| Geert Nentjes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | The Spear | ||
| Born | 4 September 1998[1] Lelystad, Netherlands | ||
| Home town | Urk | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2013 | ||
| Darts | Harrows Darts 23gram | ||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "I Like How It Feels" by Enrique Iglesias | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2016– | ||
| Current world ranking | 132  8 (3 January 2024)[2] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 272: 2016 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020, 2023 | ||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Career
In 2018, he qualified for the 2018 UK Open, but was knocked out in the second round by Darryl Pilgrim.
In November 2018, he qualified for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship as one of the two the highest ranked players on the PDC Development Tour, along with Ted Evetts.
He reached the quarterfinal at the 2018 PDC World Youth Championship, in which he got beaten 6-0 by Martin Schindler.
As one of the two highest ranked players from PDC Development Tour, he received two years Tour card for season 2019 and 2020. He played both PDC Pro Tour and PDC Development Tour in 2019. Finishing 3rd overall in PDC Development Tour ranking, he secured his sport at the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, because both the winner and the second, Ted Evetts and Luke Humphries, qualified for the championship via Pro Tour. Nentjes faced Kim Huybrechts in the first round, in a very close match he eventually lost 2–3.[3]
Despite some signs of promise, Nentjes finished 88th on the PDC Order of Merit after his first two years as a professional. However, he won a two-year Tour Card straight back at European Q School at the start of 2021, beating Boris Koltsov 6–5 in the final on day two.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: First round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–3)
- 2023: First round (lost to Leonard Gates 1–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Championship | BDO | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |||
| UK Open | BDO | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 5R | 2R | ||
| Players Championship Finals | BDO | DNQ | 1R | ||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | DNP | 2R | QF | 2R | RR | SF | SF | ||
| BDO ranked televised events | |||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | PDC | NH | PDC | ||||
| Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP | PDC | NH | PDC | ||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | 122 | 98 | 82 | 123 | 72 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
ADC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT 1R |
GDT 1R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO 1R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG |
EDM |
GDO |
HDT |
GDC |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play in the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | WD | Withdrew from the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ↑ "Geert Nentjes". Mastercaller.com. 1998-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "Huybrechts sets up second round clash with Cross after nervy deciding set win over Nentjes - Darts News". Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
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