Francis Hoenselaar
| Francis Hoenselaar | |
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| Personal information | |
| Nickname | The Dutch Crown |
| Born |
15 January 1965 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Home town | Rotterdam Netherlands |
| Darts information | |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Zomer by André Hazes |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1994-2012 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Winner 2009 |
| World Masters | Winner 1999, 2006, 2008 |
| World Darts Trophy | Winner 2004 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| Grand Slam | Group Stages: 2009 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
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WDF World Cup WDF Europe Cup WDF World Cup Pairs WDF Europe Cup Pairs Antwerp Open BDO International Open Belgium Open British Open Canadian Open Center Parcs Masters Denmark Open Dutch Open England Open Finnish Open French Open German Open Isle of Man Open Northern Ireland Open Norway Open Spring Cup Swedish Open Swiss Open Tops of Holland Welsh Classic Welsh Open |
2001 1996, 2004, 2010 1993, 2001 2000, 2002 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011 2008 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007 1995, 1997, 2003 1997 2010 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 1999, 2005 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 1999, 2000, 2005, 2012 2008 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006 1991, 1994, 2001, 2002 1996, 2001 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 2009 2007, 2008 1998 |
Francisca ("Francis") Hoenselaar (born 15 January 1965 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a former professional darts player from the Netherlands. She was nicknamed The Dutch Crown.
A leading player in the women's game, Hoenselaar was the 2009 British Darts Organisation Women's World Darts Champion, having defeated Trina Gulliver in the final. Prior to this, she had been runner-up no fewer than five times - each time losing to Gulliver.
A Netherlands native, Hoenselaar has won the Dutch title fifteen times. She first represented the Netherlands at the WDF World Cup in 1991. She won the Europe Cup women's singles in 1996, 2004 and 2010, and the World Cup women's singles in 2001. She will retire from the Dutch team after the 2011 World Cup.
Gulliver has long been her main rival, and got the better of her in five World Championship finals (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007). Indeed, Gulliver was unbeaten at the Women's World Championship until 2008. Hoenselaar entered the 2008 World Championship as the number one seed, but lost in the first round to qualifier Stephanie Smee.
Hoenselaar won the World Masters in 1999, and again in 2006. She defeated Anastasia Dobromyslova to win her third World Masters title in 2008, in what was Dobromyslova's final tournament before her defection to the Professional Darts Corporation.
In 2009, Hoenselaar finally won the Women's World Championship, beating Gulliver in the final to record her first World Championship title, and a winner's cheque of £6,000. This earned her a spot at the 2009 Grand Slam of Darts, and was drawn in Group D with Raymond van Barneveld, John Part and Kevin Painter. Hoenselaar won four legs over her three matches, as she bowed out in the group stages.
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