Wesley Plaisier

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Wesley Plaisier
Wesley Plaisier 2019-09-06 PDC European Darts Matchplay (cropped).jpg
Plaisier in 2019
Personal information
Full nameWesley Plaisier [1]
Born (1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 (age 34)
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Home town Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts24 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Thank You (Not So Bad)” by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2019
PDC 2019–
(Tour Card 2025–)
WDF 2019–2024
Current world ranking 73 Steady2.svg (24 November 2024) [2] (PDC)
2 Steady2.svg (8 December 2024) [3] (WDF)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2023
World Masters Winner (2): 2022, 2024
Dutch Open Runner Up: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2025
UK Open Last 96: 2024
PC Finals Last 32: 2024
Other tournament wins
Belgium Open 2022, 2024
Six Nations Cup 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 (x2)
Antwerp Open 2023

Players Championships

Players Championship (WIG) 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Gandía Men's overall
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Šamorín Men's overall
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Šamorín Men's team

Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is the fourth player to win a PDC ranking title without being a PDC Tour Card holder. He is also a two-time World Masters champion.

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Career

2019

Plaisier attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got further than the last 32, missing out on a Tour Card. He did then qualify as one of the Association Member qualifiers for the 2019 European Darts Open in Leverkusen, Germany. He lost 6–3 to James Wade in the second round.

He also qualified for the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters, but he lost 6–1 to Brendan Dolan. A third European Tour qualification of 2019 was secured at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay, but Jamie Hughes beat him 6–5.

2022

Plaisier performed well at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix, beating Jim Williams, Joe Cullen and Dirk van Duijvenbode to reach the quarter-final stage, where he was beaten in a sudden-death leg by the tournament's eventual winner, Luke Humphries. [4] [5] [6]

Plaiser won the 2022 Six Nations Charity Singles beating Scott Taylor in the final 5–4.

2023

Plaisier qualified for the 2023 German Darts Open. In the tournament he defeated George Killington 6–4 in the first round, Ross Smith 6–2 in the second round,Luke Humphries 6–5 in the third round and Brian Raman 6–3 in the quarters. Stephen Bunting won the semi final 7–6. [7]

2024

Plaisier competed in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. He reached the final of Challenge Tour 10 (CT10), being whitewashed 5–0 by Lee Cocks. [8] [9] Plaisier then reached the final in back to back events at Challenge Tours 15 [10] and 16. Plaisier won the former, defeating Damian Mol 5–4 in a deciding leg and lost the latter final 5–3 to Alexander Merkx. [11] Plaisier reached another final at event 19, defeating Lee Cocks 5–3 in the final to win his fourth Challenge Tour event in his career. [12]

Plaisier received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. Plaisier reached the final at events 13, 14 and 28. [13] At PC13 Plaisier lost the final to Ross Smith 8–7. [14] At PC14 he lost the final to Jonny Clayton 8–5. [15] At PC28 Plaisier defeated Josh Rock 8–7 in the final. This meant he became the fourth player, after Joe Murnan, Krzysztof Ratajski and Scott Williams, to win a Players Championship event without being a PDC tour card holder. [16]

On the 2024 WDF Tour Plaisier retained the World Masters title that he won in 2022. [17]

World Championship results

WDF

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ
UK Open DNP 1R DNP 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R
WDF Major events
WDF World Championship DNPNHDNP QF PDC
World Masters 1R NH W NH W
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC)167172-113133

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2019 EDO
2R		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
1R		 DDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 ADC
DNQ		 EDM
1R		 IDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
2R		 GDC
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNP		 GDC
DNQ		 GDG
QF		 ADO
2R		 EDO
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 EDM
3R		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 GDT
3R
2023 BSD
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
DNQ		 BDO
DNP		 CDO
DNP		 EDG
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
SF		 HDT
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2024 [nb 1] WIG
DNP		 WIG
DNP		 LEI
DNP		 LEI
DNP		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
DNP		 LEI
DNP		 HIL
1R		 HIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
3R		 MIL
F		 MIL
F		 MIL
1R		 MIL
4R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
3R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 MIL
DNP		 MIL
DNP		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
W		 LEI
1R		 LEI
3R
  1. ↑ 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

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    2. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
    3. ↑ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
    4. ↑ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
    5. ↑ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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    17. ↑ "Wesley Plaisier retains title at WDF World Masters". DartsNews. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.


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