Jamie Lewis

Jamie Lewis
Personal information
Full name Jamie Lewis
Nickname Rasta
Born 8 November 1991
Carmarthen, Wales
Home town Cardigan
Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since 1999
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–2011
PDC 2011–
Current world ranking 35
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 24: 2010
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2014, 2015
World Matchplay Last 32: 2013
UK Open Last 16: 2014
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 32: 2013
Other tournament wins
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013
PDC Youth Tour England 2012
PDC Youth Tour Germany 2012
WDF World Youth Cup 2009
Welsh Classic 2010
World Youth Masters 2009

Jamie Lewis (born 8 November 1991) is a Welsh professional darts player who currently competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Career

Lewis won the World Masters and WDF World Cup boys' events in 2009.[1]

Lewis reached the last 24 of the 2010 World Masters, losing 3-2 in sets to Ted Hankey. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2011 WDF World Cup, losing out to Martin Adams 6-3.[2]

In January 2012, Lewis successfully earned a Professional Darts Corporation tour card on day four of the PDC Pro Tour Q School. This enabled him to participate in all this and next year's Players Championships, UK Open Qualifiers and European Tour events.[3] Lewis competed in his first UK Open in 2012, defeating Steve Farmer and Mark Stephenson before falling to Pete Hudson in the second round.[4] In August, Lewis beat John Scott and Michael Barnard in the UK Qualifier for the fourth European Tour event of the year, the German Darts Masters,[5] but then lost 3–6 to Richie Burnett in the first round in Stuttgart.[6] He also won twice on the Youth Tour throughout the year.[7]

Lewis finished fourth on the 2012 Youth Tour Order of Merit, but was the highest player who had not already qualified for the 2013 World Championship.[8][9] In Lewis' first appearance in the tournament he lost to the Philippines Lourence Ilagan in the preliminary round by four legs to three, despite leading 3–1.[10] He was ranked world number 68 after the event.[11] At the UK Open, Lewis lost 5–3 to Tony West in the preliminary round.[12]

Lewis reached his first final on the main tour at the Gibraltar Darts Trophy. He beat Colin Osborne 6–4, Robert Thornton 6–5, Steve Brown 6–0, Kevin Painter 6–5 and two-time world champion Adrian Lewis 6–5.[13] His match against Lewis guaranteed him a spot in the World Matchplay for the first time and Lewis stated that that match was his final. In the final itself he was defeated 6–1 by 16-time world champion Phil Taylor.[14] He played Painter in the first round of the World Matchplay and was defeated 10–7.[15] His best results in the rest of the year were in two Players Championships where he lost in the quarter-finals to Mensur Suljović and Jamie Robinson.[16] His performances over the year saw him finish 32nd on the ProTour Order of Merit to claim the final spot in the Players Championship Finals.[17] In Lewis' debut in the event he faced top seed Michael van Gerwen in the first round and lost 6–1.[18] His ProTour ranking also saw him qualify for the 2014 World Championship by claiming the third of sixteen spots that were available to players outside the top 32 on the main Order of Merit.[19] Lewis played Raymond van Barneveld in the first round and was beaten 3–0, losing each set by three legs to one as he hit only three of his fourteen darts at a double.[20] Lewis had risen 28 places during the year to be ranked world number 40.[21]

In February 2014, Lewis reached the second Pro Tour final of his career by averaging 108.07 in defeating world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–4 in the semi-finals of the fourth UK Open Qualifier, but he could not replicate the performance in the final as he was beaten 6–1 by Brendan Dolan.[22] He advanced to the fifth round of the UK Open for the first time a month later but was beaten 9–5 by Mensur Suljović.[23] During the rest of the campaign, Lewis was beaten in the last 16 of three Players Championships and qualified for three European Tour events, but could not get past the second round.[24]

Lewis had taken out finishes of 141 and 125 to be 1–1 against James Wade in the first round of the 2015 World Championship. He won the first leg of the third set, but then lost six legs in a row to be knocked out 3–1.[25] His first semi-final appearance in over a year came at the Gibraltar Darts Trophy where he was beaten 6–1 by Michael van Gerwen.[26]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Darts champ, 17, joins top flight". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "2011 WDF Results". Dartsdatabase. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Qualifying School - Day Four". PDC.tv. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open Day One". PDC.tv. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 PDC European Tour Stuttgart UK Qualifier Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "German Darts Masters - Day One". PDC. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "Jamie Lewis 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Final Youth Tour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Five". PDC. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Order of Merit on 1 January 2013". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Speedy Services UK Open - Thursday". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "2013 PDC Gibraltar Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  14. ↑ "Super Taylor Wins Gibraltar Darts Trophy". PDC. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day Two". PDC. 21 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Jamie Lewis 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "ProTour Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF First Round". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  20. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Three". PDC. 15 December 2013.
  21. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "Dolan Takes Qualifier Four In Wigan". PDC. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  23. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Saturday Evening". PDC. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  24. ↑ "Jamie Lewis 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  25. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  26. ↑ "Rock Solid van Gerwen's Gibraltar Glory". PDC. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

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