Jeffrey Sparidaans

Jeffrey Sparidaans
Jeffrey Sparidaans
Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey Sparidaans
Born	8 September 1993 (age 31); Netherlands
Home town	Tilburg, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2010
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Enter Sandman" by Metallica
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2016–2020
PDC	2023–; (Tour Card 2023–2024)
WDF	2016–2022
Current world ranking	80 1 (24 November 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 40: 2018
World Masters	Last 80: 2017
World Trophy	Last 32: 2018
Finder Masters	Last 24: 2016, 2018
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 128: 2024
Other tournament wins
Czech Open	2015
England Classic	2017
Hungarian Classic	2017
Swiss Open	2016
Vilnius Open	2019
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Netherlands
WDF World Cup
WDF Europe Cup
WDF Europe Cup Youth

Jeffrey Sparidaans (born 8 September 1993) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

2018

He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship virtue of being 25th in the rankings, making his debut,^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10] 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),^[11] where he beat Callan Rydz 6–1 in the first round before losing 6–2 to 8th seed Josh Rock in the second round.

World Championship results

BDO

2018: Preliminary round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 0–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open	BDO						WDF		1R	2R
BDO/WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship	DNQ			PR	DNQ		NH	DNQ	PDC
BDO World Trophy	DNQ			1R	DNQ	NH
Winmau World Masters	1R	2R	3R	1R	DNQ	NH			PDC
Finder Darts Masters	DNQ	RR	DNQ	RR	NH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116	80

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG 2R	ADO DNQ	BSD DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	FDT DNQ	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO DNQ

PDC Players Championships

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
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 4R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 4R	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R

Key

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

External links

Jeffrey Sparidaans' profile and stats on Darts Database

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
^ "Results of World Masters Men 2016". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "World Masters Men 2016 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Results of World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Pijnenburg, Willem (5 January 2018). "Jeffrey Sparidaans makes debut at Lakeside: 'It's about time I'm there'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ "Darts player Jeffrey Sparidaans angry after elimination from BDO tournament, PDC player beat him". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ Phillips, Josh (12 January 2023). "Monk and Sparidaans claim first Tour Cards of 2023 Q Schools". PDC.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage - Event 1". DartConnect TV. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
^ "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ "PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.

[2] "Results of World Masters Men 2016". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[3] "World Masters Men 2016 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[4] "Results of World Masters Men 2017". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[5] "World Masters Men 2017 – Bracket". Mastercaller. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[6] Pijnenburg, Willem (5 January 2018). "Jeffrey Sparidaans makes debut at Lakeside: 'It's about time I'm there'". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2024.

[7] "Darts player Jeffrey Sparidaans angry after elimination from BDO tournament, PDC player beat him". Omroep Brabant (in Dutch). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

[DayOne-8] Phillips, Josh (12 January 2023). "Monk and Sparidaans claim first Tour Cards of 2023 Q Schools". PDC.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[9] "PDC EU Q-School Final Stage - Event 1". DartConnect TV. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

[10] "PDC ET08 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

[11] "PDC ET04 Tour Card Holder Qualifier". DartConnect TV. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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