Kim Huybrechts

Kim Huybrechts

To person
Nickname	The hurricane
nation	Belgium
Date of birth	November 16, 1985
place of residence	Antwerp , Belgium
Darts
Throwing hand	right
darts	unicorn - 25 g - Own Brand
Enema music	Bro Hymn by Pennywise Thunderstruck by AC / DC Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes Hi Ho Silver Lining by Jeff Beck
BDO	2006-2011
PDC	since 2011
Place in the world rankings	40.
Infobox last updated: July 27, 2020

Kim Huybrechts (born November 16, 1985 ) is a Belgian darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation . His player name is "The Hurricane" and his running-in music is "Hi Ho Silver Lining" by Jeff Beck .

Career

Huybrechts caused a stir in professional darts for the first time in May 2011 when he reached the semi-finals of a championship in Vienna . On his way there he beat well-known greats like Wes Newton and was only defeated in the later course of the tournament against the two-time world champion Adrian Lewis . This first big appearance and a few other tournaments played secured the Belgian a placement in the Top 16 of the Players Championship Order of Merit and the first entry into the World Championship. In the first round of the PDC World Darts Championship 2012 , Huybrechts was able to beat Brendan Dolan 3-0. Huybrechts survived the second round with almost no problems and was able to defeat James Richardson 4-1. In the second round, Huybrechts met his first high-class opponent, Paul Nicholson , but was also able to defeat him 4: 1 and thus made it to the quarter-finals straight away when he participated in his first World Cup. But there the Belgian was defeated by the later finalist Andy Hamilton in best of 9 sets with 2: 5. Nevertheless, Huybrechts was able to look forward to tournament prize money of over £ 25,000 and rose from 69th place to 44th place in the PDC Order of Merit . Huybrechts himself said afterwards that this tournament had been his greatest experience so far and the good performance motivated sponsors to finance him for further PDC events .

PDC world championship

• 2012 : quarter-finals (5-2 loss to Andy Hamilton )
• 2013 : 1st round (3-2 loss to Scott Rand )
• 2014 : 2nd round (4-3 loss to Ian White )
• 2015 : Round of 16 (4: 3 loss to Phil Taylor )
• 2016 : 1st round (3-2 loss to David Pallett )
• 2017 : Round of 16 (2-4 loss to Phil Taylor )
• 2018 : 1st round (3-0 loss to James Richardson )
• 2019 : 3rd round (4-0 loss to Dave Chisnall )
• 2020 : Round of 16 (1: 4 loss to Luke Humphries )

title

BDO

• Further
  • 2008: Flanders Open

PDC

• Pro tour
  • Players Championships
    • Players Championships 2013 : 12
  • UK Open Qualifiers
    • UK Open Qualifiers 2013 : 7
  • European Darts Tour
    • European Darts Tour 2013 : (1) Dutch Darts Masters
    • European Darts Tour 2015 : (1) European Darts Grand Prix

Other

• 2007: Belgium National Championships
• 2011: Oost Vlaanderen, Open Venlo

Private

Kim Huybrecht's brother, Ronny , is also a professional darts player. At the PDC WM 2014 the two had to compete against each other in the first round. Kim beat his brother 3-1.

Web links

• Kim Huybrechts in the DartsDatabase.co.uk database
• Kim Huybrechts on darts1.de
• Kim Huybrechts on dartn.de
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ PDC Order of Merit. Retrieved July 27, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Huybrechts after his quarter-final defeat ( memento of the original from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.