Wayne Jones

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Wayne Jones (born April 24, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is an English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments. He uses the nickname Woody for his matches.

He started his career in the British Darts Organisation and reached the final of the British Open in 1990 and the British Classic in 2000 - but his best achievement was reaching the final of the prestigious Winmau World Masters in 1999.

He didn't make it to the Lakeside Country Club for the BDO World Championship until 2001, losing to Andy Fordham in the second round. He made it to the quarter-finals of the 2002 event by beating Tony Eccles and Ted Hankey but lost 1-5 to Martin Adams.

He then switched to the PDC and made his debut at their version of the World Championship in 2004. In 2005 he produced his best ever World Championship performance by reaching the semi-finals before losing to Peter Manley.