Richard Veenstra

Richard Veenstra
Richard Veenstra
	Veenstra in 2018
Personal information
Nickname	"Flyers"
Born	10 July 1981 (age 43); Ossenzijl, Netherlands
Home town	Ossenzijl, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2006
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Maria (I Like It Loud)" by Scooter
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2009–2020
PDC	2023–; (Tour Card: 2023–)
WDF	2009–2022
Current world ranking	47 3 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2016, 2022
World Masters	Last 16: 2015, 2018
World Trophy	Runner Up: 2019
Finder Masters	Runner Up: 2018
Dutch Open	Winner (1): 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2024
UK Open	Last 64: 2024
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2019
PC Finals	Last 32: 2023
Other tournament wins
British Classic	2018
British Open	2018
Denmark Masters	2021
German Masters	2017
Isle of Man Classic	2019
Italian Grand Masters	2021
Luxembourg Masters	2019
Luxembourg Open	2014
Scottish Open	2018
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Netherlands
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup

Last updated December 22, 2024

Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the 2019 Dutch Open champion, and the runner-up at the 2019 BDO World Trophy and 2018 Finder Darts Masters.

Career

In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4.^[2] He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open.^[3]^[4] In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3.^[5] On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5–3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6–5.

In September 2016, Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles by beating Jim Williams in the final 7–5, averaging 93.18. In September 2018, he won both the BDO British Open and BDO British Classic in the same weekend.

Veenstra competed at the PDC European Q-School in 2020 but failed to gain a tour card.

At the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, Veenstra recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91, to defeat Luke Littler 3–0 in the last 16. In the quarter-final he almost achieved a nine-dart finish en route to a 4–2 victory against Brian Raman, but missed double 12. Veenstra was defeated in his semi-final match against Neil Duff, losing 5–2.

PDC

At 2023 European Q-School, Veenstra secured a PDC tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons by finishing second on the European Q-School Order of Merit.^[6]

Veenstra enjoyed a run to the third round at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship in his tournament debut year. Having defeated Ben Robb ^[7] and the seeded Kim Huybrechts,^[8] he fell to a 0–4 whitewash defeat to Dutch compatriot Michael van Gerwen.

World Championship results

BDO

2016: Semi-finals (lost to Jeff Smith 5–6)
2017: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 0–4)
2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 4–5)
2019: Second round (lost to Scott Waites 1–4)
2020: Second round (lost to David Evans 2–4)

WDF

2022: Semi-finals (lost to Neil Duff 2–5)

PDC

2024: Third round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
2025: First round (lost to Alexis Toylo 0–3)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)

Legend
Zuiderduin Masters (0–1)
BDO World Trophy (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score^{[N 1]}
Runner-up	1.	2018	Zuiderduin Masters	Glen Durrant	3–5 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2019	BDO World Trophy	Jim Williams	6–8 (l)

↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Darts Championship	BDO							WDF		DNQ	3R
UK Open	BDO							WDF		3R	4R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNP					RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ									2R	1R
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ		SF	2R	QF	2R	2R	NH	SF	PDC
BDO World Trophy	DNQ		1R	1R	DNP	RU	NH
Winmau World Masters	L80	L16	L32	L32	L16	L32	NH		L32	PDC
Zuiderduin Masters	RR	RR	RR	RR	RU	NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2021	HDT 2R	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	ADO DNP	EDO DNP	CDO DNP	EDG DNP	DDC DNP	EDM DNP	HDT DNP	GDO DNP	BDO DNP	GDT DNP
2023	BSD 2R	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO 1R	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT 1R	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO 2R	GDG 2R	IDO 3R	EDG DNQ	ADO 2R	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT 1R	HDT DNQ	SDT 2R	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
2023	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	HIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

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References

↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
↑ 2014 Luxembourg Open Results. DartsDatabase
↑ 2015 Denmark Masters Results. DartsDatabase
↑ 2015 England Open Results. DartsDatabase
↑ 2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results. DartsDatabase
↑ Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". pdc.tv.
↑ Gorton, Josh (20 December 2023). "Inspired Littler lights up Ally Pally on debut, as Wright exits". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
↑ Gorton, Josh (23 December 2023). "Brilliant Bunting lays down a marker, as Evans dispatches Aspinall". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

Richard Veenstra's profile and stats on Darts Database

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[score-9] (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] 2014 Luxembourg Open Results. DartsDatabase

[3] 2015 Denmark Masters Results. DartsDatabase

[4] 2015 England Open Results. DartsDatabase

[5] 2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results. DartsDatabase

[2023QSchool-6] Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". pdc.tv.

[7] Gorton, Josh (20 December 2023). "Inspired Littler lights up Ally Pally on debut, as Wright exits". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[8] Gorton, Josh (23 December 2023). "Brilliant Bunting lays down a marker, as Evans dispatches Aspinall". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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