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Wesley Plaisier

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Wesley Plaisier
Plaisier in 2019
Personal information
Full nameWesley Plaisier[1]
Born (1990-03-04) 4 March 1990 (age 34)
The Hague, Netherlands
Home townHendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts24 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2014–2019
PDC2019–
WDF2019-
Current world ranking73 Steady (31 October 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2023
World MastersWinner (2): 2022, 2024
Dutch OpenRunner Up: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 96: 2024
Other tournament wins
Belgium Open 2022, 2024
Six Nations Cup 2022
PDC Challenge Tour 2022, 2023, 2024 (x2)
Antwerp Open 2023

Players Championships

Players Championship (WIG) 2024
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Netherlands
WDF Europe Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Gandía Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Gandía Men's overall
Silver medal – second place 2024 Šamorín Men's overall
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Šamorín Men's team

Wesley Plaisier (born 4 March 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player. He is the fourth player to win a PDC ranking title without being a PDC Tour Card holder. He is also a two-time World Masters champion.

Career

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2019

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Plaisier attended European Q-School in 2019, but never got further than the last 32, missing out on a Tour Card. He did then qualify as one of the Association Member qualifiers for the 2019 European Darts Open in Leverkusen, Germany. He lost 6–3 to James Wade in the second round.

He also qualified for the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters, but he lost 6–1 to Brendan Dolan. A third European Tour qualification of 2019 was secured at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay, but Jamie Hughes beat him 6–5.

2022

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Plaisier performed well at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix, beating Jim Williams, Joe Cullen and Dirk van Duijvenbode to reach the quarter-final stage, where he was beaten in a sudden-death leg by the tournament's eventual winner, Luke Humphries.[3][4][5]

Plaiser won the 2022 Six Nations Charity Singles beating Scott Taylor in the final 5–4.

2023

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Plaisier qualified for the 2023 German Darts Open. In the tournament he defeated George Killington 6–4 in the first round, Ross Smith 6–2 in the second round,Luke Humphries 6–5 in the third round and Brian Raman 6–3 in the quarters. Stephen Bunting won the semi final 7–6.[6]

2024

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Plaisier competed in the 2024 PDC Challenge Tour series, the secondary tier of the 2024 PDC Pro Tour. He reached the final of Challenge Tour 10 (CT10), being whitewashed 5–0 by Lee Cocks.[7][8] Plaisier then reached the final in back to back events at Challenge Tours 15[9] and 16. Plaisier won the former, defeating Damian Mol 5–4 in a deciding leg and lost the latter final 5–3 to Alexander Merkx.[10] Plaisier reached another final at event 19, defeating Lee Cocks 5–3 in the final to win his fourth Challenge Tour event in his career.[11]

Plaisier received call–ups for 2024 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. Plaisier reached the final at events 13, 14 and 28.[12] At PC13 Plaisier lost the final to Ross Smith 8–7.[13] At PC14 he lost the final to Jonny Clayton 8–5.[14] At PC28 Plaisier defeated Josh Rock 8–7 in the final. This meant he became the fourth player, after Joe Murnan, Krzysztof Ratajski and Scott Williams, to win a Players Championship event without being a PDC tour card holder.[15]

On the 2024 WDF Tour Plaisier retained the World Masters title that he won in 2022.[16]

World Championship results

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WDF

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Performance timeline

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ
UK Open DNP 1R DNP 3R
Players Championship Finals DNQ
WDF Major events
WDF World Championship DNP NH DNP QF DNP
World Masters 1R NH W NH W
Career statistics
Year-end ranking (PDC) 167 172 - 113 133

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2024[nb 1] WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
LEI
DNP
LEI
DNP
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
DNP
LEI
DNP
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
MIL
F
MIL
F
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
MIL
DNP
MIL
DNP
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
W
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
  1. ^ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
L#
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "Wesley Plaisier". Mastercaller.com. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Brilliant Humphries wins Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix". PDC. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (10 September 2023). "Ratajski romps to Interwetten German Darts Open glory in Jena". PDC.
  7. ^ Phillips, Josh (17 March 2024). "Cocks claims maiden Challenge Tour victory". PDC. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 10". DartConnect TV. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  9. ^ "PDC Challenge Tour 15". DartConnect TV. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ^ Gorton, Josh (16 August 2024). "Scutt & Merkx seal Winmau Challenge Tour wins in Milton Keynes". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  11. ^ Gorton, Josh (17 August 2024). "Dutch duo Plaisier & Van Schie share Challenge Tour titles". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ Wood, Kieran (16 October 2024). "Wesley Plaisier and Josh Rock reach final of Players Championship 28". DartsNews. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  13. ^ Allen, Dave (2 July 2024). "Super Smith edges Plaisier for Players Championship 13 title". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  14. ^ Allen, Dave (3 July 2024). "Superb Clayton defies Plaisier to win Players Championship 14". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  15. ^ Phillips, Josh (16 October 2024). "Plaisier claims first PDC title at PC28". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Wesley Plaisier retains title at WDF World Masters". DartsNews. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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