Danny Noppert
| Danny Noppert | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Noppie |
| Born | 31 December 1990 Joure, Netherlands[1] |
| Home town | Joure |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2009 |
| Darts | 23 Gram Winmau Signature |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "Believer" by Major Lazer and Showtek |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 2012–2018 |
| PDC | 2018- |
| Current world ranking | 59 |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Runner Up: 2017 |
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2013 |
| World Trophy | Quarter Final: 2016 |
| Finder Masters | Winner(1) 2017 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2018 |
| UK Open | Last 96: 2018 |
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2016 |
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2018 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| Den Haag Open German Open Scottish Open Masters of Waregem | 2016 2016 2016 2016 |
Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch darts player who plays for the Professional Darts Corporation.
Career
BDO
In 2013, Noppert reached the televised stages of the Winmau World Masters. Then he beat Jeffrey de Graaf and Dennis Nilsson 3-0 to book his places in quarter-final, where he was beaten 3-1 by Darryl Fitton. He also made his debut at the Zuiderduin Masters. After beating Darryl Fitton 5-4 in his first match, he lost to Tony O'Shea 5-3 in the second game to be knocked out in the group stages.
Noppert reached in 2015 the last 16 of the Winmau World Masters. He also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters. A 5-2 victory and a 5-4 defeat to Scott Mitchell were enough to come through the group stage. Then he beat Darryl Fitton 3-0 in the quarters to reach the semis, where he lost 3-1 to Martin Adams.
Noppert started off 2016 very well by reaching the final of the Dutch Open, in which he lost to Martin Adams 3-1. Two weeks later, Noppert won the Scottish Open, having beaten Dean Reynolds 6-0 in the final.[2] Noppert won also the Masters of Waregem, where he defeated Geert de Vos 3-1 in the final.
Noppert impressed during 2016 Grand Slam of Darts Beating Mensur Suljovic and Nathan Aspinall before losing a high quality Last 16 match with 2 time PDC World Champion Gary Anderson 10-9.
In 2017 Noppert was able to reach the finals of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, defeating defending champion Scott Waites on his way there. Noppert eventually lost to world number one Glen Durrant 7-3.
Noppert has had a quiet year up until December. Highlighted by the fact he failed to get out of the group stage of the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts losing to Daryl Gurney 5-1 and Darren Webster 5-2 but retained some pride beating Mark Webster 5-2.
On the 10 December, Noppert won the Finder Darts Masters beating Jim Williams in the final 5-3, This was Noppert's first TV title.
PDC
Noppert announced he would move to the Professional Darts Corporation following the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship, and he entered the 2018 Q-School.[3] He won a two-year Tour Card by finishing top of the European Order of Merit, and took one of 6 wild cards.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2017: Runner Up (lost to Glen Durrant 3–7)
- 2018: 2nd Round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–4)
Career finals
BDO major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
| World Championship (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | BDO World Darts Championship |  Glen Durrant
|
3–7 (s) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | Did not qualify | F | 2R | |||
| Winmau World Masters | QF | 2R | 6R | 5R | DNP | PDC |
| Finder Darts Masters | RR | DNQ | SF | RR | W | PDC |
| BDO World Trophy | NH | DNQ | QF | 1R | PDC | |
| PDC World Championship | Non-PDC | |||||
| World Matchplay | Non-PDC | DNQ | ||||
| World Grand Prix | Non-PDC | 1R | ||||
| UK Open | Did not qualify | 2R | ||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | 2R | RR | |||
| European Championship | Non-PDC | |||||
| Players Championship Finals | Non-PDC | |||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
| QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
References
- ^ Schmitz, Juergen. "Danny Noppert - Dartspieler Portraits bei Darts 1".
- ^ "Noppert and Winstanley crown Scottish Open champions". tungstentickle.com. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Noppert confirms move to PDC: 'Going to Q-School next week'". Dartsnews. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
External links
- Player profile for Danny Noppert from Dartsdatabase