Willem Mandigers

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Willem Mandigers
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Mandigers in 2020
Personal information
Born (1989-06-04) 4 June 1989 (age 34)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Home townEindhoven, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts23 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 New.png (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
TournamentYears
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]

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Career

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]

World Championship results

BDO

Performance timeline

Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
BDO World Championship DNQ PR 1R PR 2R QF 1R
BDO World Trophy Not heldDNQ 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
DNPDid not play at the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventNYFNot yet founded#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament

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References

  1. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. "Willem Mandigers Player Profile".
  3. "2014 Turkish Open Results".
  4. "2014 World Masters Results".
  5. "2015 BDO World Championship Results".
  6. "2015 BDO World Trophy Results".
  7. "2015 World Masters Results".
  8. "2016 BDO World Championship Results".
  9. "2018 BDO World Championship Results".