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Vincent van der Voort

Vincent van der Voort
Personal information
Nickname The Dutch Destroyer
Born (1975-12-18) 18 December 1975 (age 41)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Home town Purmerend
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since 1985
Darts 23g Master Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Give It Up by K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2001–2007
PDC 2007–
Current world ranking 25
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2005
World Masters Last 32: 2002, 2003
World Darts Trophy Last 16: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Int. Darts League Last 16 group: 2004
Zuiderduin Masters Last 16 group: 2001
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Quarter Final: 2011, 2015
World Matchplay Quarter Final: 2009
World Grand Prix Quarter Final: 2015
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
Ch'ship League Winners Group, 8th: 2008
Desert Classic Last 32: 2007, 2009
European Ch'ship Last 16: 2014
UK Open Runner Up: 2007
US Open/WSoD Last 16: 2010
Players Ch'ship Finals Semi Final: 2014
The Masters Quarter Final: 2016
Other tournament wins
Denmark Open 2002, 2006
German Gold Cup 2004
Holland National Championships 2009
Open Lunteren 2009
UK Open Qualifier 2011
WDF Europe Cup Pairs 2004
WDF Europe Youth Cup 1991
WDF World Cup Pairs 2005

European Tour Events

Austrian Darts Open 2014

Players Championships

Players Championship (AUT) 2011
Players Championship (GER) 2010
Players Championship (NED) 2010
Other achievements
Nine dart finish – Nuland Players Championship 2009
Updated on 17 November 2008.

European Tour Events

Players Championships

Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975 in Purmerend) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the Dutch Destroyer, but he is more commonly referred to as the Fastest Player in the World, though it was never considered to be an official nickname.

Vincent is well known for his spasmodic style and machine-gun speed of play which has gained him a reputation in both the BDO and the PDC for being one of the more erratic throwers in the darting world. This ties in with his old entrance music – Fast Fuse – by English band Kasabian. This has resulted in him tending to be either right on or way off his intended target.

His best results in British Darts Organisation events were winning the Danish Open in 2002 and 2006 and reaching the quarter finals of the BDO World Championship at Frimley Green in 2005, defeating 2004 champion Andy Fordham in the process.

He suffered a first round exit in the 2007 World Championship to unranked qualifier Davy Richardson. It was announced days later that van der Voort, along with fellow Dutchmen Jelle Klaasen and Michael van Gerwen would be switching to the Professional Darts Corporation.

Vincent produced a superb run to reach the final of the 2007 UK Open before losing in the final to countryman Raymond van Barneveld. The runner-up prize of £15,000 helped him climb up the world rankings having started placed 211 in the PDC and has now made it into the top 20. He qualified for the 2007 Las Vegas Desert Classic but lost in the first round to Peter Manley.


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