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Jeffrey Sparidaans

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Jeffrey Sparidaans
Personal information
Full nameJeffrey Sparidaans
Born (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)
Netherlands
Home townTilburg, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2016–2020
PDC2023–
(Tour Card 2023–2024)
WDF2016–2022
Current world ranking80 Decrease 1 (24 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 40: 2018
World MastersLast 80: 2017
World TrophyLast 32: 2018
Finder MastersLast 24: 2016, 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
Czech Open 2015
England Classic 2017
Hungarian Classic 2017
Swiss Open 2016
Vilnius Open 2019
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Netherlands
WDF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cluj Men's overall
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cluj Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Cluj Men's team
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's overall
Silver medal – second place 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's team
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal – first place 2009 Veldhoven Boys team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kirchheim Boys team

Jeffrey Sparidaans (born 8 September 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

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2015

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In 2015, Sparidaans won the Czech Open.

2016

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In 2016, he won the Swiss Open. He also reached the second round of the 2016 World Masters, losing to Toon Greebe 3–2 in a deciding set.[2][3]

2017

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In 2017, he won the England Classic and Hungarian Classic. Sparidaans also reached the third round of the 2017 World Masters where he lost to William Borland 3–2 in a deciding set.[4][5]

2018

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He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship virtue of being 25th in the rankings, making his debut,[6] but was whitewashed 3–0 by Dennis Nilsson in the preliminary round.

2019

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Spaaridaans reached the semi-finals at the 2019 Romanian Classic, but lost to the eventual champion John Michael in the semi-finals.[7]

2023

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Sparidaans won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at the 2023's European Q-School. He won day one of the final stage, defeating Jan de Weerdt, Patrick Maat and Jacob Taylor each 6–3, Maik Kuivenhoven 6–1 averaging 95.92, Owen Roelofs 6–4, and Jacques Labre also 6–4, with a 101.62 average before defeating Ronny Huybrechts 6–3 in the final to secure his Tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.[8][9]

On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Sparidaans reached the last 16 of a Players Championship event on four occasions. At the ET8 Tour Card Holder Qualifier he defeated the qualifier's 12th seed Chris Dobey 6–3, and Robbie Knops 6–2 to qualify for the Czech Darts Open event on the PDC European Tour.[10] He lost to home favourite Karel Sedláček 6–5 in a deciding leg in the first round.

2024

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On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Sparidaans competed in the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, reaching the last 16 of an event on three occasions. At the ET4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier he whitewashed Lee Evans 6–0, and defeated Josh Payne and Steve Beaton 6–5 in last–leg deciders to qualify for the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix (ET4),[11] where he beat Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round before losing 6–2 to 8th seed Josh Rock in the second round.

World Championship results

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BDO

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open BDO WDF 1R 2R
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNQ PR DNQ NH DNQ PDC
BDO World Trophy DNQ 1R DNQ NH
Winmau World Masters 1R 2R 3R 1R DNQ NH PDC
Finder Darts Masters DNQ RR DNQ RR NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking - - - - - - - - 116 80

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
2R
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
4R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
4R
LEI
2R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
4R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R

Key

Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
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References

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Results of World Masters Men 2016". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ "World Masters Men 2016 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Results of World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  5. ^ "World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. ^ Pijnenburg, Willem (5 January 2018). "Jeffrey Sparidaans makes debut at Lakeside: 'It's about time I'm there'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Darts player Jeffrey Sparidaans angry after elimination from BDO tournament, PDC player beat him". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  8. ^ Phillips, Josh (12 January 2023). "Monk and Sparidaans claim first Tour Cards of 2023 Q Schools". PDC.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  9. ^ "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage - Event 1". DartConnect TV. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  10. ^ "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  11. ^ "PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.