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)
The Hague, Netherlands
Home town Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts24 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014–2019
PDC 2019–
WDF 2019-
Current world ranking 82 Decrease2.svg 1 (2 August 2024) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2023
World Masters Winner (1): 2022
Dutch Open Runner Up: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 96: 2024
Other tournament wins
Belgium Open 2022, 2024
Six Nations Cup 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2022, 2023, 2024
Antwerp Open 2023
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

Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player.

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Career

Plaisier attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got farther 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.

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. [3] [4] [5]

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

On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Plaisier reached the final of Challenge Tour 10, being whitewashed there 5–0 by Lee Cocks. [6] [7] Plaisier then reached the final again at Challenge Tour 15 and won the event, defeating Damian Mol 5–4 in a deciding leg. [8]

This earned Plaisier call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series events 13 and 14, filing in for an absent tour card holder virtue of being fifth on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. Plaisier reached the final at both events, 13 and 14, earning him £20,000 on the PDC Order of Merit and Pro Tour Order of Merit.

World Championship results

WDF

Performance timeline

PDC Players Championships

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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
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MIL
MIL
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WIG
WIG
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MIL
WIG
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WIG
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WIG
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  1. Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
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Last # stage
DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

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