Yordi Meeuwisse

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Yordi Meeuwisse
Personal information
NicknameMagic
Born (1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 33)
The Hague, Netherlands
Home town The Hague
Darts information
Playing darts since2005
Darts22 Gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music The Hum by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Ft. Ummet Ozcan
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–2015
PDC 2016–
BDO majors – best performances
World Masters Last 48: 2013
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2013, 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 96: 2019
UK Open Last 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
TournamentYears
Sunparks Masters2015

Yordi Meeuwisse (born 31 January 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Career

BDO

In 2013, Meeuwisse made his television debut at the Zuiderduin Masters. In his first group match he lost to Ross Montgomery 5–2. Meeuwisse booked an impressive win over Robbie Green 5–4 in the second game. However, it was not enough to come through the group stage. Yordi was also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters of 2014. After beating Co Stompé 5–2 in his first match, he lost to Tony O'Shea 5–3 in the second game.

In 2015 Meeuwisse won the Sunparks Masters, having beaten the Lakeside champion Scott Mitchell 3–0 in the final. [1]

PDC

In January 2016, Meeuwisse entered PDC Qualifying School. After losing in the final round on the second day, Meeuwisse secured a tour card by winning the final round on the last day. [2] [3] He qualified for the UK Open, where he lost 6–3 to Robbie Green in the second round. [4] Meeuwisse qualified for his first European Tour event in September, the International Darts Open. In the first round he trailed 5–2 to Brendan Dolan, but managed to win 6–5. [5] He received a bye into the third round after Daryl Gurney withdrew and averaged 100.49 during a 6–2 win over Ryan Meikle to play in his first quarter-final, but lost 6–1 to Mensur Suljović. [6]

In October 2018, Meeuwisse qualified for the PDC World Championship by winning the Western Europe Qualifier. A first round loss at Alexandra Palace to William O'Connor was followed by a visit to PDC European Q-School by Meeuwisse in January 2019.

He was unable to secure one of the four direct Tour Cards on offer, but Meeuwisse finished third on the Order of Merit to seal a PDC Tour Card for the first time and at least two years on the PDC ProTour.

World Championship results

PDC

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References

  1. ↑ "Dobromyslova and Meeuwisse claim Sunparks Masters glory". tungstenticke.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". pdc.tv. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". pdc.tv. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC . Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "HappyBet International Darts Open Day One". PDC . Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Super Suljovic Claims Maiden PDC Title". PDC . Retrieved 9 November 2016.
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