Richard Veenstra

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Richard Veenstra
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Veenstra in 2018
Personal information
Nickname"Flyers"
Born (1981-07-10) 10 July 1981 (age 42)
Ossenzijl, Netherlands
Home townOssenzijl, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
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 60 Increase2.svg 2 (14 April 2024) [1]
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 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
WDF World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Antalya Men's pairs
WDF Europe Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Egmond aan Zee Men's pairs
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
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Budapest Men's team

Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist and a medalist of the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.

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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/WDF

PDC

Career finals

BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)

Legend
Zuiderduin Masters (0–1)
BDO World Trophy (0–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1.2018 Zuiderduin Masters Flag of England.svg Glen Durrant 3–5 (s)
Runner-up2.2019 BDO World Trophy Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Jim Williams 6–8 (l)
  1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Darts Championship BDOWDFDNQ 3R
UK Open BDOWDF 3R 4R
Grand Slam of Darts DNP RR DNP
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R
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

Season12345678910111213
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
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO
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

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  3. 2015 Denmark Masters Results. DartsDatabase
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