- Magnus Caris
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Magnus Caris Personal information Nickname Poker Face Born 15 November 1968
SwedenHome town Nacka, Stockholm
SwedenDarts information Playing darts since - Darts - Laterality Right-handed Walk-on music Poker Face by Lady Gaga Organisation (see split in darts) BDO 1987 - 2009 PDC 2009 - present Current world ranking 74 BDO majors - best performances World Ch'ship Semi Final 1994 World Masters Semi Final 1992 PDC premier events - best performances World Ch'ship Last 64, 2010, 2011 European Ch'ship 1st Round 2011 UK Open 2nd Round 2011 Magnus Caris (born November 15, 1968) is a Swedish darts player.
Caris made seven BDO World Darts Championship appearances, his first coming in 1988, losing in the first round to Rick Ney of the United States. In 1990, he reached the quarter finals, beating Antero Rantala and Brian Cairns before losing to Eric Bristow.
He is famous for his semi final match in the 1994 BDO World Darts Championship against crowd favourite Bobby George. He defeated Wayne Weening, Leo Laurens and Martin Adams to set up a match with George who was struggling with a very bad back following his quarter final win over Kevin Kenny. Caris was 4 sets to 2 up as George looked down and out, however, the Englishman won an incredible nine straight legs to clinch victory 5-4 and leaving Caris to ponder what might have been in what is hailed as one of the most memorable comebacks in sporting history.[1]
He also played in the Winmau World Masters five times, with his best performance coming in 1992, reaching the semi finals with wins over John Lowe, Bristow and Martin Adams before losing to Mike Gregory. Caris returned to televised darts at the 2009 World Masters, losing to defending champion Martin Adams in the last 16.
At the end of 2009, Caris competed in the 2010 PDC World Championship. He whitewashed Spain's Francisco Ruiz in the preliminary round before losing to Colin Lloyd in the first round.
In December 2010, Caris competed for Sweden in the inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Par Riihonen. Sweden beat Slovenia by 6 legs to 2 in the first round, but were defeated 6-4 by United States in the second round.
At the end of 2010, Caris qualified again for the 2011 PDC World Championship. He beat Austria's Dietmar Burger in the preliminary round 4-3 before losing to Mervyn King in the first round.
At the start of 2011, Caris competed in the PDC qualifying school and earned his 2011 PDC tour card by getting the semi-final on the second day of qualifying.[2]
Caris qualified for the 2011 UK Open and beat Kevin McDine in the first round. In the second round he was drawn against Peter Hudson and took a 3-0 lead before Hudson hit back to force a deciding leg, which Hudson won with a ten-darter.
Caris qualified for the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts after reaching the final of the Wildcard qualifier.
Contents
World Championship Results
BDO
- 1988: First Round (lost to Rick Ney 1-3)
- 1989: Second Round (lost to Mike Gregory 0-3)
- 1990: Quarter Final (lost to Eric Bristow 1-4)
- 1991: First Round (lost to Dennis Priestley 0-3)
- 1992: First Round (lost to Phil Taylor 1-3)
- 1994: Semi Final (lost to Bobby George 4-5)
- 1995: First Round (lost to Kevin Painter 2-3)
PDC
- 2010: First Round (lost to Colin Lloyd 1-3)
- 2011: First Round (lost to Mervyn King 0-3)
References
External links
- Player profile on Magnus Caris from Dartsdatabase
Categories:- Swedish darts players
- 1968 births
- Living people
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