Geert De Vos (born 6 October 1981) is a Belgian

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player. His nickname is "Foxy".

Career

In 2012, De Vos qualified for the first time for

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; this performance led to a wildcard for the

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. During this tournament, he lost his first match against the eventual winner

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5–3. During the World Championship, De Vos played Tony West, the eleventh seed. The match was won by De Vos 3–1. In the second round, he lost to eventual champion

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2–4. Another remarkable achievement was throwing a

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at the Denmark Open in 2008, a tournament in which he would lose the final against the Polish player

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. De Vos won the 2015 BDO World Trophy in

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. He started his run beating Rick Hofstra 6–3, and then thrashing American

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6–0. On the final day, he defeated

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in the quarter-finals,

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in what was a close game in the Semis, and won a last-leg decider in a classic final against

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10–9. This win qualified him for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts where he exited at the group stage with defeats to Robert Thornton and

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. However, he still had one game to play which was against

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, where he threatened the world record average, finishing the match with an average of 113.86 In 2021, De Vos won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Q School.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2012: 2nd round (lost to

2–4) * 2013: 2nd round (lost to

1–4) * 2014: 2nd round (lost to

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2–4) * 2015: 2nd round (lost to Scott Mitchell 2–4) * 2016: 2nd round (lost to

3–4) * 2017: Quarter-final (lost to

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4–5) * 2018: 2nd round (lost to Richard Veenstra 0–4)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Belgian darts players British Darts Organisation players Sportspeople from Aalst, Belgium Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders {{Belgium-sport-bio-stub