Scott Waites
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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) |
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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
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SURNAME | Waites, Scott |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English dart player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th February 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradford , England |