Английская Википедия:Damon Heta

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Damon Heta (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the Brisbane Darts Masters in 2019 and also, in pairs with Simon Whitlock, World Cup of Darts in 2022. His nickname is "The Heat", a play on letters within his surname.

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. He became the first non-tour card holder to win a PDC televised event since Scott Waites in 2010.

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. He won his first PDC ranking event at the PDC Autumn Series in Niedernhausen, beating Joe Cullen 8–4 in the final.

Heta, in conjunction with Simon Whitlock, beat Wales in the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts on 19 June 2022 to claim the title for Australia for the first time, after Whitlock and Paul Nicholson lost in the grand final in 2012 to England.

Heta won the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy on the PDC European Tour in October 2022, where along the way, he defeated Michael van Gerwen in the semi-final and Peter Wright in the final.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2020: Second round (lost to Glen Durrant 0–3)
• 2021: First round (lost to Danny Baggish 2–3)
• 2022: Third round (lost to Peter Wright 2–4)
• 2023: Third round (lost to Joe Cullen 0–4)
• 2024: Fourth round (lost to Scott Williams 1–4)

Career finals

PDC world series finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend

World Series of Darts (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2019	Brisbane Darts Masters	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Cross	8–7 (l)
Runner-up	1.	2023	New South Wales Darts Masters	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Cross	1–8 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Country	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2022	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:PDCTeam	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Nowrap	3–1 (m)

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	DNQ		2R	1R	3R	3R	4R
UK Open	DNP		1R	3R	QF	4R
World Matchplay	DNP		DNQ	1R	1R	QF
World Grand Prix	DNP		DNQ	1R	1R	1R
European Championship	DNP		DNQ	2R	1R	1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP		QF	DNQ	RR	QF
Players Championship Finals	DNP		QF	3R	1R	QF
Non-major televised events
Masters	DNP		Did not qualify			1R	QF
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP		QF	QF	W	QF
World Series of Darts Finals	2R	2R	2R	DNQ	2R	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	56	29	16	11

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2020	BDC 2R	GDC DNQ	EDG 1R	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT 3R	GDT 3R
2022	IDO 3R	GDC 2R	GDG SF	ADO 2R	EDO 2R	CDO 2R	EDG SF	DDC 3R	EDM QF	HDT 2R	GDO 3R	BDO 2R	GDT W
2023	BSD 3R	EDO QF	IDO QF	GDG SF	ADO 3R	DDC SF	BDO 3R	CDO SF	EDG SF	EDM 2R	GDO 2R	HDT QF	GDC QF

PDC Players Championship

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
2023	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	LEI 3R	LEI SF	HIL SF	HIL W	LEI 4R	LEI W	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR F	BAR SF	BAR SF

Шаблон:TournLegend

External links

• Шаблон:DartsOrakel