Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort in Mannheim 2017
To person
Nickname	The Dutch Destroyer
nation	Netherlands
Date of birth	18th December 1975
place of birth	Purmerend , Netherlands
place of residence	Purmerend , Netherlands
Darts
Darts since	1985
Throwing hand	right
darts	23 g master darts
Enema music	Give It Up by KC and the Sunshine Band
BDO	2001-2007
PDC	since 2007
Place in the world rankings	28.
Infobox last updated: July 27, 2020

Vincent van der Voort (born December 18, 1975 in Purmerend , North Holland ) is a Dutch darts player .

Career

Van der Voort began his career at BDO . There he won the Danish Open in 2002 and 2006 and reached the quarter-finals of the World Professional Darts Championships in 2005 . In 2007 van der Voort switched to the Professional Darts Corporation . There he reached the final at the UK Open in the same year , where he was defeated by Raymond van Barneveld with 8:16. At the PDC World Darts Championship 2011 he made it to the quarter finals.

At the Austrian Open in May 2011, he won the final 6: 5 against Phil Taylor on the second day .

Van der Voort won the Austrian Darts Open 2014 in the final against Jamie Caven 6: 5.

At the PDC World Darts Championship 2015 he reached the quarter finals, but lost to Taylor 3: 5. In 2015 he was able to improve through various successes in the top 16 of the world rankings, whereby he is automatically qualified for the major tournaments of the PDC.

At the PDC World Darts Championship 2016 he lost in the round of 16 against eventual world champion Gary Anderson , against whom he only won one leg. At the World Matchplay he lost to Kyle Anderson in round 1 and slipped out of the top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit.

At the PDC World Darts Championship 2017 he lost against Max Hopp with 1: 3 in the 1st round. Immediately after this defeat, he considered retiring due to persistent back problems.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2002 1st round (2: 3 defeat against Mensur Suljović )
• 2003 round of 16 (3-1 loss to Tony David)
• 2004 1st round (2-3 loss to Stephen Bunting )
• 2005 quarter-finals (0-5 loss to Raymond van Barneveld )
• 2006 round of 16 (4-0 defeat by Tony O'Shea )
• 2007 1st round (3-1 loss to Davy Richardson)

PDC

• 2008 2nd round (2-4 loss to Adrian Lewis )
• 2009 round of 16 (4-0 loss to James Wade )
• 2010 2nd round (3: 4 loss to Kevin Painter )
• 2011 quarter-finals (2-5 loss to Adrian Lewis )
• 2012 2nd round (3: 4 loss to Andy Hamilton )
• 2013 round of 16 (4-0 loss to James Wade )
• 2014 2nd round (1: 4 loss to Adrian Lewis )
• 2015 quarter-finals (3: 5 loss to Phil Taylor )
• 2016 round of 16 (4-0 loss to Gary Anderson ) 
• 2017 1st round (1: 3 defeat against Max Hopp )
• 2018 round of 16 (1: 4 loss to Raymond van Barneveld )
• 2019 3rd round (3: 4 loss to Chris Dobey )
• 2020 2nd round (1: 3 loss to Dave Chisnall )

title

PDC

• Pro tour
  • Players Championships
    • Players Championships 2010 : 5, 17
    • Players Championships 2011 : 8
  • UK Open Qualifiers
    • UK Open Qualifiers 2011 : 4th
  • European Darts Tour
    • European Darts Tour 2014 : (1) Austrian Darts Open

Other

• 2009: Holland National Championships, Open Lunteren

Web links

Commons : Vincent van der Voort  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Player profile at Dartn.de
• Vincent van der Voort in the database of DartsDatabase.co.uk (English)
• Vincent van der Voort at darts1

Individual evidence

1. ^ PDC Order of Merit. Retrieved July 27, 2020 . 
2. ^ Van der Voort Considering Retirement. (No longer available online.) Professional Darts Corporation on December 23, 2016, archived from the original on December 23, 2016 ; accessed on December 23, 2016 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.