Geert Nentjes
Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.
Geert Nentjes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | The Spear | ||
Born | [1] Lelystad, Netherlands | 4 September 1998||
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 | 88 8 (3 January 2021)[2] | ||
BDO majors – best performances | |||
World Masters | Last 272: 2016 | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2019, 2020 | ||
UK Open | Last 64: 2019 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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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]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: First round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ |
Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP |
PDC
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | |
UK Open | 3R | 4R | 2R | |
Career statistics | ||||
Year-end ranking | 122 | 98 | 82 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Prel. | DNQ | DNP | NH |
References
- "Geert Nentjes". Mastercaller.com. 1998-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- https://dartsnews.com/huybrechts-sets-up-second-round-clash-with-cross-after-nervy-deciding-set-win-over-nentjes/