Danny van Trijp (born 24 December 1996) is a Dutch

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player who plays in

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(PDC) events. He won two titles on the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour.

Career

Van Trijp attended European Q-School in

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, but never got farther than the last 16, missing out on a PDC Tour Card. He did then qualify as one of the Associate Member qualifiers for the 2019 European Darts Open in

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, Germany. However, he lost 6–3 to Adam Hunt in the first round. He also qualified for the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters. In the first round he won 6–5 against

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, but was defeated 6–2 by Ricky Evans in the second round. Van Trijp made his Players Championship debut on 3 August 2019. He lost in the first round to

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6–5. A day later he won 6–3 against Simon Stevenson, then lost in the second round against

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6–5. Van Trijp made his

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debut in

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. In the first round he defeated

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6–4 but was then beaten 6–0 by William Borland in the next round. At the 2022 WDF Europe Cup, he lost the final with the Dutch team against England 9–8 and was eliminated in the men's singles semi-final against Finland's Teemu Harju with a 6–1 defeat. Van Trijp won his first two PDC Challenge Tour titles during the 2022 series. He was the runner-up in event eight but won the title in event nine, defeating Lukas Wenig 5–2 in the final. He won his second title in event eleven with a 5–2 win over

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in the final. Van Trijp made his World Championship debut at the

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when he secured his spot via the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour Order of Merit. He defeated

in the first round 3–0 before losing 3–0 against

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in the second round. Van Trijp secured his Tour Card for the 2023 and 2024 seasons via the PDC Challenge Tour. At Players Championship 17 in 2023 he made it to his first semi-final on the

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, but lost 7–1 to Josh Rock. However, he was unable to qualify for any

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events or other major tournaments during the two seasons.

World Championship results

PDC

* 2023: Second round (lost to

0–3)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour PDC Players Championships

References

External links

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