| Wessel Nijman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 26 June 2000[1] Uitgeest, Netherlands | ||
| Home town | Uitgeest | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2017 | ||
| Darts | 23g Target Signature | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2016–2020, 2023– (Tour Card: 2024-) | ||
| Current world ranking | NR (3 January 2024)[2] | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 272: 2018 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Wessel Nijman (born 26 June 2000) is a Dutch professional darts player.
Career
He played in PDC Development Tour events, and won his first title in 2018, defeating Bradley Brooks in the final. Nijman was able to qualify for the 2019 Czech Darts Open in Prague as an Associate Member qualifier, but was beaten 6–0 by Corey Cadby in the first round. He also qualified for the 2019 Gibraltar Darts Trophy, where he won 6–5 against Darren Webster before losing to Mensur Suljović. Nijman also won a Development Tour event in 2020.
In 2020 Nijman was suspended for fixing a game against David Evans in the Modus A Night at the Darts event.[3] Nijman admitted having taken payment to ensure he would lose the match 4–0. The Darts Regulation Authority banned Nijman for five years starting from 18 August 2020, with the latter two and a half years of that ban suspended.[4]
In 2023 Nijman came back on the international darts circuit and managed to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship via the PDC Development Tour, where he won three titles during the year, finished overall at 3rd place and also secured Tour card for seasons 2024 and 2025. In his first match at the Alexandra Palace, he faced darts veteran Steve Beaton, losing 1-3.[5]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2024: First round (lost to Steve Beaton 1–3)
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | Suspended | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | Suspended | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Youth Championship | RR | 3R | Suspended | SF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 1R | DNQ | NH | DNQ | PDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | 157 | - | - | - | 149 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNP |
GDO DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO 1R |
ADC DNP |
EDM DNP |
IDO DNQ |
GDT 2R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ↑ "Wessel Nijman - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ "Wessel Nijman and Kyle McKinstry suspended with match-fixing cases to answer". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ↑ "DRA Statement on Nijman". Darts Regulation Authority. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ Wood, Kieran. "They showed the evidence they had and I basically couldn't do anything Wessel Nijman candid about past match fixing suspension". Darts News. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
External links
- Player profile on Wessel Nijman from Dartsdatabase