Sven Groen (born 30 May 1995) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Sven Groen
Personal information
Born (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995 (age 29)
Wijhe, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2010
Darts21 Gram
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Levels" by Avicii
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2013–2015
PDC2015–2019
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 48: 2014
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 72: 2016
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour England 2015
PDC World Central European Qualifying Event 2015

Career

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Groen won the 14th Development Tour event of 2015 by beating Nick Kenny 4–2 in the final.[1] He then overcame Mario Robbe 6–3 to win the Central European Qualifier for the 2016 World Championship, where he lost 2–1 to Kim Viljanen in the preliminary round.[2][3] Groen failed to earn a tour card at Q School or qualify for the UK Open and in the rest of 2016 reached two quarter-finals in Challenge Tour events and one in a Development Tour event.[4]

After losing in the final round of day one of 2017 Q School, Groen went on to finish third on the Order of Merit and earn a two-year PDC Tour Card.[5]

Groen quit of the PDC in 2019.

World Championship results

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References

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  1. ^ "Development Tour Wins For Kirk & Groen". PDC. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ^ "2015 PDC World Central European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 PDC World Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Sven Groen 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. ^ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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