Madars Razma

Madars Razma
Madars Razma
Personal information
Nickname	"Razmatazz"
Born	26 September 1988 (age 36); Priekule, Latvia
Home town	Liepāja, Latvia
Darts information
Playing darts since	1999
Darts	Madars Razma – 25g Mission 95% Tungsten
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2009–2017
PDC	2017– ; (Tour Card: 2017–)
Current world ranking	44 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2015, 2016
World Masters	Last 16: 2015
World Trophy	Last 32: 2014, 2015, 2016
Finder Masters	Group Stages: 2014, 2015, 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2024
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2022
World Grand Prix	Quarter Final: 2022
UK Open	Last 32: 2019, 2021
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2022, 2023
PC Finals	Last 32: 2018, 2020
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2021
Other tournament wins
Baltic Cup Open	2014
Finnish Open	2013
Latvia National Ch'ships	2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
Latvia Open	2016
Lithuania Open	2014
Riga Open	2013
Scottish Classic	2015
Top Of Waregem	2016
PDCNB Iceland	2018 (x2), 2021 (x2)
PDCNB Denmark	2019, 2022
PDCNB Finland	2019
PDCNB Latvia	2019
PDCNB Sweden	2019
SDC Sweden	2016

Madars Razma (born 26 September 1988) is a Latvian professional darts player. Nicknamed "Razmatazz", he plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the Latvia National Championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Career

Razma originally played handball until the age of 21, before sustaining a series of injuries and turning his full attention to darts.^[2]

In 2013, Razma qualified for the last 32 of the World Masters (losing 0–3 to Geert De Vos). He qualified for the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship, after finishing top of the Baltic and Scandinavia qualification table.^[3] He won the 2013 Riga Open and Finnish Open, reached the semi-finals of the Tallukka Open and Lithuania Open, and quarter-finals of the German Gold Cup and Polish Open, and won the 2013 Antwerp Open pairs along with Ron Meulenkamp.^[4] At the 2014 World Championship he beat John Michael to reach the last 32 stage before losing to Geert De Vos. The following year, after a consistent season, Razma upset fifth seed Martin Phillips 3–0 in the first round. He was beaten 3–4 in the second round by Brian Dawson.

At the 2016 World Championship, Razma beat Gary Robson in the first round 3–1, before losing to Jamie Hughes 1–4 in the second round.

Razma entered the Professional Darts Corporation's Qualifying School in 2017. A run to the last eight on the second day saw Razma finish twelfth on the Q School Order of Merit, earning the final Tour Card on offer and making him the first Latvian to hold one.^[5]

Razma made his first PDC final at the nineteenth Players Championship of 2018, losing in the final to Max Hopp, 3–6.^[6] This helped qualify him for his first televised PDC event, the 2018 Players Championship Finals.^[7]

Following a disappointing end to 2018 as Razma failed to produce a significant run at the 2018 Players Championship Finals and came agonisingly close to qualifying for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, he managed to regain his PDC Tour Card at European Q-School in January 2019. A run to the final on the third day saw Razma finish first on the Order of Merit, giving him at least another two years on the PDC ProTour.^[8]

In 2022, Razma had a landmark year, making his debut in the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and European Championship. He made the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Grand Prix, which was his first time reaching the last 8 of a major PDC event.^[9] His successful year saw him enter the top 32 of the PDC Order of Merit for the first time.^[10]

Playing style

Razma is known for his preference for throwing for treble 19 rather than the standard treble 20.^[11]^[12]

World Championship results

BDO

2014: First round (lost to Geert De Vos 1–3)
2015: Second round (lost to Brian Dawson 3–4)
2016: Second round (lost to Jamie Hughes 1–4)

PDC

2020: First round (lost to Harry Ward 2–3)
2021: Second round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
2022: First round (lost to Steve Lennon 1–3)
2023: Second round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
2024: Third round (lost to Michael Smith 1–4)
2025: Ongoing

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
BDO World Championship	DNQ	1R	2R	2R	DNQ
BDO World Trophy	DNQ	1R	1R	1R	PDC
Winmau World Masters	L32	L32	L16	L48	PDC
Zuiderduin Masters	DNQ	RR	RR	RR	PDC

PDC

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	BDO	DNQ		1R	2R	1R	2R	3R
UK Open	DNQ		5R	3R	5R	3R	3R	3R
World Matchplay	DNQ					1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ					QF	DNQ
European Championship	DNQ					1R	1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ	2R	DNQ	2R	1R	1R	DNQ	1R
Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	WD	DNP		2R	DNP	2R	2R	RR
World Series of Darts Finals	DNQ				2R	DNP	DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	131	90	86	53	49	35	33

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG 1R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 2R	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO 2R	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO 1R	GDC 1R	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG 1R	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO 1R	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG 1R	IDO 2R
2021	HDT 1R	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG 3R	ADO 3R	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG 2R	DDC 1R	EDM SF	HDT 3R	GDO DNQ	BDO 2R	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO 1R	GDG DNQ	ADO 1R	DDC 2R	BDO DNQ	CDO 2R	EDG 3R	EDM DNQ	GDO 2R	HDT 1R	GDC 1R
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO 1R	BSD SF	DDC 1R	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT 3R	CDO 1R

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
2017	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB SF	BAR 3R	BAR 2R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB F	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	NIE F	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 2R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 3R	BOL QF	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	NIE F	NIE 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	HIL QF	HIL SF	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL QF	MIL 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI QF

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

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ Galenieks, Mārtiņš (13 January 2021). "Madars Razma, izcils šautriņu metējs" [Madars Razma, an excellent dart thrower]. Ir (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ Madars Razma kvalificējas pasaules čempionātam šautriņu mešanā, Diena, 29 October 2013
^ Madars Razma wins Antwerp Open, retrieved 2013-11-07
^ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ Phillips, Josh. "Hopp Picks Up Second Title In Dublin". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
^ Phillips, Josh. "2018 Players Championship Finals Draw". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
^ "European Q School Tour Card Winners Confirmed". PDC. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Gill, Samuel (6 October 2022). "Rampant Razma reaches maiden major quarter-final at World Grand Prix with victory over Gurney". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ Mālmeisters, Toms (21 November 2022). "Razma ielaužas starp 32 planētas labākajiem šautriņu metējiem" [Razma breaks into the top 32 dart throwers on the planet]. Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
^ Fletcher, Carl (18 December 2022). "PDC World Darts Championship 2022: Day four predictions, betting tips, acca, order of play and TV time". Sporting Life. Retrieved 22 December 2022. The Latvian isn't a big 180 hitter, in fact he is arguably the biggest user of treble 19 in the Tour Card holder ranks.
^ "Razma's dominance on treble 19 shown with scores between 171-177 in PDC ranking tournaments". Dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

External links

Madars Razma player profile at Darts Orakel

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] Galenieks, Mārtiņš (13 January 2021). "Madars Razma, izcils šautriņu metējs" [Madars Razma, an excellent dart thrower]. Ir (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[3] Madars Razma kvalificējas pasaules čempionātam šautriņu mešanā, Diena, 29 October 2013

[4] Madars Razma wins Antwerp Open, retrieved 2013-11-07

[5] "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

[6] Phillips, Josh. "Hopp Picks Up Second Title In Dublin". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

[7] Phillips, Josh. "2018 Players Championship Finals Draw". PDC. Retrieved 1 November 2018.

[8] "European Q School Tour Card Winners Confirmed". PDC. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[9] Gill, Samuel (6 October 2022). "Rampant Razma reaches maiden major quarter-final at World Grand Prix with victory over Gurney". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[10] Mālmeisters, Toms (21 November 2022). "Razma ielaužas starp 32 planētas labākajiem šautriņu metējiem" [Razma breaks into the top 32 dart throwers on the planet]. Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[11] Fletcher, Carl (18 December 2022). "PDC World Darts Championship 2022: Day four predictions, betting tips, acca, order of play and TV time". Sporting Life. Retrieved 22 December 2022. The Latvian isn't a big 180 hitter, in fact he is arguably the biggest user of treble 19 in the Tour Card holder ranks.

[12] "Razma's dominance on treble 19 shown with scores between 171-177 in PDC ranking tournaments". Dartsnews.com. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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