Jacques Labre (born 6 November 1982) is a French professional steel-tip and soft-tip

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player who currently plays in

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(PDC) events. He was the first French player to gain a PDC Tour Card and become professional. He is a WDF Europe Cup champion and a first medalist of this tournament from

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. He is also a

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Champion. He has represented his nation during the

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and WDF Europe Cup.

Career

Labre starts own international career in 2010 at the

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where he advanced to Last 32 phase. In this year, he was advanced to the same phase in the

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tournament. In the following years, he only played in international soft-tip tournaments and returning in 2014 as a French debut representative at the

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together with Lionel Maranhao. They lost first round match against

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and Mark Webster from

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in the decider leg. In the same year, he tried his luck in qualifying for one of the PDC European Tour tournaments, but lost. In 2015, he make his first appearance at the 2015 Winmau World Masters, but lost in the first round match against

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by 0–3 in legs. In 2016, he was also eliminated in the first round of international tournaments, such as the WDF Europe Cup and the World Masters. In 2017, he reached the fourth round at the 2017 Winmau World Masters and two years later he lost in the third round to eventual winner

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. Apart from that, the career in the national team progressed rather slowly. He played for

in these events until 2019, although he rarely made it past the first round. A positive development could be seen in 2022. After attending Q-School, Labre played on the Challenge Tour, where he made it to the quarter-finals once. High position in the PDC Challenge Tour ranking place him as substitute in the Players Championship competition, where he beat

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in his first match at this stage. At the end of September 2022, he was selected by the national federation to participate in the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. On the third day of the tournament, he advanced to the finals of the singles competition, defeating

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and

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on the road to the final. In the final, he beat

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by 7–2 in legs and becoming the first medalist from

. In the pairs and team competition, he did not make it to the final phase. At the start of October 2022, he played at the inaugural

tournament. In the final match, he beat

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by 6–1 in legs, becoming the first Champion. In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament. After tournament finals, by the points in classification, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years.

Performance timeline

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Labre, Jacques 1982 births Living people French darts players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders PDC World Cup of Darts French team