Jeffrey de Zwaan

Jeffrey de Zwaan (born 26 March 1996) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has won 2 PDC ranking titles in Players Championship events. He reached his first major semi-final at the 2018 World Matchplay.

Career

De Zwaan progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 World Masters, where he lost to Glen Durrant 3–0. He won a two-year PDC Tour Card in 2015 by defeating Prakash Jiwa 5–1 in the final round.

De Zwaan played at the 2015 German Darts Championship, defeating Devon Petersen 6–2 in the first round before being whitewashed 6–0 by Adrian Lewis in round two. De Zwaan qualified for the 2015 UK Open, reaching the last 16 at the final qualifier. On his debut he lost 5–2 to Benito van de Pas in the second round. He eliminated Steve Brown, Michael Smith, Ken MacNeil and Jelle Klaasen to reach his first PDC quarter-final at Players Championship 4 and lost 6–3 to Lewis. De Zwaan qualified for the European Championship having been the lowest ranked of the seven European Qualifiers but lost 6–3 to world number one Michael van Gerwen in the opening round.

De Zwaan's first year on the PDC tour saw him finish high enough on the Pro Tour Order of Merit to qualify for the 2016 World Championship. His first round match against Michael Smith went to a sudden-death leg. Smith won the bull to throw first and defeated de Zwaan 4–3. He lost 6–5 in the second round of the UK Open to Alex Roy. He reached the last 32 of four Players Championship events and qualified for two European Tours, but was knocked out in the first round of both. De Zwaan reached the final of the 18th Development Tour event but was beaten 4–2 by Corey Cadby.