Jamie Hughes

Jamie Hughes (born 27 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Hughes formerly played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) 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 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 (lost to Glen Durrant 1–4) 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Scott Waites 1–6) 2017: Semi-finals (lost to Glen Durrant 1–6) 2018: First round (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 2–3)

PDC 2020: First round (lost to Zoran Lerchbacher 2–3) 2021: Second round (lost to Adam Hunt 0–3) 2022: First round (lost to Raymond Smith 1–3) 2023: First round (lost to Jimmy Hendriks 1–3) 2024: Second round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 1–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships