Jeffrey de Zwaan

Jeffrey de Zwaan
Personal information
Nickname The Black Cobra
Born (1996-03-26) 26 March 1996
Rijswijk, Netherlands
Home town Leidschendam, Netherlands
Darts information
Darts Jeffrey de Zwaan signature unicorn darts 23 gram
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Rocking with the Best by D-Block & S-te-Fan & Deepack
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2015
PDC 2015–
Current world ranking 47
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 16: 2014
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2013
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2016
World Matchplay Semi Final: 2018
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2018
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2017
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2015
UK Open Last 32: 2018
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 64: 2017
Other tournament wins
World Youth Masters 2012

Players Championships

Players Championship (WIG) 2018

Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.[1][2]

Career

De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen Durrant.[3] He won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2015 by defeating Prakash Jiwa 5–1 in the final round.[4] He played in the German Darts Championship and saw off Devon Petersen 6–2, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Adrian Lewis in round two.[5] A last 16 showing in the final qualifier saw De Zwaan make his debut at the UK Open and he lost 5–2 to Benito van de Pas in the second round.[6] He eliminated Steve Brown, Michael Smith, Ken MacNeil and Jelle Klaasen to reach his first PDC quarter-final at the fourth Players Championship event and lost 6–3 to Lewis.[7] De Zwaan got the final European spot for the European Championship and lost 6–3 to world number one Michael van Gerwen in the opening round.[8]

De Zwaan's first year on the PDC tour saw him finish high enough on the Pro Tour Order of Merit to qualify for the 2016 World Championship and his first round match with Michael Smith went to a sudden-death leg. Smith won the bull to throw first and De Zwaan could only kick off with a 29 and was beaten 4–3.[9] He lost 6–5 in the second round of the UK Open to Alex Roy.[10] He reached the last 32 of four Players Championships and qualified for two European Tour events, but was knocked out in the first round of both.[11] De Zwaan contested the final of the 18th Development Tour event and was beaten 4–2 by Corey Cadby.[12]

In the 2018 UK Open, he drew number one seed Michael van Gerwen and won the match 10-8, ultimately ending the World Number 1's unbeaten run on an ITV Major Tournament since November 2014. Jeffrey lost 10-8 in the following round to Rileys qualifier Paul Hogan.

In April he made a significant step up by winning his first PDC ranking title by beating Jonny Clayton 6-5.

In the 2018 World Matchplay, he drew Michael van Gerwen in the first round and beat him again 10-6 meaning he had beat him in a major event twice in one year which was considered a huge upset due to Michael van Gerwen being the current world number 1 and Jeffrey ranking in at world number 68.

World Championship

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Nine-dart Alan Norris wins PDC Tour card along with Mike Zuydwijk and Jeffrey de Zwaan". SkySports.
  2. ↑ http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=11969
  3. ↑ "2014 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "2014 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mighty Mike Takes ProTour Crown". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Unibet European Championship Day One". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Five". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Jeffrey de Zwaan 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "2016 PDC Development Tour England Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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