Willem Mandigers | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 4 June 1989
Home town | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2006 |
Darts | 23 Gram Datadart Darryl Fitton |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "Tremor" by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
BDO | 2009–2020 |
WDF | 2009– |
Current world ranking | (WDF) 149 (14 November 2023) [1] |
WDF major events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2019 |
World Masters | Last 16: 2014, 2018, 2019 |
World Trophy | Last 16: 2017, 2019 |
Finder Masters | Quarter Final: 2017 |
Other tournament wins | |
Tournament | Years |
Denmark Open Turkish Masters Turkish Open | 2018 2017 2014 |
Willem Mandigers (born 4 June 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in World Darts Federation events. [2]
Mandigers won the Turkish Open in 2014. [3] At the 2014 World Masters he lost to Robbie Green in the first round 3–1. [4] He qualified for the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship through the WDF regional qualifiers, he played Daniel Larsson in the Preliminary round and lost 3–1 in sets. [5] He lost to Martin Phillips in the first round of the 2015 BDO World Trophy 6–3. [6] At the 2015 World Masters he lost to Mark McGeeney in the first round 3–0. [7] He qualified for the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship and lost to eventual champion Scott Waites in the first round. [8] He was defeated by Krzysztof Ratajski in the preliminary round in 2017, but after a good season in which Mandigers once again won a tournament in Turkey, he won his first game at Lakeside in 2018 with a 3-0 win over Nick Kenny to reach the last 16. [9]
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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BDO World Championship | DNQ | PR | 1R | PR | 2R | QF | 1R | |||||
BDO World Trophy | Not held | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 2R | |||||
Winmau World Masters | L136 | L136 | DNQ | L16 | L32 | L144 | L32 | L16 | L16 | |||
Finder Darts Masters | DNQ | RR | DNQ | QF | RR | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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