Brian Raman | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "The Riddler" | ||||||
Born | 14 October 1996 Brasschaat, Belgium | ||||||
Home town | Wuustwezel, Belgium [1] | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2012 | ||||||
Darts | 24g Bulls(DE) | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "The Business" by Tiësto | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2014–2020 | ||||||
PDC | 2022–2023 | ||||||
WDF | 2014–2022, 2024-present | ||||||
Current world ranking | NR (1 September 2024) [2] | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter-finals: 2022 | ||||||
World Masters | Last 80: 2016 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
UK Open | Last 96: 2022 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Brian Raman (born 14 October 1996) is a Belgian darts player who plays in events of the World Darts Federation. In 2021, he became the second Belgian World Darts Federation world number one, after Leo Laurens in 1993.
In 2019, Raman won the Denmark Masters, beating Willem Mandigers in the Final. In September 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship and played Paul Hogan in the Preliminary Round, losing 3 sets to 1. [3] In 2020, he attended PDC Q-school, where he reached a semi-final on day one of the final phase, losing out to Harald Leitinger. [4]
Raman won a PDC Tour Card at 2022 Q School by winning the second event of the final phase. He beat Jules van Dongen in the final 6–4.
During his two years as a PDC tour card holder, he was unable to reach the top 64 of the order of merit, hampered by a shoulder injury which required surgery in late 2023, and thus failed to automatically retain his tour card. As a result, he was forced to go to the 2014 Q-school. He was unable to win a new tour card and subsequently returned to playing WDF events.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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UK Open | Non-PDC | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 3R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Youth Championship | DNP | 1R | 2R | DNP | QF | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO World Championship | DNQ | PR | NH | QF | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 1R | 3R | 1R | DNP | 2R | NH | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 229 | - | 173 | - | 111 | 89 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2022 | IDO 3R | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO DNP | EDG DNP | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO 2R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO QF | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |
Performance timeline legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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