Dennis Smith (darts player)

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Dennis Smith
Personal information
Nickname	Smiffy
Date of birth	August 2, 1969 (1969-08-02) (age 38)
Place of birth	Reading, Berkshire, England
Home town	Hungerford, Berkshire, England
Darts information
Playing darts since
Darts	22g Nickel Tungsten
Walk-on music	You Really Got Me by Van Halen
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	1994 to present
Current World Ranking	48
PDC Majors - Best Performances
World Ch'ship	Semi-Final 2000
World Matchplay	Quarter Final 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005
World Grand Prix	Semi-Final 2001, 2005
UK Open	Quarter Final 2003, 2004
Desert Classic	Quarter-Final 2003, 2004, 2007
Other Televised PDC events - Best Performances
US Open	Last 64 2007
Other Tournament Wins
Tournament	Years
JR Vauxhall Open	2005

Dennis Smith (born August 2, 1969 in Reading) is an English darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation.

Dennis is a stalwart on the PDC circuit but has yet to capture a major title to add to his collection of Open wins.

A run to the last eight at the 2005 Stan James World Matchplay brought back an air of self-belief for Dennis following a tough year in which only a win at the JR Vauxhall Open proved to be a highlight.

He kicked on and reached the semi-finals at the PDC World Grand Prix Darts championship to continue his resurgence, and then made the last 16 at the PDC World Darts Championship.

A World Championship semi-finalist in 2000 who has a unique, measured action, Dennis learned his trade under the tutelage of Phil Taylor.

He was knocked out of the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic in the Quarter-Final by John Part 10-9 (legs) after beating Dennis Priestley and Darin Young on route.

Dennis is known for finding the extremely hot on-stage conditions very difficult at times and has a very unusual throwing action, turning the dart into a 'flight first' position before returning it to a 'point first' position, then throwing.