Damon Heta

PDC Home Tour 3	2020
Australian Darts Open	2019
Australian Masters	2018, 2019
DPA Pro Tour	2014, 2016, 2019 (x8)
Pacific Masters	2011
Sydney Masters Qualifier	2014
West Coast Classic	2015

European Tour Events

Gibraltar Darts Trophy

2022

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR)	2022 (x2)
Players Championship (HIL)	2023
Players Championship (LEI)	2023, 2024
Players Championship (NIE)	2020

World Series of Darts

Brisbane Darts Masters

2019

Damon Heta (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked No. 10 in the world. 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.

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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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

At the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, Heta qualified for the knockout rounds by finishing second in Group H with 5–4 wins over Ricardo Pietreczko and Beau Greaves respectively and a 5–2 loss to Nathan Aspinall. In the second round, Heta shocked Michael van Gerwen with a 10–7 victory.^[6] In the third round Heta was knocked out by Rob Cross 6–16.^[7]

At the 2024 UK Open, Heta reached the semi-finals for the first time. Heta achieved wins over Simon Whitlock 10–8 and Nathan Aspinall 10–9, before defeating Gian van Veen and Luke Littler both 10–8.^[8] Heta was drawn to play Dimitri Van den Bergh in the semi-finals, who he lost to 11–6.^[9]

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^[N 1]
Winner	1.	2019	Brisbane Darts Masters	Rob Cross	8–7 (l)
Runner-up	1.	2023	New South Wales Darts Masters	Rob Cross	1–8 (l)

PDC team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Country	Teammate	Opponents in the final	Score^[N 1]
Winner	1.	2022	World Cup of Darts	Australia	Simon Whitlock	Wales – Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton	3–1 (m)

^ ^a ^b (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets, (m) = score in matches.

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	SF
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
2024	BDO 3R	GDG 2R	IDO 3R	EDG	ADO	BSD	DDC	EDO	GDC	FDT	HDT	SDT	CDO

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
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	NIE 1R	NIE W	NIE QF	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	COV QF	COV 3R	COV F	COV QF	COV 1R
2021	BOL 4R	BOL 2R	BOL 2R	BOL F	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE QF	NIE 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	COV 4R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR F	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 4R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR SF	WIG F	WIG 1R	BAR W	BAR 3R	NIE 4R	NIE 4R	BAR 2R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 3R	WIG SF	WIG QF	NIE 4R	NIE 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR SF	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR SF	BAR W	BAR 1R	BAR SF	BAR 4R	BAR 3R
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
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 4R	LEI W	HIL 3R	HIL 4R	LEI	LEI	HIL	HIL	HIL	HIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	MIL	MIL	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG	LEI	LEI

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "Damon Heta". Mastercaller.com. 10 August 1987. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
^ "Heta lands maiden title on Autumn Series Day Two". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Wayne Mardle applauds Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock as Australia lifted the World Cup of Darts". Sky Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "Heta secures maiden European Tour title at Gibraltar Darts Trophy". PDC. 16 October 2022.
^ "Grand Slam of Darts: Damon Heta shocks Michael van Gerwen to ensure new winner as Stephen Bunting and Rob Cross progress". Sky Sports. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ Gorton, Josh (18 November 2023). "Cross and Bunting complete semi final line up in Wolverhampton". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023.
^ Stanley, Lawrence (3 March 2023). "Damon Heta comes through magnificent quarter-final clash against Luke Littler at UK Open". Darts News. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ Gorton, Josh (3 March 2024). "Van den Bergh topples Humphries to claim UK Open glory". PDC. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

External links

Damon Heta player profile at Darts Orakel

Top 20 PDC darts players in Order of Merit

Rankings as of 9 April 2024 with movement in rank since 1 April 2024 indicated.

v t e PDC Roll of Honour
Premier tournament winners	Phil Taylor (79) Michael van Gerwen (47) James Wade (11) Gary Anderson (8) Peter Wright (8) Gerwyn Price (7) Raymond van Barneveld (6) Jonny Clayton (4) Rob Cross (4) Luke Humphries (4) Adrian Lewis (4) John Part (3) Nathan Aspinall (2) Daryl Gurney (2) Rod Harrington (2) Colin Lloyd (2) Michael Smith (2) Robert Thornton (2) Dimitri Van den Bergh (2) Stephen Bunting Larry Butler Joe Cullen Chris Dobey Glen Durrant Peter Evison Andrew Gilding Peter Manley Paul Nicholson Danny Noppert Colin Osborne Kevin Painter Dennis Priestley Roland Scholten Ross Smith José de Sousa Mensur Suljović Scott Waites Alan Warriner-Little Simon Whitlock
World Series event winners	Michael van Gerwen (16) Phil Taylor (8) Gary Anderson (6) Peter Wright (4) Rob Cross (3) Michael Smith (3) Dimitri Van den Bergh (2) Kyle Anderson Nathan Aspinall Jonny Clayton Damon Heta Adrian Lewis Luke Littler Gerwyn Price Mensur Suljović
World Cup winners	Raymond van Barneveld (4) Adrian Lewis (4) Phil Taylor (4) Michael van Gerwen (3) Jonny Clayton (2) Gerwyn Price (2) Peter Wright (2) Gary Anderson John Henderson Damon Heta Co Stompé Simon Whitlock

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