Jeffrey de Graaf | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Born |
Den Helder, Netherlands |
21 November 1990 ||||||||||||||||
Home town |
Schagen Netherlands |
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Darts information | |||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
Darts | 23g Jeffrey de Graaf | ||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | Until It's Gone by Linkin Park | ||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2010-2016 | ||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2016– | ||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
BDO majors - best performances | |||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 32: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
World Darts Trophy | Runner-up: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
Zuiderduin Masters | Quarter-finals: 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events - best performances | |||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2016, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 32: 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||
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Jeffrey de Graaf (born November 21, 1990) is a Dutch darts player who competes in the Professional Darts Corporation events. De Graaf has played in five World Championships (four BDO and one PDC) but has lost in the first round each time. He moved from the BDO to the PDC in 2016.
In 2012, De Graaf began playing the international circuit and won the 2012 Isle of Man Open and 2012 Romanian Open. He reached also the quarter-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters.
De Graaf managed to qualify for the 2013 BDO World Championship, where he faced compatriot Jan Dekker in the first round. He missed one match dart in the final set, and Dekker ultimately won by three sets to two. De Graaf won in the course of the year the Denmark Open and Swedish Open. De Graaf qualified for the 2014 World Championship, where he lost 3–0 to Martin Atkins in the first round. De Graaf also played in the 2014 BDO World Trophy. After winning in the first two rounds, he lost in the quarter-finals to James Wilson. Later in the year De Graaf again won two titles, the Denmark Masters and the Finnish Open.
In his third Lakeside appearance, De Graaf was eliminated in the first round again, this time 3–0 by Brian Dawson. He reached the final of the BDO World Trophy in February, in which he played against Geert de Vos. De Graaf missed one match dart for the title and ultimately lost 10–9. In the rest of the year De Graaf won three titles, the German Open, the Denmark Masters and the Belgium Open.