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Lorraine Hyde
Personal information
Nickname"Hydie"
Born (1989-12-11) 11 December 1989 (age 34)
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Home townAberdeen, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts28g SuperDarts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Have You Ever Seen The Rain" by Navé Gray
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006–2020
PDC2020–
WDF2006–
Current world ranking(WDF W) 13 Increase 25 (5 September 2022)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2023
World MastersQuarter Final: 2022
Dutch OpenQuarter Final: 2023, 2024
Other tournament wins
British Classic 2021
Italian Open 2022
Scottish Ch'ship 2009
Medal record
Women's Darts
Representing  Scotland
WDF World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rosmalen Girls singles
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest Women's team

Lorraine Hyde (born 11 December 1989) is a Scottish female professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Her biggest achievement to date was won the British Classic. She took part in the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup for several times, and also participated in the WDF World Darts Championship.

Career[edit]

Hyde started playing darts in 2004, at the age of 15. She was very promising player. Within a few years, she took high places in international youth tournaments, within reached the finals in the 2007 Winmau World Masters for girls. In the final match she played against Kimberley Lewis who defending title from the previous year. Ultimately, she lost with a score of 2–4 in legs.[2] In October 2022, she was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2007 WDF World Cup in youth's competitions. In the singles competition, she was advanced to the semi-finals, where she lost to eventual winner Linda Odén by 1–3 in legs.[3]

As Mark Webster's girlfriend at this time, she also sat in the audience at the major events several times, before making her debut as player in the 2008 Winmau World Masters.[4] She lost in the first round against Amanda Harwood by 1–4 in legs.[5] Also in the 2009 Winmau World Masters she lost in the first round match, this time against Carole Frison by 2–4 in legs.[6] Hyde was also at the start for the next two editions, but she was not able to win a match here either. Until 2016, she did not appear in the international competition. During the Welsh Open in 2016, he reached a Last 16 phase. Hyde also finished in the Last 16 phase at the BDO International Open. She eventually returned to play for the 2016 Winmau World Masters but lost again in the first round match. This time her opponent was Vicky Pruim, with whom she lost by 2–4 in legs.[7]

During the 2018 WDF Europe Cup, she was part of the Scotland team that won the bronze medal in the team competition. Hyde's performance increased from 2021 with a 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 match, she beat Denise Cassidy by 5–1 in legs.[8] Since 2020 she also participate in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) tournaments. In 2021, she made it to the semi-finals of the Women's Series and finished in the top 20 of that ranking. In the same year, she reached a quarter-finals at the Irish Open and Irish Classic. Her next tournament was the Italian Grand Masters, where she lost to Priscilla Steenbergen. She played another good games at the Isle of Man Open, where she lost the semi-finals match against Deta Hedman by 2–4 in legs.[9]

After a very good season, she qualified for the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. In her debut at this stage, she played against Tori Kewish and lost by 0–2 in sets.[10] She played at the 2022 Dutch Open and was advanced to the fifth round, where she lost to Lorraine Winstanley by 3–4 in legs.[11] 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 by 0–4 in legs.[12] On the third day, she lost very quick in the pairs competition. In the team tournament, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

World Championship results[edit]

WDF[edit]

Performance timeline[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "2007 World Masters Girls". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ "2007 WDF World Cup Youth Girls Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ "World champ Webster eyeing PDC move". Nodor Darts. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Winmau World Masters Women 2008". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Winmau World Masters Women 2009". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Winmau World Masters Women 2016". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  8. ^ "British Classic Women 2021". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Lorraine Hyde". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Lakeside WDF World Championship Women 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Toto Dutch Open Women 2022". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  12. ^ "WDF Europe Cup Women Singles". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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