Geert Nentjes

Geert Nentjes
Geert Nentjes
Personal information
Nickname	The Spear
Born	4 September 1998 (age 26); Lelystad, Netherlands
Home town	Urk
Darts information
Playing darts since	2013
Darts	Harrows Darts 23gram
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"I Like How It Feels" by Enrique Iglesias
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2016–; (Tour Card: 2019–2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 272: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 96: 2019, 2020, 2023
UK Open	Last 32: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour	2019 (x2), 2022 (x2)

Last updated January 13, 2025

Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won 4 titles on the PDC Development Tour.

Career

Geert Nentjes played on the PDC Development Tour for the first time in 2016. Thanks to good performances, he qualified for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship and reached the Second round on his debut. The following year, Nentjes took part in the Q-School in Hildesheim but was unable to win a Tour Card.

In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim.

In November 2018, he qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship as one of the two the highest ranked players on the PDC Development Tour, along with Ted Evetts.

He reached the quarterfinal at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship, in which he got beaten 6-0 by Martin Schindler.

As one of the two highest ranked players from PDC Development Tour, he received two years Tour card for season 2019 and 2020. He played both PDC Pro Tour and PDC Development Tour in 2019. Finishing 3rd overall in PDC Development Tour ranking, he secured his sport at the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, because both the winner and the second, Ted Evetts and Luke Humphries, qualified for the championship via Pro Tour. Nentjes faced Kim Huybrechts in the first round, in a very close match he eventually lost 2–3.^[2]

Despite some signs of promise, Nentjes finished 88th on the PDC Order of Merit after his first two years as a professional. However, he won a two-year Tour Card straight back at European Q School at the start of 2021, beating Boris Koltsov 6–5 in the final on day two. ^[3]On 15 June 2021, he hit a nine-darter against Kirk Shepherd at Players Championship 14.

Nentjes was unable to keep his Tour card again and had to hand it in at the end of 2022. However, he got it back despite by placing 5th on the 2022 PDC Development Tour series Order of Merit, since all players above him qualified for 2023 Tour Card via another method.

World Championship results

PDC

2019: First round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 0–3)
2020: First round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–3)
2023: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	BDO		DNQ	1R	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ
UK Open	BDO		3R	4R	2R	2R	5R	2R	3R
Players Championship Finals	BDO		DNQ				1R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Youth Championship	DNP	2R	QF	2R	RR	SF	SF	DNP
BDO ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNP	DNQ	PDC			NH	PDC
Winmau World Masters	1R	DNP	PDC		NH		PDC	NH	PDC
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	122	98	82	123	72	132

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT 1R	GDT 1R
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNP	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO 2R	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	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
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2020	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP	COV DNP
2021	BOL 2R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	NIE 4R	NIE 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI DNP	LEI DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	LEI DNP	LEI DNP

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	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

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References

↑ "Geert Nentjes". Mastercaller.com. 1998-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
↑ "Huybrechts sets up second round clash with Cross after nervy deciding set win over Nentjes - Darts News". Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
↑ Gorton, Josh. "PDC Qualifying School: Geert Nentjes, Jason Heaver triumph, Raymond van Barneveld makes strides". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

External links

Geert Nentjes player profile at Darts Orakel

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[1] "Geert Nentjes". Mastercaller.com. 1998-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-05.

[2] "Huybrechts sets up second round clash with Cross after nervy deciding set win over Nentjes - Darts News". Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.

[3] Gorton, Josh. "PDC Qualifying School: Geert Nentjes, Jason Heaver triumph, Raymond van Barneveld makes strides". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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