Aileen de Graaf

{{short description|Dutch darts player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox darts player

| name = Aileen de Graaf

| image = Aileen de Graaf Darts Actueel 2023.jpg

|caption= De Graaf in 2023

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Bunschoten-Spakenburg}}, Netherlands

| death_date =

| death_place =

| hometown = {{nowrap|Bunschoten-Spakenburg}}, Netherlands

| since = 2007

| darts =

| laterality = Right-handed

| music = "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners

| BDO = 2011–2020

| PDC = 2020–

| WDF = 2011–

| currentrank = {{WDF Women's Rankings|Aileen de Graaf}}

| BDO World = Runner Up: 2023

| World Masters = Winner (1): 2015

| World Darts Trophy = Winner (1): 2017

| Int. Darts League =

| Zuiderduin Masters = Winner (2): 2013, 2017

| Dutch Open = Winner (4): 2014, 2015, 2020, 2023

| PDC World =

| Matchplay =

| Grand Prix =

| Grand Slam =

| UK Open =

| Vegas =

| European =

| Premier League =

| US Open =

| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap

| Belfry Open | 2022

| Belgium Open | 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024

| British Classic | 2017

| British Pentathlon | 2018

| Bruges Open | 2022

| Catalonia Open | 2021

| Czech Open | 2014, 2015

| Denmark Open | 2013, 2015, 2018

| FCD Anniversary Open | 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021

| French Classic | 2019

| German Gold Cup | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

| German Masters | 2016, 2018

| German Open | 2016, 2018, 2019

| Hal Open | 2015

| Hungarian Classic | 2018

| Hungarian Masters | 2017, 2018

| Italian Grand Masters | 2016, 2018

| Italian Open | 2018, 2019

| Isle of Man Open | 2015

| Latvian Open | 2018

| Luxembourg Masters | 2019

| Luxembourg Open | 2011, 2014, 2019

| Munsterland Trophy | 2015

| Police Masters | 2014

| Polish Open | 2014, 2017

| Romanian Open | 2019, 2025

| SunParcs Masters | 2012, 2014

| Swedish Classic | 2016

| Swedish Masters | 2022

| Swiss Open | 2014

| Turkish Masters | 2016, 2017, 2018

| Turkish Open | 2016, 2017

| Welsh Open | 2013

| World Open | 2022

| PDC Women's Series| 2024 (x1)

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Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

De Graaf started to play darts in 2007 and from 2010, played ranking tournaments of the NBD. Since 2012, she plays the BDO/WDF circuit and already won a lot of tournaments or at least reached the later rounds.

De Graaf qualified for the BDO World Championship 2014 but lost in the first round against the later champion Lisa Ashton.

World Championships results

= BDO/WDF =

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  • 2014: First round (lost to Lisa Ashton 1–2)
  • 2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Fallon Sherrock 1–2)
  • 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 1–2)
  • 2017: Semi-finals (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2)
  • 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)
  • 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2)
  • 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 1–2)
  • 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 0–2)
  • 2023: Runner-up (lost to Beau Greaves 1–4)
  • 2024: Quarter-finals (lost to Sophie McKinlay 0–2)

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Career finals

= BDO major finals: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up) =

class="wikitable"

! Legend

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

| World Championship (0–1)

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| World Masters (1–0)

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| Zuiderduin Masters (1–3)

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!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!style="width:250px;"| Championship

!style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final

!width="70"| Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

style="background:#ccf;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"| Runner-up

| 1.

| 2011

| Zuiderduin Masters

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Deta Hedman

| 0–2 (s)

style="background:#ccf;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"| Runner-up

| 2.

| 2012

| Zuiderduin Masters

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Dobromyslova

| 1–2 (s)

style="background:#ccf;"

| style="background:#98FB98"| Winner

| 3.

| 2013

| Zuiderduin Masters

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Dobromyslova

| 2–0 (s)

style="background:#ccf;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"| Runner-up

| 4.

| 2014

| Zuiderduin Masters

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Dobromyslova

| 1–2 (s)

style="background:#dfe2e9;"

| style="background:#98FB98"| Winner

| 5.

| 2015

| World Masters

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Lisa Ashton

| 5–4 (l)

style="background:#e5d1cb;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"| Runner-up

| 6.

| 2023

| World Championship

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Beau Greaves

| 1–4 (s)

= PDC Women's televised finals: 1 (1 runner-up) =

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! Legend

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| Women's Matchplay (0–1)

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!width="80"|Outcome

!width="20"|No.

!width="50"|Year

! style="width:250px;"|Championship

! style="width:200px;"|Opponent in the final

! style="width:70px;" |Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2022

| Women's World Matchplay

| {{PDCFlag|Fallon Sherrock}}

| 3–6 (l)

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Performance timeline

class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0"
Tournament20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
colspan="15" style="text-align:left" |WDF Ranked televised events
style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|World Championship}}

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| DNQ

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|World Masters}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| DNP

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 5R

| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| DNP

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 4R

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R

| colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| DNP

style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|World Trophy}}

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NYF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|Finder Masters}}

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

style="background:#efefef;"| {{nowrap|Dutch Open}}

| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| RR

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NH

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| W

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| F

colspan="15" style="text-align:left" |PDC Non-ranked televised events
style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|Women's World Matchplay}}

| colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| NYF

| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| QF

| colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| WD

Key

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References

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