Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a former Dutch professional
darts
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player who formerly competed in
Professional Darts Corporation
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(PDC) events. Van de Pas
obtained a
PDC Tour Card
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in 2014 and won three ranking
Players Championship events on the
2016 PDC Pro Tour
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. He is a three-time quarter-finalist in PDC major events, reaching the last eight at the
2015 Players Championship Finals and the
World Grand Prix in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
and
2017
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Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
. However, his form declined and he lost his Tour Card at the end of 2020.
Career
BDO
Van de Pas reached the semi-finals of the
2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, before losing to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
4–1.
Van de Pas won the 2011
German Open. This result helped him to qualify for the
2012 BDO World Darts Championship
The 2012 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship was the 35th BDO World Darts Championship organised by the British Darts Organisation, and the 27th staging at the Lakeside Country Club at Frimley Green. It took place from January 7th to ...
as the fourteenth seed. He lost in the first round against
Alan Norris 3–2. He also qualified for the Lakeside in 2013 and 2014, but lost in the first round again on both occasions.
PDC
In January 2014, van de Pas entered the
PDC Q School, earning a tour card on Day 1 with a 5–4 win over fellow
BDO player and compatriot
Joey ten Berge
Joey ten Berge (born 18 October 1985) is a Dutch former darts player.
Career BDO
Ten Berge won the 2001 WDF Europe Youth Cup beating Sweden's Markus Korhonen in the final. Six years later, he captured his first professional title by capturing ...
in the final round. His first PDC major was the
UK Open
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and he beat Doug Thompson and Davy Dodds both by 5–3 scorelines, before losing 9–3 to
Paul Hogan
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in the third round. Van de Pas reached the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time in May at the eighth
Players Championship, but was defeated 6–1 by
Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
. He won through to the semi-finals in the next event by seeing off the likes of
Kevin Painter
Kevin Painter (born 12 July 1967) is an English former professional darts player who competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events. He competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments from 1992 to 2001, before switching to the Profession ...
,
Michael Smith and
Mervyn King, but then let a 5–2 lead over
Justin Pipe
Justin Pipe (born 9 November 1971) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won six PDC titles.
Playing career
Pipe was a Boxing, boxer in his youth, and, as a staunch anti- ...
turn into a 6–5 defeat. At the
Gibraltar Darts Trophy, van de Pas averaged 104.86 in whitewashing
Antonio Alcinas 6–0 in the first round and produced another stunning performance to beat world number one
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
6–5, opening the game with a 10 darter and finishing it with an average of 106.72. In the third round he missed three match darts at double top in the deciding leg against
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...
to be beaten 6–5.
A third quarter-final appearance of the year came at the 14th Players Championship where he lost 6–4 to
Michael Smith, but his performances on the Pro Tour throughout the season earned van de Pas a debut in the
European Championship
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In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...
and a first round meeting with
Peter Wright. Van de Pas trailed 3–0 before fighting back to send the match into a deciding leg during which he missed one dart to progress and was beaten 6–5. Van de Pas was the 29th seed for the
Players Championship Finals and he lost to Wright once again in the first round of a PDC major, this time 6–2.
2015
His successful first year in the PDC earned him £19,500 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit which saw him claim the third of 16 spots on offer to non-qualified players for the
2015 World Championship. Van de Pas faced
Paul Nicholson in the opening round and made a dream start by throwing a 180 in his first visit and went on to take the first set without reply. The match would go into a deciding set in which van de Pas won all three legs, sealing it with a 109 finish. He continued his progress by twice coming from behind against world number eight
Dave Chisnall
David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...
to defeat him 4–2. However, van de Pas' run came to an end in the third round as
Robert Thornton whitewashed him 4–0. After his first year in the PDC he was ranked world number 42, the second highest of all the new players on tour. During the fifth
Players Championship event, van de Pas threw his first
nine-dart finish
A nine-dart finish, also known as a nine-darter, is a perfect leg or single game in the sport of darts. The object of the game is to score a set number of points, most commonly 501; in order to win, a player must reach the target total exactly a ...
on the PDC tour and went on to lose in the last 16.
Van de Pas ended world number one
Michael van Gerwen's 21-game unbeaten start to the year in the European Tour events at the
International Darts Open. He took out finishes of 158 and 122 to win 6–4 and then defeated
Justin Pipe
Justin Pipe (born 9 November 1971) is an English former professional darts player who competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won six PDC titles.
Playing career
Pipe was a Boxing, boxer in his youth, and, as a staunch anti- ...
6–4 and
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...
6–3 to reach his first PDC final. However, he was unable to replicate his performances against
Michael Smith as he averaged 81.41 in a 6–3 loss. Van de Pas was also competing on the PDC Development Tour this year and lost in three finals as well as taking the sixth event with a 4–2 win over Bradley Kirk. He qualified for the
World Matchplay for the first time and was beaten 10–4 by van Gerwen in the opening round. Van de Pas also made his debut at the
World Grand Prix and took the first set against
Kim Huybrechts
Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player competing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He was runner-up in the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the fin ...
, but then lost six successive legs to be knocked out 2–1 in sets. Van de Pas reached his second final of the year at the 19th
Players Championship, with all 11 legs against
Peter Wright going with the throw as he was edged out 6–5, missing the bull for the title in the final leg. He saw off
Stephen Bunting
Stephen Bunting (born 9 April 1985) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number four. Nicknamed "the Bullet", Bunting formerly competed in Brit ...
6–4 at the
Players Championship Finals and then averaged 105.39 and took out two thirds of his shots at doubles in a second round 10–3 thrashing of
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...
and afterwards stated his delight that his floor form was translating on to the televised stage. In van de Pas' first career PDC major quarter-final he was beaten 10–5 by
Daryl Gurney
Daryl Gurney (born 22 March 1986) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-five; he reached a peak ranking of world number thre ...
.
2016
Wins over
Max Hopp and
Dimitri van den Bergh
Dimitri Barbara Peter Van den Bergh (born 8 July 1994) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twenty-two; he reached a peak ranking of world n ...
saw van de Pas play in the third round of the
World Championship
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for the second successive year and, just like last year, he was unable to pick up a set in a 4–0 defeat this time to
Michael Smith. At the
UK Open
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, van de Pas began with victories over
Mervyn King and
Simon Whitlock
Simon Whitlock (born 3 March 1969) is an Australian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) events.
Nicknamed "The Wizard", he won th ...
before losing to
Kyle Anderson 9–2 in the fifth round.
In April, van de Pas lost 6–3 in the final of the third
Players Championship to
Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen (; born 25 April 1989) is a Dutch professional darts player, who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world number three; he was ranked world number one from 20 ...
, but exacted revenge 24 hours later as he won his first PDC Pro Tour title by coming back from 5–2 down to defeat van Gerwen 6–5 in the final of the fourth event. He took the ninth event too as he averaged 111 in whitewashing
Joe Cullen 6–0. Van de Pas lost 10–7 in the opening round of the
World Matchplay to
Dave Chisnall
David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...
. At the
World Grand Prix he overcame
Gerwyn Price
Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...
2–0 and
Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached a peak ranking of world number three in the darts world ranki ...
3–1 to reach the quarter-finals, where he was beaten 3–0 by
Raymond van Barneveld
Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he was ranked world number one from January 2008 to June 2008. Nicknamed "Barney", he is a five-t ...
. Van de Pas claimed his third Players Championship title this year when he saw off
Dave Chisnall
David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number twelve; he reached a peak ranking of world number five in ...
in the final of the last event. Van de Pas topped his group at the
Grand Slam with wins over
Chris Dobey,
Scott Mitchell and
Adrian Lewis
Adrian Lewis (born 21 January 1985) is an English professional darts player who formerly competed in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Nicknamed "Jackpot", he is a two-time PDC World Champion, having won the title in 2011 and 2012. ...
, but then lost 10–2 to
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number nine; he reached a peak ranking of world number two in 2010. ...
in the first knockout round.
2017
upright=1.2, Van de Pas at the ">2017 German Darts Grand Prix
Van de Pas saw his 3–1 lead over
Terry Jenkins
Terry Jenkins (born 26 September 1963) is an English former professional darts player who was nicknamed The Bull, having previously used the name "Tucker" for his matches. He reached a peak ranking of world number three in the darts world ranki ...
lost in the first round of the
2017 World Championship as he pulled it back to 3–3. Jenkins missed one match dart in the deciding set and van de Pas was able to edge through 4–3.
Gary Anderson missed one dart to eliminate van de Pas 4–0 in the third round. Van de Pas won that set then made it 3–2 without dropping a leg, but he lost the next set to be defeated 4–2. He progressed through to the final of the
German Darts Open and sent the match into a deciding leg after being 3–1 and 5–3 behind. Van de Pas missed double seven for the title and
Peter Wright finished 121 to win 6–5.
2019
Van de Pas beat Jim Long and Toni Alcinas to reach the 4th round of the World Championship. Van de Pas then lost 4–1 to
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a pla ...
.
World Championship results
BDO
* 2012: First round (lost to
Alan Norris 2–3)
* 2013: First round (lost to
Darryl Fitton
Darryl Fitton (born 5 May 1962) is a former English professional darts player. He was nicknamed The Dazzler and worked as an undertaker before embarking on his darts career. Fitton won the 2009 Finder Masters and the 2016 BDO World Trophy. ...
2–3)
* 2014: First round (lost to
Jan Dekker
Jan Dekker (born 25 June 1990) is a Dutch former professional darts player. He reached the semi-finals of the BDO World Darts Championship twice, in 2011 and 2014.
Career
Dekker qualified for the televised stages of the 2010 Winmau World Mas ...
0–3)
PDC
* 2015: Third round (lost to
Robert Thornton 0–4)
* 2016: Third round (lost to
Michael Smith 0–4)
* 2017: Third round (lost to
Gary Anderson 2–4)
* 2018: First round (lost to
Steve West 1–3)
* 2019: Fourth round (lost to
Brendan Dolan
Brendan Gabriel Dolan (born 2 August 1973) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the first player to hit a nine-dart finish in a "double-to-start" event (where a pla ...
1–4)
* 2020: Second round (lost to
Max Hopp 2–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
PDC
PDC Players Championships
Key
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Dutch darts players
British Darts Organisation players
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
Sportspeople from Tilburg
PDC ranking title winners