Haupai Puha

Haupai Puha (born 12 February 1985) is an New Zealand professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Haupai Puha
Personal information
Nickname"Hopes"
Born (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985[1]
Gisborne, New Zealand
Home townWellington, New Zealand
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts26g Shot Darts
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"35" by Ka Hao ft. Rob Ruha
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2017–
WDF2021–
Current world ranking(WDF) 4 Increase 3 (6 October 2022)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 48: 2022, 2023
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2021, 2024
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2022
Other tournament wins
Alan King Memorial 2018
Canterbury Classic 2023
DPA Winmau Oceanic Masters 2023
Canterbury Open 2022, 2023
New Zealand Open 2021, 2023
DPA Pro Tour 2019 (x2)
DPNZ Pro Tour 2021
New Zealand Masters 2022

Darts career

Puha qualified for 2 2018 World Series of Darts events in Australia and New Zealand as the number 2 ranked player in the DPNZ rankings. He would lose in the first round of both events to Kyle Anderson in Auckland and to Rob Cross in Melbourne. He made his first PDC major appearance at the 2019 World Cup of Darts in Hamburg together with Cody Harris. They beat Lithuania and South Africa to reach the quarter-finals, eventually losing to Japan.

Puha also qualified for all three World Series events in Australia and New Zealand in 2019. He lost to Raymond van Barneveld in the first round of both the 2019 Brisbane Darts Masters and the 2019 Melbourne Darts Masters, and to Gary Anderson in the first round of the 2019 New Zealand Darts Masters.

Puha has qualified for both the PDC & WDF World Championships in recent years, Losing in his 1st match in both.

Puha credits his experience with golf in making the transition to darts.[3]

World Championship results

PDC

WDF

  • 2022: First round (lost to Ben Hazel 1–2)
  • 2023:

References

  1. "Haupai Puha". Mastercaller.com. 12 February 1985. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. "Darts: Fearless Haupai Puha ready to face world's best at Auckland Masters". Newshub.


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