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[[File:Matt Fife.png|thumb|200px|right|Matt Fife in Series 91.]]
'''Matt Fife''' was a quarter-finalist in [[Series 91]]. He was a biomedical scientist and [[Apterite]] from Newport, South Wales.

====Heat games====

Matt started with a very up-and-down debut against incumbent champ [[Neha Sood]] which ended on an unsolved crucial [[conundrum]]; this wouldn't be the first time it appeared in Fife's games. He managed six further victories which included four [[century]] games, and the 9-letter-word spots of {{word|BALLOTING}}, {{word|REACTIONS}} and {{word|WAISTLINE}} which was more than any other contestant in the series to date. However, in his eighth game against challenger [[Nick Tant]] it all came crashing down and Matt succumbed to his first defeat while missing out on [[Octochamp|octochampdom]] in the process; the overwhelming factor in that loss being his non-scoring in three of the four [[numbers]] rounds. This left him with 720 points from 8 games, but due to a lack of octochamps across the series, it was still enough to eventually book a place in the June series finals. 

===Finals===

Ultimately coming back as the sixth seed, fellow [[Apterite]] and third seed [[Tim James]] was waiting for him. In a very tightly contested contest, despite James getting as close as possible in an impossible second [[numbers]] round, Fife carved out a lead with {{word|MIAOWS}} and {{word|DAIGOU}}, after two gambles attempted by Tim backfired. But, James beat Fife again in the last [[numbers]] round to leave the former with a five-point-lead going into the [[conundrum]]. Neither of them turned {{word|NIGELVOID}} into {{word|EVILDOING}}, meaning Fife's time in the competition was officially concluded. His score of 70 was his lowest-to-date, and he racked up a final points tally of 790 from nine games.

==Episodes==
{{episode table}}
{{ep | 8475 | 18/03/2025 | P |[[Neha Sood]]|75 – 77|Matt Fife|[[Katharine Merry]]|[[Susie Dent]]|134}}
{{ep | 8476 | 19/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|115 – 97|[[Stephen Ashley]]|Katharine Merry|Susie Dent|142}}
{{ep | 8477 | 20/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|100 – 69|[[Iain Malthouse]]|Katharine Merry|Susie Dent|140}}
{{ep | 8478 | 21/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|87 – 60|[[Valerie Dean]]|Katharine Merry|Susie Dent|116}}
{{ep | 8479 | 24/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|74 – 72|[[Jenny Scudamore]]|[[John Thomson]]|Susie Dent|122}}
{{ep | 8480 | 25/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|103 – 24|[[Dan Jones]]|John Thomson|Susie Dent|132}}
{{ep | 8481 | 26/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|102 – 42|[[Liam Cottle]]|John Thomson|Susie Dent|128}}
{{ep | 8482 | 27/03/2025 | P |Matt Fife|62 – 65|[[Nick Tant]]|John Thomson|Susie Dent|122}}
{{ep | 8544 | 23/06/2025 | QF |[[Tim James]]|75 – 70|Matt Fife|[[Bob Harris]]|Susie Dent|117}}
{{episode table end}}

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