Damon Heta
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Heta at the 2025 World Masters | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Damon Leigh Heta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Heat" | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 August 1987 Perth, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Harrows Signature | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC | 2014–present (Tour Card: 2020–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2007–2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 19 1 (8 March 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 16: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Quarter-final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Semi-final: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Quarter-final: 2020, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Last 16: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Quarter-final: 2020, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Masters | Quarter-final: 2024, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 16: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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European Tour Events
Players Championships (×9)
World Series of Darts
DPA Pro Tours (×10)
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Damon Leigh Heta (born 10 August 1987) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number eighteen; he reached a peak ranking of world number six in 2024. Nicknamed "the Heat", he has been a PDC Tour Card holder since 2020. Heta won his first European Tour title at the 2022 Gibraltar Darts Trophy and reached his first major semi-final at the 2024 UK Open. He has won a total of 12 PDC titles in his professional career.
Prior to turning professional in 2020, Heta won his first overall PDC title at the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters as a regional qualifier. He has since represented Australia in the PDC World Cup of Darts, winning the 2022 edition of the tournament alongside teammate Simon Whitlock.