open
  • 2019: Isle of Man Open

PDC

• Majors
  • Grand Slam of Darts : (1) 2010

WDF

• Majors
  • WDF World Cup (Singles): (1) 2011
  • WDF World Cup (Team): (1) 2011
  • WDF Europe Cup (Pairs): (2) 2010 , 2014
• Further
  • 2008: BDO Gold Cup
  • 2012: Tops of Ghent

Other

• 2009: Lincolnshire Open
• 2010: Macclesfield Open
• 2012: England GP of Darts Newcastle
• 2013: Cyprus Challenge 1

Web links

• Scott Waites on dartn.de
• Scott Waites in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database