Jeffrey Sparidaans

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Jeffrey Sparidaans
Jeffrey Sparidaans.png
Sparidaans with the Dutch Open trophy
Personal information
Nickname"Jefke"
Born (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)
Netherlands
Home town Tilburg, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2016–2020
PDC 2023–
(Tour Card 2023–2024)
WDF 2016–2022
Current world ranking ( PDC ) NR (11 February 2025) [1]
(WDF) 27 New black yellow.svg (8 February 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 40: 2018
World Masters Last 80: 2017
World Trophy Last 32: 2018
Finder Masters Last 24: 2016, 2018
Dutch Open Winner (1): 2025
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
WDF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Cluj Men's overall
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cluj Men's pairs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Cluj Men's team
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's overall
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's team
WDF Europe Cup Youth
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Veldhoven Boys team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Kirchheim Boys team

Jeffrey Sparidaans (born 8 September 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has won six WDF ranking titles, including the 2025 Dutch Open.

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Career

2015

In 2015, Sparidaans won the Czech Open.

2016

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. [3] [4]

2017

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. [5] [6]

2018

He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship virtue of being 25th in the rankings, making his debut, [7] but was whitewashed 3–0 by Dennis Nilsson in the preliminary round.

2019

Spaaridaans reached the semi-finals at the 2019 Romanian Classic, but lost to the eventual champion John Michael in the semi-finals. [8]

2023

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. [9] [10]

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. [11] He lost to home favourite Karel Sedláček 6–5 in a deciding leg in the first round.

2024

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), [12] where he beat Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round before losing 6–2 to 8th seed Josh Rock in the second round.

2025

After losing his Tour Card, Sparidaans participated in the Dutch Open, where he became the fourth consecutive Dutch player to win the tournament after defeating David Fatum 3–0 in the final. [13]

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open BDOWDF 1R 2R
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNQ PR DNQNHDNQPDC
BDO World Trophy DNQ 1R DNQNH
Winmau World Masters 1R 2R 3R 1R DNQNHPDC
Finder Darts Masters DNQ RR DNQ RR NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking--------11680

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
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

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. "Results of World Masters Men 2016". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  4. "World Masters Men 2016 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  5. "Results of World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. "World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. Phillips, Josh (12 January 2023). "Monk and Sparidaans claim first Tour Cards of 2023 Q Schools". PDC.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  10. "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage - Event 1". DartConnect TV. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  11. "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  12. "PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  13. Gill, Samuel (2 February 2025). "Jeffrey Sparidaans wins Dutch Open title, fourth consecutive Dutch winner in Assen". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.