Jeffrey de Graaf

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Jeffrey de Graaf
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De Graaf at the 2025 World Championship
Personal information
Born (1990-11-21) 21 November 1990 (age 34)
Den Helder, Netherlands
Home town Stockholm, Sweden
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts23g Target Signature Gen 1
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010–2016
PDC 2016–2019, 2021–
(Tour Card: 2016–2018, 2024–)
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 59 Steady2.svg (30 July 2025) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship Last 32: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
World Masters Last 32: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
World Trophy Runner-up: 2015
Finder Masters Quarter-final: 2012
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Last 16: 2025
UK Open Last 64: 2016
PC Finals Last 16: 2024
Other tournament wins
Belgium Open 2015
Denmark Masters 2014, 2015
Denmark Open 2013
Finnish Open 2014
German Open 2015
Isle of Man Open 2012
Romanian Open 2012
Swedish Open 2013

Players Championships (x1)

2025 PC24

PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour (x5)

PDCNB Finland 2023, 2024
PDCNB Latvia 2023, 2024
PDCNB Sweden 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
WDF Europe Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Bucharest Men's team

Jeffrey de Graaf (born 21 November 1990) is a Dutch-born Swedish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the runner-up at the 2015 BDO World Trophy, before moving from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to the PDC in 2016. De Graaf won his first PDC ranking title at 2025 Players Championship 24. He has won five titles on the PDC Nordic & Baltic Tour.

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De Graaf reached the quarter-finals representing Sweden, alongside Oskar Lukasiak, at the 2024 PDC World Cup, after a five-year naturalisation period. His best World Championship performance is reaching the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Championship.

Career

BDO

In 2012, De Graaf began playing the international circuit and won the 2012 Isle of Man Open and 2012 Romanian Open. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters.

De Graaf managed to qualify for the 2013 BDO World Championship, where he faced compatriot Jan Dekker in the first round. He missed one match dart in the final set, and Dekker ultimately won by three sets to two. De Graaf won in the course of the year the Denmark Open and Swedish Open. [2] De Graaf qualified for the 2014 World Championship, where he lost 3–0 to Martin Atkins in the first round. De Graaf also played in the 2014 BDO World Trophy. After winning in the first two rounds, he lost in the quarter-finals to James Wilson. Later in the year De Graaf again won two titles, the Denmark Masters and the Finnish Open.

In his third Lakeside appearance, De Graaf was eliminated in the first round again, this time 3–0 by Brian Dawson. He reached the final of the BDO World Trophy in February, in which he played against Geert De Vos. De Graaf missed one match dart for the title and ultimately lost 10–9. In the rest of the year De Graaf won three titles, the German Open, the Denmark Masters and the Belgium Open. [3]

At his fourth attempt at the Lakeside De Graaf was knocked out again in the first round, losing 3–2 against Richard Veenstra. A few days later, De Graaf announced his move from the BDO to the PDC. [4]

PDC

In 2016 De Graaf entered Q-School attempting to get a tour card for the 2016 PDC Pro Tour. He won a card on Day 3. [5] This meant De Graaf qualified for the UK Open, where he started in the second round. [6] He defeated William O'Connor 6–5 on the main stage. A round later, he lost 9–8 against Rob Cross after leading 8–5. [7] In late March, De Graaf also made his debut on the European Tour at the German Darts Masters. After beating Darren Johnson 6–4 in the first round, he was defeated by Michael Smith 6–5 in the second round. [8] A consistent debut year in the PDC saw him qualify for the Players Championship Finals and he overcame Steve Beaton 6–4, before being eliminated 6–1 by Robbie Green in the second round, despite averaging 101.22. [9] De Graaf won a place in the 2017 World Championship through the European Order of Merit and he lost 3–1 to Jelle Klaasen in the first round. [10]

He lost his PDC Tour Card at the end of 2018 following a 3–2 defeat to Noel Malicdem in the first round of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. In 2023, he started to represent Sweden instead of Netherlands, and made his debut at PDC Nordic and Baltic Tour.

De Graaf qualified for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship through PDC Nordic and Baltic Tour, making his first appearance since 2019. In the first round he came back from two sets down against Ritchie Edhouse, winning 3–2. In the second round he defeated José de Sousa 3–1 and advanced into the third round, where he lost to Rob Cross 4–2. [11] [12] [13] De Graaf earned a Tour card via European Q-School in 2024, making a return to the PDC Pro Tour for the first time since 2018. [14] [15] He reached a first PDC ranking final at Players Championship 10 in May 2024. De Graaf was defeated in the final by Brendan Dolan 8–4 in legs. [16]

De Graaf qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship via both the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, and the PDC Nordic and Baltic Tour, but was drawn as a Pro Tour qualifier. [17] He defeated Rashad Sweeting 3–1 in the first round. [18] Afterwards, he achieved a shock 3–0 win over Gary Anderson, who was one of the favorites to win the tournament. [19] Facing off against Paolo Nebrida in the third round, De Graaf was able to win 4–1 to reach the fourth round for the first time in his career. He was beaten 4–2 by Michael van Gerwen, after coming back from two sets down against him. [20] By reaching the fourth round in the World Championship, De Graaf made it into the top 64 on the PDC Order of Merit in the first year of his tour card. [21]

After losing to Martin Schindler in the final of Players Championship 8 on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour, [22] De Graaf won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 24, defeating Stephen Bunting 8–7 in the final. He became the first Swedish player to win a PDC ranking title. [23]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20122013201420152016
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNP 1R 1R 1R 1R
World Trophy Not held QF F PDC
Winmau World Masters L32 L32 L32 L32 PDC
Finder Masters QF RR RR RR PDC

PDC

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship BDO 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 3R 4R
UK Open 3R 2R Did not qualify 1R WD
Players Championship Finals 2R 1R 1R DNQ 3R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup DNQ QF 2R
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking7055629964

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2016 DDM
DNQ
GDM
2R
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
1R
EDO
1R
IDO
1R
EDT
DNQ
EDG
1R
GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
DNQ
GDM
3R
GDO
1R
EDG
1R
Did not qualify
2018 Did not qualify DDM
1R
GDT
1R
Did not qualify DDC
3R
IDO
DNQ
EDT
1R
2023 Did not qualify GDO
1R
HDT
DNP
GDC
1R
2024 Did not qualify DDC
3R
EDO
2R
Did not qualify

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2016 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
COV
1R
COV
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
4R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
DUB
3R
DUB
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
2017 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
MIL
QF
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
DUB
1R
DUB
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2018 BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
SF
BAR
3R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
3R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
DUB
3R
DUB
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2019 [nb 1] Did not play
2020 [nb 1] Did not play
2021 [nb 1] Did not play
2022 [nb 1] Did not play
2023 [nb 1] Did not play
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
F
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
4R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
2025 DNP LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
3R
HIL
F
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
ROS
1R
ROS
3R
HIL
4R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
MIL
W
MIL
HIL
HIL
LEI
LEI
LEI
WIG
WIG
WIG
WIG
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Not a tour card holder
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

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 2015 BDO World Trophy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Geert De Vos 9–10 (l)

References

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  3. "Jeffrey de Graaf 2014 and 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. "EXCLUSIVE: De Graaf & Van Peer set to join PDC". dartsjournalist.com. 5 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. "PDC Qualifying School Day Three". PDC. 15 January 2016.
  6. "2016 Coral UK Open Draw". PDC. 23 February 2016.
  7. "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. 4 March 2016.
  8. "German Darts Masters Day Two". PDC . Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  9. "2016 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. "2017 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  11. Wood, Kieran. ""Maybe I should have played for Sweden earlier" - Jeffrey de Graaf finally gets his first World Championship victory". Darts News. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  12. "Jeffrey De Graaf spurns six set darts and Ritchie Edhouse steals the set!". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  13. "Keep on believing! Jeffrey de Graaf sets up Jose de Sousa tie after epic comeback". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  14. "PDC Q School: Jeffrey De Graaf and Dom Taylor secure Tour Cards on final day". Planet Sport. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  15. "PDC Q School: Dom Taylor, Jeffrey de Graaf final winners as Fallon Sherrock's quest for 2024-25 card ends". Sky Sports. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  16. Gorton, Josh (7 May 2024). "Dolan denies De Graaf to return to winner's circle in Hildesheim". PDC. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  17. "2024/25 Paddy Power World Darts Championship field confirmed". PDC . 24 November 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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  20. Liew, Jonathan (31 December 2024). "Luke Littler comes up with killer finish to deny Ryan Joyce a dramatic upset". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  21. Gill, Samuel (4 January 2025). "PDC Order of Merit Update: Luke Littler passes Michael van Gerwen but World Number One out of reach for now". Darts News. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  22. "Martin Schindler storms past Jeffrey de Graaf to win maiden Players Championship 8 title". Sky Sports. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  23. Simpson, Will (25 August 2025). "De Graaf makes history with PC24 victory". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 August 2025.