Andy Baetens

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Andy Baetens
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Baetens in 2022
Personal information
Nickname"The Beast from the East"
Born (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 35)
Nieuwerkerken, East Flanders, Belgium
Home townErembodegem, East Flanders, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since2014
DartsDatadart Orion 23g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2020
PDC 2024–
(Tour Card: 2024–)
WDF 2014–2023
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 71 Increase2.svg 24 (12 January 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Winner (1): 2023
World Masters Last 32: 2022
World Trophy Last 16: 2018
Finder Masters Last 24: 2016, 2017
Australian Open Winner (1): 2023
Dutch Open Runner Up: 2023
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 128: 2024
Masters Last 32: 2025
Other tournament wins
Belgium Masters 2017
Bruges Open 2022, 2023
Belfry Open 2023
Catalonia Open 2021
Croatian Masters 2023
Croatian Open 2023
Czech Open 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023
Denmark Masters 2023
Denmark Open 2023
England Masters 2017
FCD Anniversary Open 2021
Romanian Classic 2017
PDC Q-School EU 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's singles

Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former WDF World Champion, having won the 2023 World Championship to become the first Belgian player to win a world title. Baetens is also a four-time winner of the Czech Open and the 2023 Australian Darts Open champion. He was also the runner-up at the 2023 Dutch Open and a bronze medalist at the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. From May 2023 to January 2024, he was ranked number one in the World Darts Federation men's ranking.

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Career

Baetens took part in his first international tournaments shortly after he started playing darts. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 Antwerp Open. In 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Open. With his final victory over Darryl Fitton at the 2016 Czech Open, Baetens was able to win his first title in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) before he finally made his breakthrough on the tour in 2017.

By winning the Romanian Classic, Belgium Masters and England Masters, Baetens was able to qualify for his first BDO World Darts Championship at the 2018 event. He also reached the semi-finals of the German Masters and the final of the Denmark Open. At the 2018 BDO World Championship, he entered the tournament in 13th place on the seeding list and defeated Scott Baker in the first round. In second round, he defeated Scott Mitchell 4–2 in sets. In the quarter-finals, Baetens missed six match darts and lost to Scott Waites 5–4.

Baetens returned to international tournaments at the 2020 Dutch Open, where he made the quarter-finals. He beat Dirk van Duijvenbode and Mario Vandenbogaerde before being eliminated by Brian Raman in a deciding leg in their quarter-final match. In September 2021, he won the Catalonia Open and FCD Anniversary Open. In November 2021, he won the Czech Open for a second time.

In April 2022, he played at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. In the first round he beat Dave Parletti 3–1. In the second round he beat Scott Marsh. His three-dart average for the match of 102.79 was the third highest ever at the Lakeside. [2] In the quarter-finals he played Thibault Tricole and lost 4–3.

At the end of September, Baetens qualified for the 2022 Belgian Darts Open via the Host Nation Qualifier, but lost in the first round to Madars Razma. After a few weeks, Baetens won a title at the Bruges Open. In November 2022, he won the Czech Open for the third time, defeating Antony Allen 5–0 in the final. He qualified for the 2022 World Masters, where he reached the fourth round.

In May 2023, Baetens became the new number one ranked player on the WDF World Rankings. [3]

At the 2023 WDF World Championship, he defeated Sebastian Białecki, Gary Stone and Jonny Tata to the reach his first world championship semi-final, the first for a Belgian at the Lakeside. He then beat Dennis Nilsson to become the first Belgian in a world darts championship final. In the final, he beat Chris Landman to win his first world title. [4] [5]

In January 2024, Baetens entered PDC European Q-School, earning an automatic two-year PDC Tour Card following victory in the final on day three of the second stage. [6]

Baetens qualified for the 2025 PDC World Masters after defeating Darius Labanauskas in the final preliminary round. [7] He lost 3–0 to world champion Luke Littler in the first round. [8]

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

Legend
World Championship (1–0)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Winner1. 2023 World Darts Championship Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chris Landman 6–1 (s)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

Performance timeline

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Masters Non-PDCDNQ 1R
UK Open Did not play 2R
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
WDF World Championship DNQ QF DNQNH QF W PDC
BDO World Trophy DNQ 2R DNQNot held
Winmau World Masters DNQNH 4R NHPDC
Zuiderduin Masters RR RR DNPNot held
Australian Darts Open NHDNPNHDNP W NHPDC
Dutch Open Non-ranked QF NH 7R F PDC
Career statistics
PDC Season-end ranking------19117695
WDF Year-end ranking-----851--

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
DNP		 GDG
DNP		 ADO
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 DDC
DNP		 EDM
DNP		 HDT
DNP		 GDO
DNP		 BDO
1R		 GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
DNP		 EDO
DNP		 IDO
DNP		 GDG
DNP		 ADO
DNP		 DDC
DNP		 BDO
3R		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNP		 EDM
DNP		 GDO
DNP		 HDT
DNP		 GDC
DNP
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
2R		 DDC
DNQ		 EDO
2R		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2024 WIG
3R		 WIG
4R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
4R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
3R
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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  2. ↑ "Baetens hits third highest ever Lakeside average in Marsh win, Tricole ends Hine's run". Dartsnews.com. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Gill, Samuel (2 May 2023). "Baetens succeeds Klaasen as number one in WDF rankings". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Shaw, Jamie (10 December 2023). "Andy Baetens claims historic Lakeside crown as Beau Greaves retains women's world title". Live Darts. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Brilliant Baetens beats Landman to become Belgium's first Darts World Champion". World Darts Federation. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
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