Scott Waites
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| Scott Waites | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Scotty 2 Hotty |
| Born | |
| Home town | Halifax, West Yorkshire |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2004 |
| Darts | Red Dragon Darts / Penetrators - 23 gram |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2004 to present |
| PDC | n/a |
| Current world ranking | 2 (BDO) 4 (WDF) |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Quarter-final 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| World Masters | Runner-up 2008 |
| World Trophy | Last 16 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Last 16 2007 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 32 2008 |
| Grand Slam | Runner-up 2009 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Dutch Open Welsh Masters BDO Gold Cup Belgium Open Swedish Open | 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 |
| Updated on 7 December 2008. | |
Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977 in Bradford, Yorkshire) is an English professional darts player who plays in tournaments organised by the British Darts Organisation.
Darts career
Waites' first career success came in February 2007 when he won the Dutch Open an event which attracted 2867 entries. He also took the Welsh Masters title in March 2007 and earlier reached the final of the 2007 Scottish Open.
Barry Hearn confirmed on 13 August 2007 via the official PDC website, that Scott Waites was the highest ranked non-qualifier in the BDO that had accepted his invitation to compete in the inaugural Grand Slam of Darts, alongside Dennis Priestley (highest PDC non-qualifier). At the tournament he failed to qualify for the knockout stage, losing all three group matches to Michael van Gerwen, Mervyn King and Roland Scholten.
He made his World Championship debut at the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship and reached the quarter-finals, defeating Mike Veitch and Remco van Eijden before losing to Brian Woods.
Waites was one of 32 pub qualifiers for the 2008 PDC UK Open, reaching to the last 32 stage, losing to Ronnie Baxter.
On 12 July 2008 Waites won the 2008 BDO Gold Cup, beating Gary Anderson four sets to two in the final. In December 2008, Waites reached his first major BDO final, reaching the Winmau World Masters final. He was beaten in a great game 7-6 to Martin Adams who won his first Masters title.
Through his performances at the World Masters, the World Championship and also the Zuiderduin Masters, Waites became the number one ranked player on the BDO world rankings. Waites reached the quarter finals of the 2009 BDO World Championship, losing to Darryl Fitton 5-4 having led 4-2.
He entered the 2009 Winmau World Masters as the number two seed, but lost in the last 16 stage in a major upset to Lourence Ilagan of The Philippines having had several darts to win the match.
Scotts biggest success to date came in November 2009 at the Grand Slam of Darts, held at Wolverhampton Civic Centre, where he made the final. He was beaten 16-2 by PDC world number one Phil Taylor. This earned Waites £50,000 the biggest prize of his career so far.
For some of his matches he has used Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis as his entrance music.[1] However at the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, Waites used Walk This Way by Run-D.M.C., to avoid a clash with Chelsea Dagger, the music played during breaks.
Waites enters the 2010 BDO World Championship as the 2nd seed. For the third consecutive year, he was knocked out at the quarter final stage, this time by Martin Phillips of Wales. Waites had recovered from 4-0 down to level at 4-4 before Phillips prevailed.
Personal life
He currently resides in Halifax, West Yorkshire with fiancee Sally and her son.
Outside darts
Waites is not a full-time professional player and currently earns his full-time living as a carpenter.