Jamie Hughes (darts player)
Jamie Hughes is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Hughes formerly played in British Darts Organisation events, winning the 2014 Finder Darts Masters. He was also the runner-up at the 2014 World Masters and the 2016 Finder Darts Masters, a semi-finalist at the BDO World Darts Championship in [2016 2024 Belgian Darts Open|BDO World Darts Championship|2016] and 2017, the 2016 BDO World Trophy, and the 2017 Finder Masters, and a quarter-finalist at the 2015 World Masters. Hughes switched to the PDC after a first round exit at the 2018 BDO World Championship and won a PDC Tour Card in 2019, reaching the quarter-finals at the 2020 UK Open, while he was also the runner-up at 2023's Players Championship 1.
BDO career
2014–2015
Hughes broke out in 2014 by entering the world's top ten in the BDO and reaching the final of the 2014 Winmau World Masters. He defeated Alan Norris 3–2 in sets in the quarter-finals from 2–0 down, and Martin Adams 6–5 in the semi-finals from 5–2 down, also surviving ten match darts in the ninth set. Hughes was beaten by Martin Phillips 7–3 having led 2–0 and thrown for the third set. In December, Hughes won the Zuiderduin Masters on his first appearance at the event, surviving six match darts in the semi-final against Tony O'Shea before beating Gary Robson 5–0 in the final, losing only three legs in the whole match.Hughes made his World Championship debut at the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship as the number 10 seed. He beat Michel van der Horst in the first round before losing in the second round to his good friend Glen Durrant. Hughes then went on to make the 2015 BDO World Trophy as the fifth seed; however, he was surprisingly beaten 7–4 by Stefaan Deprez in the last 16. Later on in the year Hughes reached the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Masters but was surprisingly beaten by Thomas Junghans. Hughes failed to defend his previous Zuiderduin Masters finals and was knocked out of the competition in the group stage.
2016–2018
Hughes was the fourth seed going into the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, beating Ross Montgomery, Madars Razma and fifth seed Wesley Harms to reach the semi-finals for the first time. He was defeated 6–1 by eventual winner Scott Waites; however, reaching the semi-finals meant he automatically qualified for the 2017 tournament. Hughes achieved his best ever World Trophy result when he reached the semi-finals, where he was defeated 11–9 by eventual winner Darryl Fitton. Hughes qualified for the PDC event the Grand Slam of Darts for the first time due to his ranking. He beat Dave Chisnall and James Wilson to finish top of his group. He was beaten 10–9 by Chris Dobey in the last 16. Hughes reached the semi-finals of the 2016 World Masters but was beaten by eventual winner Glen Durrant. In the 2016 Zuiderduin Masters he reached the final, before once again being beaten by Glen Durrant.In the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship Hughes reached the semi-finals for the second year in a row before being beaten 6–1 by eventual winner Glen Durrant.
In the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship Hughes lost to German debutant Michael Unterbuchner 3–2 in the first round.
PDC career
2018
Hughes switched to the PDC following the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, entering the 2018 UK Q-School. He was unable to win a Tour Card. Hughes finished 12th on the 2018 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, winning one event and making another semi-final. Hughes made the last 32 of the 2018 UK Open and qualified for his first European Tour event, the 2018 European Darts Open. Hughes played at the last 4 Players Championship events in 2018, as a Challenge Tour call-up. He picked up £13,000 in ranking money in 2018.2019
Hughes won a PDC Tour Card for the first time on the first day of 2019 UK Q-School, beating Kirk Shepherd 5–1 in the final.Hughes was to win his first PDC title in June, claiming the 2019 Czech Darts Open in Prague with an 8–3 win over Stephen Bunting, after knocking out the number 14 seed Simon Whitlock in the semi-final. He also reached the semi-finals at Players Championship 24. This helped him qualify for the all the premier events at the back end of the year, achieving a 6–2 win against Jermaine Wattimena at the 2019 Players Championship Finals in the first round before losing to Rob Cross.
2023
At Players Championship 1 Hughes reached the final, losing there to Ryan Searle 8–4.He achieved a 3–1 first round victory over David Cameron at the PDC World Championship, but lost to Krzysztof Ratajski by the same scoreline in round 2.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2015: Second round
- 2016: Semi-finals
- 2017: Semi-finals
- 2018: First round
PDC
- 2020: First round
- 2021: Second round
- 2022: First round
- 2023: First round
- 2024: Second round
Performance timeline
PDC European Tour| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNP | DDM DNP | GDT DNP | DDO DNP | EDM DNP | GDC DNP | DDC DNP | IDO DNP | EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC 2R | GDG 1R | GDO 3R | ADO 2R | EDG SF | DDM DNQ | DDO DNQ | CDO W | ADC 1R | EDM 2R | IDO 2R | GDT 1R |
| 2020 | BDC 3R | GDC DNQ | EDG 3R | IDO 3R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC 2R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 1R | EDM 1R | HDT DNQ | GDO 1R | BDO 2R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO 1R | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO 1R | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
| 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 |
| 2018 | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | DUB 4R | DUB 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG QF | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | DUB 1R | DUB 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2020 | BAR 3R | BAR QF | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | WIG 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL QF | MIL 3R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | NIE 4R | COV 1R | COV 3R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 1R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | BOL DNP | MIL 2R | MIL SF | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | NIE QF | NIE 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | COV 3R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R |
| 2023 | BAR F | BAR 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | WIG DNP | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 4R | HIL 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 4R |
| 2024 | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | MIL DNP | MIL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R |