Geert Nentjes

Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

Geert Nentjes
Personal information
NicknameThe Spear
Born (1998-09-04) September 4, 1998[1]
Lelystad, Netherlands
Home townUrk
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2013
DartsHarrows Darts 23gram
LateralityLeft-handed
Walk-on music"I Like How It Feels" by Enrique Iglesias
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2016–
Current world ranking98
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 272: 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 96: 2019, 2020
UK OpenLast 64: 2019
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2019 (x2)

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. [2]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20162017
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ
Winmau World Masters 1R DNP

PDC

Tournament201820192020
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 1R
UK Open 3R 4R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 122 98


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Prel. DNQ DNP NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Prel.) Preliminary round; (DNQ) Did not qualify; (DNP) Did not participate; (NH) Not held


References
  1. "Geert Nentjes". Mastercaller.com. 1998-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  2. https://dartsnews.com/huybrechts-sets-up-second-round-clash-with-cross-after-nervy-deciding-set-win-over-nentjes/
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