Scott Waites

Scott Waites (born 17 February 1977) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Waites formerly competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events. He is a two-time BDO World Champion having won the 2013 and 2016 World Championships. He also won two other BDO major titles in 2011; the World Masters and Finder Masters, as well as the WDF World Cup Singles the same year.

Waites won his only PDC major title at the 2010 Grand Slam of Darts, becoming the only BDO representative to win the event.

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. 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 entered 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. It was the first time Waites had lost in the first round of the world championship, and afterwards he complained of a lack of preparation due to injuries as well as a power-cut shortly before his match started, though he still gave credit to Norris for his performance.

Waites's indifferent form continued at the start of the 2014–15 season when he lost in the first round of the World Trophy to Jim Williams.

In his PDC World Championship debut in 2021 he beat Matt Campbell 3–2 in the first round, before losing to Nathan Aspinall by the same score in the second, despite having 4 match darts. He finished the season 90th on the PDC Order of Merit.

In 2023, Waites reached the quarter-finals at Players Championship 30. However, he finished the season 75th on the PDC Order of Merit. As he was outside the top 64 after two years he therefore lost his tour card and failed to regain it at Q School.

After losing his tour card, Waites competed on the PDC Challenge Tour,

Personal life Waites was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He currently resides in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He has a stepson, Michael, with his ex-partner. He has been with his current partner Louise since 2019.

Waites was not a full-time professional player during his time on the BDO circuit, he was at the time a carpenter for Pennine Housing 2000, a member of the Together Housing Group who also acted as a sponsor. Waites quit his job in 2020 after successfully gaining a 2-year PDC tour card at Q School and was a full time professional dart player in the PDC.

Waites supports Liverpool F.C.

World Championship performances

1. 2008 Winmau World Masters Martin Adams 6–7 (s)

2. 2008 Zuiderduin Masters Gary Anderson 4–5 (s)

1. 2011 Winmau World Masters Dean Winstanley 7–2 (s)

2. 2011 Zuiderduin Masters Darryl Fitton 5–4 (s)

3. 2013 World Championship Tony O'Shea 7–1 (s)

4. 2016 World Championship Jeff Smith 7–1 (s)

3. 2019 World Championship Glen Durrant 3–7 (s)

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 2011 World Cup Singles Martin Adams 7–3 (s)

PDC premier event finals: 2 (1 title)

1. 2009 Grand Slam 2–16 (l)

1. 2010 Grand Slam 16–12 (l)

Performance timeline Scott Waites' performance timeline is as follows:

European Tour

Players Championships

High averages

+ Scott Waites televised high averages Average Date Opponent Tournament Stage Score Ref. 105.12 11 December 2011 Martin Adams 2011 Zuiderduin Masters Semi final 3–2 (S)