Gian van Veen (born 23 April 2002) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Gian van Veen | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Nickname | The Giant | ||||||||
Born | [1] 23 April 2002 Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||||
Home town | Poederoijen, Netherlands | ||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||
Playing darts since | 2015 | ||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
Walk-on music | Astronomia (Vicetone remix) by Vicetone | ||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
PDC | 2022– (Tour Card 2023-) | ||||||||
Current world ranking | 28 4 (17 November 2024)[2] | ||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 96: 2024 | ||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2024 | ||||||||
Grand Slam | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||||||||
European Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||
PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||
World Series Finals | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||
Youth events
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Career
edit2022
editOn 4 November 2022, van Veen reached the final of the Players Championship 29 event, losing 4–8 to Gerwyn Price in the final.[3]
On 16 November 2022, it was announced that Peter Wright had pulled out of competing in the 2022 Players Championship Finals. van Veen, as the first reserve, took Wright's place.[4] He lost 2–6 to Ross Smith in the first round.
2023
editOn 15 January 2023, he won a two-year PDC Tour Card via finishing 9th on the European Order of Merit at Q-School. van Veen reached his first quarter final of the year at the Players Championship 3 event. On 3 March, he made his debut at the 2023 UK Open, winning 6–4 against Robert Owen in the first round with an average of 100.15, before bettering his average to 100.67 in a 6–5 win over Scott Waites. Despite producing a third consecutive ton plus average of 101.68, van Veen lost 6–3 to Jim Williams in the third round (last 64). Van Veen reached his second quarter final of 2023 at the sixth Players Championship tournament, emulating this achievement in the eight event. In-between this and the 2023 European Darts Grand Prix, van Veen picked up a further two wins on the Players Championship circuit. The European Darts Grand Prix was van Veen's second European Tour event of the year (after a loss in the opening round of the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship). There, he reached his maiden quarter final on the Euro Tour stage, losing 4–6 to Luke Humphries, on the back of 6–3, 6–4 and 6–5 wins against, respectively, Josh Rock (last 16), Danny Noppert (last 32) and Jermaine Wattimena (last 48). The check for £6,000 propelled van Veen ten places up the rankings to number 87. On the European Championship later that year, he got in the semi-finals after beating Damon Heta, Daryl Gurney and Michael van Gerwen. However, he then lost to James Wade 11–9.[5]
2024
editVan Veen made his debut at the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Man Lok Leung 2–3.
On the Pro Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Players Championship series. At Players Championship 1, he won against Jeffrey de Graaf 6–1, then defeated Benjamin Reus, Ross Smith, Kim Huybrechts and Brendan Dolan 6–5 respectively, before losing to Ryan Searle in the semi-finals.[6]
On the Winmau Development Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Development Tour series. He reached the final at event 2, losing to Keane Barry 4–5,[7] and won Event 5, with a 5–0 whitewash victory over Dylan Slevin in the final.[8]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2024: First round (lost to Man Lok Leung 2–3)
Performance timeline
editTournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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PDC Ranked televised events | |||||
PDC World Championship | 1R | ||||
UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 6R | ||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | |||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | |||
European Championship | DNP | DNQ | SF | 1R | |
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | QF | ||
Players Championship Finals | DNP | 1R | 2R | 1R | |
PDC Non-ranked events | |||||
World Series of Darts Finals | DNP | 1R | |||
World Youth Championship | 2R | DNQ | RR | F | |
Career statistics | |||||
Year-end ranking (PDC) | – | – | 103 | 43 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNP |
CDO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNP |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNP |
BDO 1R |
GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC 1R |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG QF |
EDM QF |
GDO 2R |
HDT 3R |
GDC 2R |
2024 | BDO 1R |
GDG 2R |
IDO 2R |
EDG 1R |
ADO QF |
BSD 2R |
DDC 3R |
EDO QF |
GDC 3R |
FDT 3R |
HDT F |
SDT 2R |
CDO 3R |
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 |
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2022[nb 1] | BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 3R |
BAR F |
BAR 3R |
2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
HIL 1R |
HIL QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI DNP |
HIL 2R |
HIL F |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR SF |
BAR 2R |
BAR QF |
BAR SF |
2024 | WIG SF |
WIG 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI SF |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 3R |
WIG 4R |
WIG QF |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
PDC Development Tour
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 |
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2021 EU | NIE SF |
NIE 4R |
NIE 5R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R |
NIE QF |
NIE 5R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R | ||||||||||||
2022 | WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG SF |
HIL F |
HIL 4R |
HIL 4R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL W |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
WIG QF |
WIG QF |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
2023 | MIL 3R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL W |
MIL QF |
MIL DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG W |
WIG 5R |
WIG W |
HIL 5R |
HIL SF |
HIL W |
HIL 5R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI W |
LEI QF |
LEI F |
LEI F |
MIL 1R |
MIL SF |
MIL W |
MIL 3R |
2024 | MIL 2R |
MIL F |
MIL QF |
MIL 6R |
MIL W |
HIL SF |
HIL W |
HIL QF |
HIL 6R |
HIL F |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
- ^ Not a Tour card holder
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
References
edit- ^ "Gian van Veen – Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Gerwyn Price beats Dutch youngster Gian van Veen to claim title". Sporting Life. 4 November 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (16 November 2024). "Wright withdraws from PC Finals; schedule of play confirmed". PDC. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ Beesten, Dennis van (29 October 2023). "Van Veen gestrand in halve finale EK". Darts Actueel (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Players Championship 1". pdc.tv. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (23 February 2024). "Jansen & Barry star on opening day of 2024 Winmau Development Tour". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Allen, Dave (25 February 2024). "Superb Van Veen seals Winmau Development Tour Event Five win". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.