| Richard Veenstra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Veenstra in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Flyers" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 July 1981 Ossenzijl, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Ossenzijl, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Maria (I Like It Loud)" by Scooter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2009–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2023– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2009–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 71  8 (3 January 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2016, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Last 16: 2015, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Runner Up: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finder Masters | Runner Up: 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Winner (1): 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 96: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Richard Veenstra (born 10 July 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a Dutch Open champion, BDO World Trophy and Finder Darts Masters finalist. Multiple medalist of WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup.
Career
In October 2014, Veenstra won the Luxembourg Open beating Mark Oosterhuis in the Final 6–4.[2] He reached the semi-finals of the 2015 Denmark Masters and England Open.[3][4] In October 2015, he won WDF World Cup Pairs with Wesley Harms to beat Scott Mitchell and Mark McGeeney 6–3.[5] 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, He beat 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.
Veenstra has announced that he intends to compete for a tour card at the 2020 PDC Q School. In the Last 16 of the 2022 he recorded the highest three dart average in the venue's history with 104.91. In the Quarter Final he almost achieved a perfect 9 dart finish playing against Brian Raman but sadly missed double 12.
PDC
On day four of the 2023 Q school although he did not win a outright tour card, he did manage to obtain a good number of points to secure a tour card and will play on the PDC circuit for 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Veenstra enjoyed a run to the Third Round at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship in his tournament debut year. Having defeated Ben Robb[6] and the seeded Kim Huybrechts,[7] he fell to a 0–4 whitewash defeat to Dutch compatriot Michael van Gerwen.
World Championship results
BDO/WDF
- 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)
- 2022: Semi-finals (lost to Neil Duff 2–5)
PDC
- 2024: Third round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 0–4)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 2 (2 runner-up)
| Legend |
| Zuiderduin Masters (0–1) |
| BDO World Trophy (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | Zuiderduin Masters |  Glen Durrant |
3–5 (s) |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2019 | BDO World Trophy |  Jim Williams |
6–8 (l) |
- ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Darts Championship | BDO | WDF | DNQ | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | BDO | WDF | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | RR | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNQ | SF | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | NH | SF | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNP | RU | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | L80 | L16 | L32 | L32 | L16 | L32 | NH | L32 | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zuiderduin Masters | RR | RR | RR | RR | RU | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2021 | HDT 2R |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNP |
GDG DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNP |
CDO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDC DNP |
EDM DNP |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNP |
BDO DNP |
GDT DNP |
| 2023 | BSD 2R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO 1R |
CDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT 1R |
GDC DNQ |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
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| DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | RU | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ 2014 Luxembourg Open Results. DartsDatabase
- ↑ 2015 Denmark Masters Results. DartsDatabase
- ↑ 2015 England Open Results. DartsDatabase
- ↑ 2015 WDF World Cup Pairs Results. DartsDatabase
- ↑ "Inspired Littler lights up Ally Pally on debut, as Wright exits". www.pdc.tv. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ "Brilliant Bunting lays down a marker, as Evans dispatches Aspinall". www.pdc.tv. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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