Danny Noppert | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Freeze" | ||||||||||||||
Born | 31 December 1990 Joure, Netherlands [1] | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Joure, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2009 | ||||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Winmau Signature | ||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco | ||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
BDO | 2012–2018 | ||||||||||||||
PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2018-) | ||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 15 (8 September 2024) [2] | ||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2017 | ||||||||||||||
World Masters | Quarter Final: 2013 | ||||||||||||||
World Trophy | Quarter Final: 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Finder Masters | Winner (1): 2017 | ||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Semi Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Semi Final: 2021 | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | Winner (1): 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2016, 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Semi Final: 2018 | ||||||||||||||
Masters | Quarter Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Runner Up: 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||
Players Championships
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Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, before switching to the PDC in 2018, where he won the 2022 UK Open.
In 2013, Noppert reached the televised stages of the Winmau World Masters. Then he beat Jeffrey de Graaf and Dennis Nilsson 3–0 to book his places in the quarter-final, where he was beaten 3–1 by Darryl Fitton. He also made his debut at the Zuiderduin Masters. After beating Darryl Fitton 5–4 in his first match, he lost to Tony O'Shea 5–3 in the second game to be knocked out in the group stages.
Noppert reached in 2015 the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters. He also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters. A 5–2 victory and a 5–4 defeat to Scott Mitchell were enough to come through the group stage. Then he beat Darryl Fitton 3–0 in the quarters to reach the semis, where he lost 3–1 to Martin Adams.
Noppert started off 2016 well by reaching the final of the Dutch Open, in which he lost to Martin Adams 3–1. Two weeks later, Noppert won the Scottish Open, having beaten Dean Reynolds 6–0 in the final. [3] Noppert won also the Masters of Waregem, where he defeated Geert De Vos 3–1 in the final.
Noppert impressed during 2016 Grand Slam of Darts, beating Mensur Suljović and Nathan Aspinall before losing a high quality last 16 match with two-time PDC World Champion Gary Anderson 10–9.
In 2017, Noppert was able to reach the finals of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating defending champion Scott Waites on his way there. Noppert eventually lost to then-BDO world number one Glen Durrant 7–3.
Noppert's first year in the PDC was quiet until December. He failed to move past the group stage of the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Daryl Gurney 5–1 and Darren Webster 5–2, but did notch a victory by beating Mark Webster 5–2.
On 10 December 2017, Noppert won the WDF Finder Darts Masters event, beating Jim Williams in the final 5–3, This was Noppert's first TV title.
Noppert announced he would move to the Professional Darts Corporation following the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, and he entered the 2018 Q-School. [4] He won a two-year Tour Card by finishing top of the European Order of Merit, and took one of six wild cards.
In his first year on the circuit he managed to qualify for the first televised tournament of the year, the 2018 UK Open in March, where he lost at the last 96 stage. He qualified for six European Tour events where he got good results. He made it to two semi finals, which means he will make his debut at the European Championship in October. He played on all 22 non-televised Players Championships and manage to win one and scoop the £10,000 first prize. Two days later he made his debut in the prestigious World Grand Prix tournament. His good results on the floor tournaments means he will also make his debut at the Players Championship Finals late November.
In March 2022, he won his first PDC major by winning the 2022 UK Open, beating Ryan Meikle, Devon Petersen, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Damon Heta, and William O'Connor on his way to the final, where he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a last leg decider, surviving a match dart from Smith in the process. This win increased Noppert's PDC Order of Merit ranking to 12th. Noppert represented the Netherlands in the non-ranking 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode; this was Noppert's second appearance in the event. The Dutch team was defeated in the semi-final by Wales, represented by Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price.
Noppert entered the 2022 World Matchplay as the 11th seed based on his standing in the Order of Merit. He defeated Brendan Dolan, Daryl Gurney, and Dirk van Duijvenbode en route to the event's semi-final stage, where he was beaten 17–11 by Gerwyn Price. The £50,000 prize money for reaching the prestigious event's semi-final helped elevate him to 10th place on the PDC ranking Order of Merit as of August 2022.
Legend |
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World Championship (0–1) |
Zuiderduin Masters (1–0) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | BDO World Darts Championship | Glen Durrant | 3–7 (s) |
Winner | 1. | 2017 | Zuiderduin Masters | Jim Williams | 5–3 (s) |
Legend |
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UK Open (1–0) |
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | World Series of Darts Finals | Michael van Gerwen | 2–11 (l) |
Winner | 2 | 2022 | UK Open | Michael Smith | 11–10 (l) |
BDO
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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BDO World Championship | Did not qualify | F | 2R | |||
BDO World Trophy | NH | DNQ | QF | 1R | PDC | |
Winmau World Masters | QF | 2R | 6R | 5R | DNP | PDC |
Finder Darts Masters | RR | DNQ | SF | RR | W | PDC |
PDC
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||
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Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | 2R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | |||||||||
UK Open | Non-PDC | 2R | 3R | 4R | 5R | W | 5R | 5R | ||||||||
World Matchplay | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | Non-PDC | 1R | 2R | 2R | SF | 2R | 1R | |||||||||
European Championship | Non-PDC | 1R | DNQ | 1R | QF | QF | SF | |||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | 2R | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||
Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | SF | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | WD | |||||||||
Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||
Masters | DNQ | WD | QF | 2R | ||||||||||||
World Cup of Darts | DNP | QF | DNP | SF | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | F | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | Non-PDC | 47 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 7 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2018 | EDO 2R | GDG 2R | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG SF | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC 1R | DDC DNQ | IDO SF | EDT 1R |
2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG 2R | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 2R | DDO DNQ | CDO 3R | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO 2R | GDT 2R |
2020 | BDC 3R | GDC SF | EDG DNQ | IDO QF | |||||||||
2021 | HDT WD | GDT 3R | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO QF | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO F | EDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG QF | DDC F | EDM 1R | HDT 2R | GDO 2R | BDO SF | GDT 2R |
2023 | BSD 2R | EDO SF | IDO 3R | GDG QF | ADO QF | DDC QF | BDO 3R | CDO 3R | EDG 2R | EDM 3R | GDO QF | HDT 3R | GDC 2R |
2024 | BDO 3R | GDG QF | IDO QF | EDG 3R | ADO QF | BSD SF | DDC QF | EDO 2R | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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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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