Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).^[2]^[3]

Career

De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost 3–0 to Glen Durrant.^[4] He won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2015 by defeating Prakash Jiwa 5–1 in the final round.^[5] He played in the German Darts Championship and saw off Devon Petersen 6–2, before being whitewashed 6–0 by Adrian Lewis in round two.^[6] A last 16 showing in the final qualifier saw de Zwaan make his debut at the UK Open and he lost 5–2 to Benito van de Pas in the second round.^[7] He eliminated Steve Brown, Michael Smith, Ken MacNeil and Jelle Klaasen to reach his first PDC quarter-final at the fourth Players Championship event and lost 6–3 to Lewis.^[8] De Zwaan got the final European spot for the European Championship and lost 6–3 to world number one Michael van Gerwen in the opening round.^[9]

De Zwaan's first year on the PDC tour saw him finish high enough on the Pro Tour Order of Merit to qualify for the 2016 World Championship and his first round match with Michael Smith went to a sudden-death leg. Smith won the bull to throw first and de Zwaan could only kick off with a 29 and was beaten 4–3.^[10] He lost 6–5 in the second round of the UK Open to Alex Roy.^[11] He reached the last 32 of four Players Championships and qualified for two European Tour events, but was knocked out in the first round of both.^[12] De Zwaan contested the final of the 18th Development Tour event and was beaten 4–2 by Corey Cadby.^[13]

In the 2018 UK Open, he drew number one seed Michael van Gerwen and won the match 10–8, ultimately ending the World Number 1's unbeaten run on an ITV Major Tournament since November 2014. Jeffrey lost 10–8 in the following round to Rileys qualifier Paul Hogan.

In April, de Zwaan made a significant step up by winning his first PDC ranking title by beating Jonny Clayton 6–5.

In the 2018 World Matchplay, he drew Michael van Gerwen in the first round and beat him again 10–6 meaning he had beat him in a major event twice in one year which was considered a huge upset due to Michael van Gerwen being the current world number 1 and Jeffrey ranking in at world number 68.

Following Gary Anderson's withdrawal from the 2019 Premier League, de Zwaan was selected as one of nine 'contenders' to replace him. He would play a one-off match against Rob Cross on night nine in Rotterdam.

In May 2019, de Zwaan won his second PDC ranking title by beating Stephen Bunting 8–2.

De Zwaan reached the fourth round of the 2020 World Championship, where he played Peter Wright. Wright led 3–0 in sets and 2–0 in legs before de Zwaan mounted a comeback to level at 3–3 and lead by a break of throw in the deciding set, but Wright eventually won and went on to win the tournament. This was followed by another selection for one of the Premier League nights in Rotterdam, this time under the tag of 'Challenger'.^[14]

World Championship results

PDC

2016: First round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3)
2019: Second round (lost to Rob Cross 1–3)
2020: Fourth round (lost to Peter Wright 3–4)
2021: Second round (lost to Ryan Searle 0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2013	2014
Winmau World Masters	DNP	6R
Zuiderduin Masters	RR	DNP

PDC

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	BDO	1R	DNQ		2R	4R	2R	DNQ
UK Open	2R	2R	1R	4R	4R	4R	4R	3R	6R	3R
World Matchplay	DNQ			SF	1R	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ			2R	2R	QF	DNQ
European Championship	1R	DNQ			QF	1R	DNQ
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ		RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ		1R	2R	1R	3R	DNQ
Non-major televised events
The Masters	DNQ						1R	DNQ
Premier League Darts	DNP				C	C	DNP
World Series of Darts Finals	DNQ				1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ
PDC World Youth Championship	QF	3R	QF	RR	QF	SF	DNP
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	57	59	78	44	23	23	45	86	98

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2015	GDC 2R	GDT DNQ	GDM 1R	DDM 2R	IDO 1R	EDO DNQ	EDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	EDG 2R
2016	DDM DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	EDM DNQ	ADO 1R	EDO DNQ	IDO 1R	EDT DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDC DNQ
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	GDT 1R	EDM DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO DNQ	DDM 2R	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT 1R
2018	EDO 1R	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO 1R	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC 1R	IDO DNQ	EDT 2R
2019	EDO 2R	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 2R	ADO 2R	EDG QF	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC 3R	EDM 1R	IDO 2R	GDT 2R
2020	BDC DNP	GDC DNQ	EDG DNQ	IDO DNQ
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO 2R	EDO DNQ	CDO 1R	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM 3R	HDT 3R	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO DNQ	IDO DNQ	GDG 2R	ADO 1R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO	EDG	EDM	GDO	HDT	GDC
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG 2R	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO	BSD	DDC	EDO	GDC	FDT	HDT	SDT	CDO

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	L#	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

Career

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

References

External links