Jurjen van der Velde (born 4 December 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won the 2018 JDC World Darts Championship and the 2018 World Youth Masters. Van der Velde formerly played in World Darts Federation (WDF) events and is also a multi-medalist at the boys events at each of the WDF Europe Cup Youth and WDF World Cup. In senior events he was a quarter-finalist at both the Dutch Open and World Masters in 2022. In the PDC, he was the runner-up at the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship and has also won three titles on the Development Tour, as well as two titles on the Challenge Tour.

Career

Van der Velde was able to win a number of youth titles at the age of 15. The Dutchman made his breakthrough in 2018. He won the 2018 German Open, only losing one leg in the semi-finals, followed by a whitewash victory in the final. He also won the singles competition at the 2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth, defeated Keane Barry in the decider leg. In the team competition and the general classification, he also won a gold medals, and in the pair competition – silver.[2] This was followed by victory at the World Youth Masters, where he again won the deciding leg against Keane Barry. As a result, Van der Velde was invited to the 2018 Finder Youth Darts Masters, but was narrowly eliminated in the group-stage.[3] He ended the year of success with a victory in the JDC World Darts Championship against Lennon Cradock.

In 2019, he was invited by the home federation to participate in the 2019 WDF World Cup for the youth players and to participate in the 2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth. During the WDF World Cup, he won two bronze medals in youth competitions.[4] In the singles tournament, he was surprisingly eliminated in a semi-finals match against Mehrdad Seyfi. During WDF Europe Youth Cup, he won two gold and two silver medals.[5]

In 2019, he also plays at the PDC Development Tour and reached the last 16 on his first weekend.[6] His results throughout the PDC Development season allowed him to take part in the 2019 PDC World Youth Championship. In the tournament, he was joined in his group by Joe Davis and Max Hopp. He was eliminated after losing to both players.

In 2020, he only made the Last 32 in ten events on the Development Tour. At the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship he was eliminated in the group stage after losing to Ted Evetts, finishing second after beating Vilém Šedivý. In 2021, he won his first Professional Darts Corporation Development Tour event and qualified for the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship. His group contained Kevin Doets, Rusty-Jake Rodriguez and Fabian Schmutzler, and Van der Velde lost all three matches.

In early 2022, he qualified for the 2022 UK Open, through his Development Tour ranking, after failing to win a card at PDC Q-School. He defeated Mickey Mansell in the first round 6–4 in legs. In the second round he faced Jim Williams and lost to him 6–3 in legs.[7] At the beginning of May 2022, he had his second victory on the PDC Development Tour before celebrating his first triumphs on the PDC Challenge Tour in July and September.[8] Meanwhile, in June 2022, he participated in the 2022 Dutch Open and was eliminated in the quarter-finals, lost to eventual winner Jelle Klaasen 5–2 in legs.[9]

In November 2024, Van der Velde was defeated by compatriot Gian van Veen 6–5 in the 2024 World Youth Championship final, missing five match darts.[10]

Van der Velde reached the last 32 of the 2025 UK Open, including wins over Bradley Brooks and Keane Barry. He was eliminated by Nathan Aspinall in a 10–2 defeat.[11]

Performance timeline

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open DNQ 2R 3R 2R 5R
WDF Ranked televised events
World Masters DNP NH 3R PDC
Dutch Open DNP NH QF PDC 7R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Youth Championship RR RR RR RR 3R F
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC) 216 114 88

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
1R
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
BSD
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
FDT
DNQ
HDT
DNQ
SDT
DNQ
CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2022
[nb 1]
DNP BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2023 BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
HIL
2R
HIL
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
LEI
4R
LEI
2R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
1R
WIG
2R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
LEI
3R
LEI
3R
WIG
DNP
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
  1. ^ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel.
Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round
DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  2. ^ "2018 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Jurjen van der Velde". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ^ "2019 WDF World Cup Youth". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ^ "2019 WDF Europe Cup Youth". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Jurjen van der Velde". dartsdatabase.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Jurjen van der Velde". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Klaasen and Greaves seal 2022 Dutch Open Darts titles". dartsnews.com. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  10. ^ Allen, Dave (24 November 2024). "Van Veen becomes first Dutch winner of Winmau World Youth Championship". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  11. ^ Bus, Patrick (1 March 2025). "Van der Velde uitgeschakeld: Gemiste dubbels kosten hem de kop tegen Aspinall" [Van der Velde eliminated: Missed doubles cost him against Aspinall]. Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
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