# Lorraine Hyde

Lorraine Hyde (born 11 December 1989) is a Scottish professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. She has won five ranking WDF titles; the 2021 British Classic, the 2022 Italian Open, the 2024 Irish Open, and both the Scottish Classic and Scottish Open in 2025.
In the WDF, she is a one-time Dutch Open semi-finalist and a two-time World Masters quarter-finalist.
Her best Women's World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2023 WDF World Championship.

## Career
### Youth career

Hyde started playing darts in 2004, at the age of 15. Three years later, she reached the finals of the 2007 Winmau World Girls Masters. She lost to defending champion Kimberley Lewis 4–2 in legs.
In October, she was selected by the Scottish national federation to participate in the 2007 WDF World Cup's youth competitions. In the singles competition, she advanced to the semi-finals, where she lost to eventual winner Linda Odén 3–1 in legs.

### BDO

She made her debut at the senior Winmau World Masters in 2008, but lost in the first round to Amanda Harwood 4–1 in legs.

### WDF

During the 2018 WDF Europe Cup, she was part of the Scotland team that won the bronze medal in the team competition.
In 2021, Hyde picked up her biggest achievement to date; with victory at the British Classic. On the way to the final, she defeated Jo Rolls, Anca Zijlstra, Kirsty Hutchinson and Anastasia Dobromyslova. In the final, she beat Denise Cassidy 5–1 in legs.
Also in 2021, she reached the quarter-finals at both the Irish Open and Irish Classic. She reached the semi-finals at the Isle of Man Open, losing the match to Deta Hedman 4–2 in legs.
As a result of her seasonal performances, she qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. However, in her debut match, she lost to Tori Kewish 2–0 in sets. She played at the 2022 Dutch Open and advanced to the fifth round, but lost to Lorraine Winstanley 4–3 in legs. At the end of September 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the second day of the tournament, she advanced to the fourth round of the singles competition, where she lost to Claire Brookin 4–0 in legs. In the teams tournament, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

### PDC

Since 2020, she has competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Women's Series tournaments. In 2021, she made it to the semi-finals of an event and finished in the top twenty in the rankings.

## World Championship results
### WDF

* 2022: First round (lost to Tori Kewish 0–2)
* 2023: Second round (lost to Beau Greaves 0–2)
* 2024: First round (lost to Mayumi Ouchi 1–2)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| WDF Ranked televised events ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NH | 1R | 2R | 1R |
| World Masters | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NH | NH | QF | NH | QF |
| Dutch Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | NH | 5R | QF | QF |