Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) events. He is a former WDF World Champion, having won the 2023 World Championship to become the first Belgian player to win a world title. Baetens is also a four-time winner of the

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and the 2023

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champion. He was also the runner-up at the 2023 Dutch Open and a bronze medalist at the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. From May 2023 to January 2024, he was ranked number one in the

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men's ranking.

Career

Baetens took part in his first international tournaments shortly after he started playing darts. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2015

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. In 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Open. With his final victory over

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at the 2016

, Baetens was able to win his first title in the

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(BDO) before he finally made his breakthrough on the tour in 2017. By winning the Romanian Classic, Belgium Masters and

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, Baetens was able to qualify for his first

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at the 2018 event. He also reached the semi-finals of the

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and the final of the

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. At the 2018 BDO World Championship, he entered the tournament in 13th place on the

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list and defeated Scott Baker in the first round. In second round, he defeated Scott Mitchell 4–2 in sets. In the quarter-finals, Baetens missed six match darts and lost to

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5–4. Baetens returned to international tournaments at the 2020 Dutch Open, where he made the quarter-finals. He beat

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and Mario Vandenbogaerde before being eliminated by

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in a deciding leg in their quarter-final match. In September 2021, he won the

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and FCD Anniversary Open. In November 2021, he won the

for a second time. In April 2022, he played at the

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. In the first round he beat

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3–1. In the second round he beat Scott Marsh. His

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for the match of 102.79 was the third highest ever at the Lakeside. In the quarter-finals he played

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and lost 4–3. At the end of September, Baetens qualified for the 2022 Belgian Darts Open via the Host Nation Qualifier, but lost in the first round to

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. After a few weeks, Baetens won a title at the Bruges Open. In November 2022, he won the

for the third time, defeating Antony Allen 5–0 in the final. He qualified for the 2022 World Masters, where he reached the fourth round. In May 2023, Baetens became the new number one ranked player on the WDF World Rankings. At the 2023 WDF World Championship, he defeated Sebastian Białecki, Gary Stone and Jonny Tata to the reach his first world championship semi-final, the first for a Belgian at the Lakeside. He then beat

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to become the first Belgian in a world darts championship final. In the final, he beat

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to win his first world title. In January 2024, Baetens entered PDC European Q-School, earning an automatic two-year

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following victory in the final on day three of the second stage. Baetens qualified for the

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after defeating

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in the final preliminary round. He lost 3–0 to world champion

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in the first round.

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

World Championship results

BDO/WDF

* 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to

4–5) * 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to

3–4) * 2023: Winner (beat

6–1)

Performance timeline

BDO WDF PDC PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

Andy Baetens' profile and stats on Darts Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baetens, Andy Living people Belgian darts players British Darts Organisation players 1989 births Sportspeople from Aalst, Belgium WDF world darts champions Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders