Richard Veenstra
{{short description|Dutch darts player (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox darts player
| name = Richard Veenstra
| image = Richard veenstra-1520889677.jpeg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Veenstra in 2018
| fullname =
| nickname = "Flyers"
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|1981|07|10|df=y}}}}
| birth_place = Ossenzijl, Netherlands
| death_date =
| death_place =
| hometown = Ossenzijl, Netherlands
| since = 2006
| darts =
| laterality = Right-handed
| music = "Maria (I Like It Loud)" by Scooter
| BDO = 2009–2020
| PDC = 2023–
(Tour Card: 2023–)
| WDF = 2009–2022
| currentrank = {{PDC Rankings|Richard Veenstra}}
| BDO World = Semi Final: 2016, 2022
| World Masters = Last 16: 2015, 2018
| World Darts Trophy = Runner Up: 2019
| Zuiderduin Masters = Runner Up: 2018
| Dutch Open = Winner (1): 2019
| PDC World = Last 32: 2024
| Matchplay =
| Grand Prix =
| Grand Slam = Group Stage: 2019
| UK Open = Last 64: 2024
| PC Finals = Last 32: 2023
| European =
| Premier League =
| results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap
| British Classic | 2018
| British Open | 2018
| Denmark Masters | 2021
| German Masters | 2017
| Isle of Man Classic | 2019
| Italian Grand Masters | 2021
| Luxembourg Masters | 2019
| Luxembourg Open | 2014
| Scottish Open | 2018
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's Darts}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF World Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2015 Antalya | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition | WDF Europe Cup}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's singles}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's pairs}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's overall}}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Egmond aan Zee | Men's team}}
{{MedalSilver | 2018 Budapest | Men's team}}
}}
Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Veenstra previously played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments, where he won the 2019 Dutch Open, and was the runner-up at the 2019 BDO World Trophy and 2018 Finder Darts Masters.
Veenstra obtained a PDC Tour Card in 2023, and reached the last 32 in his PDC World Championship debut in 2024. He has reached four quarter-finals in the PDC's ranking Players Championship events.
He was also a two-time world championship semi-finalist at Lakeside, reaching the last four at the 2018 BDO World Championship and the 2022 WDF World Championship.
Career
=BDO/WDF=
In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4.[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=5525 2014 Luxembourg Open Results]. DartsDatabase He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open.[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6023 2015 Denmark Masters Results]. DartsDatabase[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6077 2015 England Open Results]. DartsDatabase In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3.[http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6164 2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results]. DartsDatabase On his debut at the 2016 BDO World Darts Championship, Veenstra caused an upset beating compatriot and third seed Jeffrey de Graaf 3–2 in the first round, before beating English player Martin Atkins comfortably 4–0 in the second round. Veenstra then defeated defending champion Scott Mitchell 5–3 to reach the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Jeff Smith 6–5.
In September 2016, Veenstra won the WDF Europe Cup singles by beating Jim Williams in the final 7–5, averaging 93.18. In September 2018, he won both the BDO British Open and BDO British Classic in the same weekend.
At the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship, Veenstra recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91, to defeat Luke Littler 3–0 in the last 16. In the quarter-final he almost achieved a nine-dart finish en route to a 4–2 victory against Brian Raman, but missed double 12. Veenstra was defeated in his semi-final match against Neil Duff, losing 5–2.
=PDC=
At 2023 European Q-School, Veenstra secured a PDC tour card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons by finishing second on the European Q-School Order of Merit.{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Josh |title=Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/01/15/brown-huybrechts-headline-tour-card-winners-2023-q-schools-conclude |publisher=pdc.tv |date=15 January 2023}}
Veenstra enjoyed a run to the third round at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship in his tournament debut year. Having defeated Ben Robb{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/12/20/inspired-littler-lights-ally-pally-debut-wright-exits|title=Inspired Littler lights up Ally Pally on debut, as Wright exits|website=www.pdc.tv|date=20 December 2023|access-date=27 December 2023}} and the seeded Kim Huybrechts,{{cite web |last=Gorton |first=Josh |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/12/23/brilliant-bunting-lays-down-marker-evans-dispatches-aspinall|title=Brilliant Bunting lays down a marker, as Evans dispatches Aspinall|website=www.pdc.tv|date=23 December 2023|access-date=27 December 2023}} he fell to a 0–4 whitewash defeat to Dutch compatriot Michael van Gerwen.
World Championship results
=BDO=
- 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Jeff Smith 5–6)
- 2017: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 0–4)
- 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Michael Unterbuchner 4–5)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Scott Waites 1–4)
- 2020: Second round (lost to David Evans 2–4)
=WDF=
- 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Neil Duff 2–5)
=PDC=
- 2024: Third round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
- 2025: First round (lost to Alexis Toylo 0–3)
Career finals
=BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)=
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! Legend |
| style="background:#ccf;"
| Zuiderduin Masters (0–1) |
| style="background:#ffc;"
| BDO World Trophy (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 !width="70"| Score(l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets. |
| style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |1. |2018 |{{Flagicon|ENG}} Glen Durrant | 3–5 (s) |
| style="background:#ffc;"
|style="background:#ffa07a"|Runner-up |2. |2019 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Jim Williams | 6–8 (l) |
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Performance timeline
BDO
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | |||||||
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="31" align="left" |BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|World Championship}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;" | SF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;" | QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 2R | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Trophy
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNP | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;" | F | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L80 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L16 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L32 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L32 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L16 | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L32 | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | |||||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | Zuiderduin Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" |RR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" |RR | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;" | F | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;|NH |
WDF
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | |
| Tournament | 2022 |
|---|---|
| colspan="31" align="left" |{{nowrap|WDF Ranked televised events}} | |
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{Nowrap|World Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| SF | |
| style="background:#efefef;" | World Masters
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | L32 |
PDC
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | ||||
| Tournament | 2019 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="31" align="left" |PDC Ranked televised events | ||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|World Championship}}
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |BDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 1R | ||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| World Masters
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| Prel. | ||||
| style="background:#efefef;"| UK Open
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| 3R | ||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | Grand Slam
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | RR | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | | ||||
| style="background:#efefef;" | {{nowrap|Players Championship Finals}}
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;" | 1R | | ||||
| colspan="30" align="left" |Career statistics | ||||
| bgcolor="efefef"
| align="left" |Season-end ranking (PDC) | style="text-align:center;|NR | style="text-align:center;|71 | style="text-align:center;|47 | |
PDC European Tour
| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" | |||||||||||||
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2021
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDT | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BSD | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|CDO | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|GDC | |||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2024
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BDO | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|GDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|IDO | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|EDG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ADO | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|FDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|HDT | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|SDT | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|CDO |
PDC Players Championships
| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0; font-size:84%" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center; "background:#efefef;"| 2021Not a Tour card holder
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan=27 | DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | 2023
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|HIL | 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:#ffebcd;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|BAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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:#ffebcd;"|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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;"| 2025
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|ROS | 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:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|ROS | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|MIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|HIL | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|LEI | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG | style="text-align:center; background:#;"|WIG |
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References
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External links
- [http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=16652 Richard Veenstra's profile and stats on Darts Database]
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