Geert De Vos (born 6 October 1981) is a Belgian darts player. His nickname is "Foxy".

Geert De Vos
Personal information
Nickname"Foxy"
Born (1981-10-06) 6 October 1981 (age 43)
Ninove, Belgium
Home townAalst, Belgium
Darts information
Darts24g Datadart Geert De Vos
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Because the Night" by Jan Wayne
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2005-2018
PDC2019-2022
WDF2023-
Current world ranking182 Decrease 3 (17 November 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipQuarter Final: 2017
World MastersLast 16: 2013, 2016
World TrophyWinner (1) 2015
Finder MastersSemi Final: 2014, 2016
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 128: 2022
Grand SlamGroup Stages: 2015
Other tournament wins
Belgium Gold Cup2006
Bruges Open2017
England Open2017
Estonian Open2014
French Open2016
German Open2012, 2013
Hal Masters2016
Spring Cup2007, 2012
WDF Europe Cup Team2010
Other achievements
East Flanders Open 2014
Open Zeeland 2016

Career

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In 2012, De Vos qualified for the first time for BDO World Darts Championship; this performance led to a wildcard for the Zuiderduin Masters. During this tournament, he lost his first match against the eventual winner Scott Waites 5–3.

During the World Championship, De Vos played Tony West, the eleventh seed. The match was won by De Vos 3–1. In the second round, he lost to eventual champion Christian Kist 2–4.

Another remarkable achievement was throwing a nine-darter at the Denmark Open in 2008, a tournament in which he would lose the final against the Polish player Krzysztof Ratajski.

De Vos won the 2015 BDO World Trophy in Manchester. He started his run beating Rick Hofstra 6–3, and then thrashing American Jim Widmayer 6–0. On the final day, he defeated Wesley Harms in the quarter-finals, Mark McGeeney in what was a close game in the Semis, and won a last-leg decider in a classic final against Jeffrey de Graaf 10–9. This win qualified him for the 2015 Grand Slam of Darts where he exited at the group stage with defeats to Robert Thornton and Terry Jenkins. However, he still had one game to play which was against Jonny Clayton, where he threatened the world record average, finishing the match with an average of 113.86 [2]

In 2021, De Vos won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Q School. During two years with Tour card he was unable to qualify for any major events, playing only in 2021 and 2022 UK Open. He lost his Tour card after 2022, placing outside of top 100 of PDC Order of Merit.

He did not play any major events in 2023 and appeared only in WDF tournaments and on MODUS Super Series, but stated that he wants to return to PDC and regain his Tour card. [3]

De Vos qualified via Home Nation Qualifier for 2024 Belgian Darts Open, making his comeback to PDC event after one year. He lost against Peter Wright in the First round. [4]

World Championship results

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Career finals

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BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2015 BDO World Trophy   Jeffrey de Graaf 10–9 (l)

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open DNP 1R 2R DNP
Grand Slam of Darts NH Did not participate RR Did not qualify
BDO / WDF Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship Did not qualify 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R QF 2R DNP NH PDC DNQ
BDO World Trophy Not held DNP W 2R 1R DNQ NH
Winmau World Masters 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R DNP 5R 6R 3R 5R 6R DNQ NH PDC DNQ
Finder Darts Masters NH DNP RR DNP RR RR RR SF RR SF RR DNP NH
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 196 116 109 -


PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNP
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNP
EDG
DNP
DDM
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNP
EDM
DNP
IDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2020 BDC
1R
GDC
DNP
EDG
DNP
IDO
DNP
2021 HDT
2R
GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNP
EDM
DNP
HDT
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
DNP
EDO
DNP
IDO
DNP
GDG
DNP
ADO
DNP
DDC
DNP
BDO
DNQ
CDO
DNP
EDG
DNP
EDM
DNP
GDO
DNP
HDT
DNP
GDC
DNP
2024 BDO
1R
GDG
IDO
EDG
ADO
BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO


PDC Players Championship

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
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
2R
NIE
3R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
COV
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
2R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2022 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP


Performance Table Legend
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

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  1. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  2. ^ "2015 Grand Slam of Darts Results".
  3. ^ Wood, Kieran. "I definitely want that Tour Card back - De Vos working hard to return to the PDC". Darts News. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  4. ^ Stanley, Lawrence. "Geert de Vos among four Belgians to complete field of participants for Belgian Darts Open at Host Nation Qualifier". Darts News. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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