Madars Razma

**Madars Razma** (born 26 September 1988) is a Latvian professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a six-time Latvian National Champion.

## Career

In 2013, Razma qualified for the last 32 of the 2013 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. 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. At the 2014 BDO World Darts 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 BDO World Darts Championship, Razma beat Gary Robson in the first round 3–1, before losing to Jamie Hughes by 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 PDC Tour Card on offer and making him the first Latvian to hold one.

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

Razma is known for his preference for throwing for treble 19 rather than the standard treble 20.

## 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)

## Performance timeline

**PDC European Tour**

 QF

## References

1. ↑ Madars Razma kvalificējas pasaules čempionātam šautriņu mešanā, Diena, 29 October 2013
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3. ↑ 2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four. PDC (22 January 2017). Retrieved on February 2, 2017.
4. ↑ Hopp Picks Up Second Title In Dublin. PDC. Retrieved on November 1, 2018.
5. ↑ 2018 Players Championship Finals Draw. PDC. Retrieved on November 1, 2018.
6. ↑ European Q School Tour Card Winners Confirmed. PDC (15 January 2019). Retrieved on January 15, 2019.
7. ↑ Fletcher, Carl (18 December 2022). PDC World Darts Championship 2022: Day four predictions, betting tips, acca, order of play and TV time. “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.”
8. ↑ Razma's dominance on treble 19 shown with scores between 171-177 in PDC ranking tournaments (2 October 2022).