Jeffrey Sparidaans
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jefke"[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1993 Tilburg, Netherlands[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 24g Masterdarts[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Enter Sandman" by Metallica[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2016–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2023– (Tour Card 2023–2024; 2026–) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2016–2022, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) NR (10 February 2026)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 80: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 32: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Last 24: 2016, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Winner (1): 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
2018
He qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship virtue of being 25th in the rankings, making his debut,[8] 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.[9]
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.[10][11]
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.[12] 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),[13] 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.[14]
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 0–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to François Schweyen 2–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | 117 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | Prel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | DNQ | RR | DNQ | RR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2025 | ||||
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| WDF televised events | ||||||||||||
| World Championship | Not held | PDC | 2R | |||||||||
| Dutch Open | 8R | 3R | 6R | 7R | 8R | 8R | 7R | W | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Did not qualify | CDO 1R |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 2024 | DNQ | EDG 2R |
Did not qualify | ||||||||||
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 |
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 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 | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ a b c d "Jeffrey Sparidaans". Mastercaller. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Jeffrey Sparidaans PDPA Profile". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (2 February 2025). "Jeffrey Sparidaans wins Dutch Open title, fourth consecutive Dutch winner in Assen". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.