Damon Heta

Damon Heta (born 10 August 1987, in Perth) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won the Brisbane Darts Masters in 2019. He has the nickname "The Heat", a play on words with his surname.

Damon Heta
Personal information
NicknameThe Heat
Born (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987[1]
Perth, Australia
Home townPerth
Australia
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
Darts23 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Overkill" by Men at Work
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2008–
Current world ranking104
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2020
UK OpenLast 160: 2020
Other tournament wins
Australian Masters 2018
DPA Australian Pro Tour Barooga 2019 (x2)
DPA Australian Pro Tour Brisbane 2019
DPA Australian Pro Tour Canberra 2019
DPA Australian Pro Tour Melbourne 2019 (x2)
DPA Australian Pro Tour Warilla 2019 (x2)
DFA Australian Open Darts 2019
DPA Australian Singles 2014
Pacific Masters 2011
Sydney Masters Qualifier 2014
West Coast Classic 2015

World Series of Darts

Brisbane Darts Masters 2019

Career

A roofer by trade, Heta has mainly played on the Dartplayers Australia (DPA) Tour. His first big exposure was qualifying for the 2014 Sydney Darts Masters, where he was whitewashed 6–0 in the first round by Dave Chisnall. Heta qualified for the 2016 Auckland Darts Masters where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 6–3.

He qualified for the 2018 Melbourne Darts Masters, where he defeated his good friend Kyle Anderson 6–5 in the first round, before losing 10–7 to Gary Anderson in the quarter-finals. Gary would then defeat Heta 6–5 in the first round of the 2018 Brisbane Darts Masters a week later.

Amongst his titles achieved Down Under are the 2011 Pacific Masters, the 2014 DPA Australian Singles, the 2015 West Coast Classic, and the 2016 DPA Australian Open.

On 3 August 2019, Damon won the first ever DFA Australian Open Darts, beating top BDO players such as Jim Williams 8–1 in the semi-final and former World Champion Scott Mitchell 10–9 in the final to take the $15,000 first prize.

Heta qualified for all three PDC World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019.

At the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters Heta reached his first PDC final by beating former major winners James Wade, Gary Anderson and Simon Whitlock, before defeating former World Champion Rob Cross 8–7 in the final to win his first World Series title. Damon become the first ever non tour card holder to win a world series event and the first to win a world series event on home soil. Him and Scott Waites are the first two non tour card players to win a PDC televised title.

Heta beat James Wade once again in the first round of the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, but lost 8–3 to Rob Cross in the quarter-finals. He lost 6–1 to Peter Wright in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

On 19 January 2020, Heta won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing fourth on the UK Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

World Championship results

PDC

Career finals

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 title)
Legend
World Series of Darts (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Winner 1. 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters Rob Cross 8–7 (l)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

PDC

Tournament201820192020
PDC World Championship DNP 2R
Non-major televised events
World Series of Darts Finals 2R 2R

References
  1. "Damon Heta". Mastercaller.com. 10 August 1987. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.