Jeffrey de Zwaan

Jeffrey De Zwaan
De Zwaan in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey De Zwaan
Nickname	"The Black Cobra"
Born	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28) Rijswijk, Netherlands
Home town	Leidschendam, Netherlands
Darts information
Darts	23g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2011–2015
PDC	2015– (Tour Card: 2015–2024)
Current world ranking	74 2 (24 November 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 16: 2014
Finder Masters	Last 24 Group: 2013
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2020
World Matchplay	Semi Final: 2018
World Grand Prix	Quarter Final: 2020
UK Open	Last 16: 2023
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2017
European Ch'ship	Quarter Final: 2019
Premier League	Challenger: 2019, 2020
PC Finals	Last 16: 2020
Masters	Last 24: 2021
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2019, 2021
Other tournament wins
PDC Q-School 2023 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2019 Players Championship (WIG) 2018 Youth events World Youth Masters 2012 PDC Development Tour 2019
Other achievements
2019 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. ^{[2] [3]} He has won 2 ranking PDC titles and reached the semi-finals at the 2018 World Matchplay.

Career

De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost to Glen Durrant 3–0. ^[4] He won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2015 by defeating Prakash Jiwa 5–1 in the final round. ^[5]

De Zwaan played at the 2015 German Darts Championship, defeating Devon Petersen 6–2 in the first round before being whitewashed 6–0 by Adrian Lewis in round two. ^[6] De Zwaan qualified for the 2015 UK Open, reaching the last 16 at the final qualifier. On his debut he lost 5–2 to Benito van de Pas in the second round. ^[7] He eliminated Steve Brown, Michael Smith, Ken MacNeil and Jelle Klaasen to reach his first PDC quarter-final at Players Championship 4 and lost 6–3 to Lewis. ^[8] De Zwaan qualified for the European Championship having been the lowest ranked of the seven European Qualifiers but lost 6–3 to world number one Michael van Gerwen in the opening round. ^[9]

De Zwaan's first year on the PDC tour saw him finish high enough on the Pro Tour Order of Merit to qualify for the 2016 World Championship. His first round match against Michael Smith went to a sudden-death leg. Smith won the bull to throw first and defeated de Zwaan 4–3. ^[10] He lost 6–5 in the second round of the UK Open to Alex Roy. ^[11] He reached the last 32 of four Players Championship events and qualified for two European Tours, but was knocked out in the first round of both. ^[12] De Zwaan reached the final of the 18th Development Tour event but was beaten 4–2 by Corey Cadby. ^[13]

In the 2018 UK Open, he drew number one seed Michael van Gerwen and won the match 10–8, ultimately ending the World Number 1's unbeaten run in ITV major tournaments since November 2014. He lost 10–8 in the following round to Rileys qualifier Paul Hogan.

In April, de Zwaan won his first PDC ranking title by beating Jonny Clayton 6–5 in the final of Players Championship 10. ^[14]

At the 2018 World Matchplay, he defeated Michael van Gerwen in the first round 10–6 in legs. This was his second victory over van Gerwen in a major event. This was considered a huge upset due to Michael van Gerwen being the current world number 1 and Jeffrey being the world number 68.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, de Zwaan was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He would play a one-off match against Rob Cross on night nine in Rotterdam.

In May 2019, de Zwaan won his second PDC ranking title by beating Stephen Bunting 8–2.

De Zwaan reached the fourth round of the 2020 PDC World Championship, where he played Peter Wright. Wright led 3–0 in sets and 2–0 in legs before de Zwaan mounted a comeback to level at 3–3 and lead by a break of throw in the deciding set, but Wright eventually won and went on to win the tournament. This was followed by another selection for one of the Premier League nights in Rotterdam, this time under the tag of 'Challenger'. ^[15]

He lost his professional status at the end of 2022, having dropped outside the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit. In January 2023 De Zwaan won his Tour card straight back at Q-School, winning the second day. He did so by becoming day-winner on third day of the final stage. ^{[16] [17]} At the 2023 UK Open in March, De Zwaan reached the last 32 with wins over Lukas Wenig, Geert Nentjes, James Wilson and Danny Jansen. In the last 32 De Zwaan defeated Gerwyn Price with a 105.20 average. In the last 16, he lost to Rob Cross.

In 2024 De Zwaan continued in his second year with Tour card and signed a multi-year contract with the company Unicorn. ^[18] In the same time he continued battling with his injured shoulder and was forced to skip several tournaments due to a persistent bursitis problem. He also had to wear dentures due to losing his front teeth. ^{[19] [20]} He was only able to qualify for two European Tour events in 2024, being eliminated in the second round at both events. De Zwaan was one of four players to qualify for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship through the Tour Card Holder qualifier. ^[21]

Personal life

De Zwaan is of Thai ancestry through his mother. ^[22]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2016: First round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3)
• 2019: Second round (lost to Rob Cross 1–3)
• 2020: Fourth round (lost to Peter Wright 3–4)
• 2021: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)
• 2025: First round (lost to Florian Hempel 1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2013	2014
Winmau World Masters	DNP	6R
Zuiderduin Masters	RR	DNP

PDC

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC World Championship	BDO	1R	DNQ		2R	4R	2R	DNQ	1R
UK Open	2R	2R	1R	4R	4R	4R	4R	3R	6R	3R
World Matchplay	DNQ			SF	1R	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ			2R	2R	QF	DNQ
European Championship	1R	DNQ			QF	1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ		RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ		1R	2R	1R	3R	DNQ
Non-ranked televised events
The Masters	DNQ						1R	DNQ
Premier League Darts	DNP				C	C	DNP
World Series of Darts Finals	DNQ				1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ
PDC World Youth Championship	QF	3R	QF	RR	QF	SF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	57	59	78	44	23	23	45	86	98

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2015	GDC 2R	GDT DNQ	GDM 1R	DDM 2R	IDO 1R	EDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	EDG 2R
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO 1R	EDO DNQ	IDO 1R	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT 1R	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM 2R	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R
2018	EDO 1R	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO 1R	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R
2019	EDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 2R	ADO 2R	EDG QF	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC 3R	EDM 1R	IDO 2R	GDT 2R
2020	BDC DNP	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO 2R	EDO DNQ	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM 3R	HDT 3R	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO 1R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG 2R	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO 2R	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
2015	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 3R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 2R	CRA 2R	CRA 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2016	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	COV 1R	COV 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2017	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	MIL DNP	MIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR 4R	BAR SF
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR F	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	BAR SF	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG W	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP	BAR 3R	DUB 2R	DUB 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2019	WIG 4R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR F	BAR QF	BAR W	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG SF	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	COV 1R	COV QF	COV 2R	COV 3R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	NIE DNP	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	COV 1R	COV 4R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR DNP	BAR DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL DNP	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI DNP	LEI DNP	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R

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			NYF	Not yet founded

References

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18. Gill, Samuel. "Jeffrey de Zwaan signs new long-term commitment with darts manufacturer Unicorn". Darts News. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
19. Gill, Samuel. "'Injection will take a week to take effect'" - Best case scenario for Jeffrey de Zwaan in shoulder injury battle". Darts News. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
20. Wood, Kieran. "Jeffrey de Zwaan on tough period: "The past few years have scarred me"". Darts News.
21. Gorton, Josh (25 November 2024). "Campbell, De Zwaan, Slevin, Griffin secure last Ally Pally spots". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
22. "De Zwaan has strong bond with Thai family: "They follow my results but don't always understand the game well"". Dartsnews.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to Jeffrey de Zwaan at Wikimedia Commons
• Jeffrey de Zwaan player profile at Darts Orakel