Jeffrey Sparidaans
{{short description|Dutch darts player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Jeffrey Sparidaans
| image = Jeffrey Sparidaans.png
| caption = Sparidaans with the Dutch Open trophy
| fullname =
| nickname = "Jefke"
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Netherlands
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Tilburg, Netherlands
| homecountry =
| since = 2010
| darts =
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "Enter Sandman" by Metallica
| BDO = 2016–2020
| PDC = 2023–
(Tour Card 2023–2024)
| WDF = 2016–2022
| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Jeffrey Sparidaans}}
{{WDF Rankings|Jeffrey Sparidaans}}
| BDO World = Last 40: 2018
| World Masters = Last 80: 2017
| World Darts Trophy = Last 32: 2018
| Int. Darts League =
| Zuiderduin Masters = Last 24: 2016, 2018
| Dutch Open = Winner (1): 2025
| PDC World =
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| UK Open = Last 128: 2024
| Vegas =
| Premier League =
| US Open =
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| Czech Open| 2015
| England Classic| 2017
| Hungarian Classic| 2017
| Swiss Open| 2016
| Vilnius Open| 2019
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Darts}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF World Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Cluj | Men's overall}}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Cluj | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalBronze | 2019 Cluj | Men's team}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF Europe Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's overall}}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's team}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF Europe Cup Youth}}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Veldhoven | Boys team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2010 Kirchheim | Boys team}}
}}
Jeffrey Sparidaans (born 8 September 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He has won six WDF ranking titles, including the 2025 Dutch Open.
Career
=2015=
In 2015, Sparidaans won the Czech Open.
=2016=
In 2016, he won the Swiss Open. He also reached the second round of the 2016 World Masters, losing to Toon Greebe 3–2 in a deciding set.{{cite web|title=Results of World Masters Men 2016|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-masters-men/2016/results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=4 February 2024}}{{cite web|title=World Masters Men 2016 – Bracket|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-masters-men/2016/bracket|work=Mastercaller|access-date=4 February 2024}}
=2017=
In 2017, he won the England Classic and Hungarian Classic. Sparidaans also reached the third round of the 2017 World Masters where he lost to William Borland 3–2 in a deciding set.{{cite web|title=Results of World Masters Men 2017|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-masters-men/2017/results|work=Mastercaller|access-date=4 February 2024}}{{cite web|title=World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket|url=https://mastercaller.com/tournaments/world-masters-men/2017/bracket|work=Mastercaller|access-date=4 February 2024}}
=2018=
He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship virtue of being 25th in the rankings, making his debut,{{cite web |last=Pijnenburg |first=Willem |date=5 January 2018 |title=Jeffrey Sparidaans makes debut at Lakeside: 'It's about time I'm there' |url=https://www.bd.nl/regiosport/jeffrey-sparidaans-debuteert-op-lakeside-het-wordt-tijd-dat-ik-er-sta~a09000da/ |website=Brabants Dagblad |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=Dutch}} but was whitewashed 3–0 by Dennis Nilsson in the preliminary round.
=2019=
Spaaridaans reached the semi-finals at the 2019 Romanian Classic, but lost to the eventual champion John Michael in the semi-finals.{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |title=Darts player Jeffrey Sparidaans angry after elimination from BDO tournament, PDC player beat him |url=https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/2925871/darter-jeffrey-sparidaans-boos-na-uitschakeling-bdo-toernooi-pdc-speler-versloeg-hem |website=Omroep Brabant |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=Dutch}}
=2023=
Sparidaans won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at the 2023's European Q-School. He won day one of the final stage, defeating Jan de Weerdt, Patrick Maat and Jacob Taylor each 6–3, Maik Kuivenhoven 6–1 averaging 95.92, Owen Roelofs 6–4, and Jacques Labre also 6–4, with a 101.62 average before defeating Ronny Huybrechts 6–3 in the final to secure his Tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Josh |date=12 January 2023 |title=Monk and Sparidaans claim first Tour Cards of 2023 Q Schools |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/12/monk-and-sparidaans-claim-first-tour-cards-2023-q-schools |publisher=PDC.tv |access-date=20 January 2023}}{{cite web |date=12 January 2023 |title=PDC EU Q-School Final Stage - Event 1 |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdceuqs23fse1/matches |website=DartConnect TV |access-date=25 November 2024}}
On the 2023 PDC Pro Tour Sparidaans reached the last 16 of a Players Championship event on four occasions. At the ET8 Tour Card Holder Qualifier he defeated the qualifier's 12th seed Chris Dobey 6–3, and Robbie Knops 6–2 to qualify for the Czech Darts Open event on the PDC European Tour.{{cite web |date=21 March 2023 |title=PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdceutcq23et08/matches |website=DartConnect TV |access-date=26 November 2024}} He lost to home favourite Karel Sedláček 6–5 in a deciding leg in the first round.
=2024=
On the 2024 PDC Pro Tour Sparidaans competed in the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, reaching the last 16 of an event on three occasions. At the ET4 Tour Card Holder Qualifier he whitewashed Lee Evans 6–0, and defeated Josh Payne and Steve Beaton 6–5 in last–leg deciders to qualify for the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix (ET4),{{cite web |date=21 February 2024 |title=PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder Qualifier |url=https://tv.dartconnect.com/event/pdceuqs23fse1/matches |website=DartConnect TV |access-date=26 November 2024}} where
he beat Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round before losing 6–2 to 8th seed Josh Rock in the second round.
=2025=
After losing his Tour Card, Sparidaans participated in the Dutch Open, where he became the fourth consecutive Dutch player to win the tournament after defeating David Fatum 3–0 in the final.{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Samuel |title=Jeffrey Sparidaans wins Dutch Open title, fourth consecutive Dutch winner in Assen |url=https://dartsnews.com/wdf/jeffrey-sparidaans-wins-dutch-open-title-fourth-consecutive-dutch-winner-in-assen |website=Dartsnews.com |access-date=3 February 2025 |date=2 February 2025}}
World Championship results
=BDO=
- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 0–3)
Performance timeline
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| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="31" align="left" |PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |BDO | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |WDF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 2R | ||||||||||
| colspan="31" align="left" |BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|BDO World Championship}}
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|PR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | colspan="1" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |PDC | ||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | BDO World Trophy
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | ||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | Winmau World Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC | ||||||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|Finder Darts Masters}}
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | ||||||||||
| colspan="22" align="left" |Career statistics | ||||||||||
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| align="left" |Year-end ranking | style="text-align:center; | ||||||||||
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| style="text-align:center;|116
| style="text-align:center;|80 |
PDC European Tour
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| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BSD | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|IDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|CDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDM | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDC | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2024
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|IDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|ADO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|BSD | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|FDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|SDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|CDO |
PDC Players Championships
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! Season !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! 23 !! 24 !! 25 !! 26 !! 27 !! 28 !! 29 !! 30 |
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
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| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2024
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|LEI |
Key
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=11716 Jeffrey Sparidaans' profile and stats on Darts Database]
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