Mike De Decker

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Mike De Decker
Personal information
Nickname"The Real Deal"
Born (1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 28) [1]
Mechelen, Belgium
Home townMechelen, Belgium
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts22g Bull's signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2013
PDC 2014–
(Tour Card: 2016-2017, 2020-)
WDF 2013
Current world ranking 40 Steady2.svg (21 April 2024) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Matchplay Last 32: 2023
World Grand Prix Last 32: 2023
UK Open Last 32: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2021
PC Finals Last 32: 2022
Other tournament wins
Youth events
Antwerp Open 2013
Belgium Ch'ship 2014
British Teenage Open 2014
Tops of Gent 2013
PDC Development Tour 2015 (x2), 2016, 2017
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
EDF European Ch'ship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Podčetrtek Men's singles

Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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Career

De Decker won two PDC Development Tour events in 2015, followed by another one in 2016. He also won a PDC Tour Card in 2016.

After losing it at the end of 2017, De Decker went two years without a Tour Card, mainly playing on the Development and Challenge Tours and the odd European Tour. However, on 17 January 2020, he went all the way at European Q School to win back his Tour Card, beating Dennis Nilsson 5–3 in the final. He won his first World Championship match in the 2022 World Darts Championship, his opponent was Darius Labanauskas.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 2R 2R 2R
UK Open 2R 2R DNQ 3R 2R 3R 4R 5R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNPDNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R 1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Youth Championship 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking120937113713090595339

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2014 GDC
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
EDT
DNQ
2015 GDC
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
IDO
1R
EDO
1R
EDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
1R
GDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
2R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
GDT
1R
EDM
2R
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
DDM
3R
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
1R
GDT
2R
DDO
DNQ
EDM
1R
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDT
DNQ
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
GDO
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
1R
DDO
1R
CDO
DNQ
ADC
3R
EDM
DNQ
IDO
1R
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
2R
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
2R
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
3R
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
2R
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
2R
HDT
QF
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
3R
GDG
1R
IDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
ADO
1R
BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

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References

  1. "Mike de Decker - Mastercaller".
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.