Danny Noppert

Danny Noppert (born 31 December 1990) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former BDO World Darts Championship finalist, as well as being a Finder Darts Masters champion in 2017, before switching to the PDC in 2018, where he won the 2022 UK Open.

Danny Noppert
Noppert in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	"The Freeze"
Born	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 33) Joure, Netherlands[1]
Home town	Joure, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2009
Darts	23g Winmau Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2012–2018
PDC	2018– (Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking	15 (3 October 2024)[2]
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 Ch'ship	Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
World Matchplay	Semi Final: 2022
World Grand Prix	Semi Final: 2021
UK Open	Winner (1): 2022
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2016, 2022, 2023
European Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2023
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2018
Masters	Quarter Final: 2023
World Series Finals	Runner Up: 2019
Other tournament wins
Den Haag Open 2016 German Open 2016 Scottish Open 2016 Masters of Waregem 2016 Players Championships Players Championship (BAR) 2022, 2023 (x2) Players Championship (DUB) 2018 Players Championship (LEI) 2024

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 the 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 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.^[3] 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 Suljović and Nathan Aspinall before losing a high quality last 16 match with two-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 then-BDO world number one Glen Durrant 7–3.

Noppert's first year in the PDC was quiet until December. He failed to move past the group stage of the 2017 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Daryl Gurney 5–1 and Darren Webster 5–2, but did notch a victory by beating Mark Webster 5–2.

On 10 December 2017, Noppert won the WDF Finder Darts Masters event, 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.^[4] He won a two-year Tour Card by finishing top of the European Order of Merit, and took one of six wild cards.

In his first year on the circuit he managed to qualify for the first televised tournament of the year, the 2018 UK Open in March, where he lost at the last 96 stage. He qualified for six European Tour events where he got good results. He made it to two semi finals, which means he will make his debut at the European Championship in October. He played on all 22 non-televised Players Championships and manage to win one and scoop the £10,000 first prize. Two days later he made his debut in the prestigious World Grand Prix tournament. His good results on the floor tournaments means he will also make his debut at the Players Championship Finals late November.

In March 2022, he won his first PDC major by winning the 2022 UK Open, beating Ryan Meikle, Devon Petersen, Dirk van Duijvenbode, Damon Heta, and William O'Connor on his way to the final, where he beat Michael Smith 11–10 in a last leg decider, surviving a match dart from Smith in the process. This win increased Noppert's PDC Order of Merit ranking to 12th. Noppert represented the Netherlands in the non-ranking 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Dirk van Duijvenbode; this was Noppert's second appearance in the event. The Dutch team was defeated in the semi-final by Wales, represented by Jonny Clayton and Gerwyn Price.

Noppert entered the 2022 World Matchplay as the 11th seed based on his standing in the Order of Merit. He defeated Brendan Dolan, Daryl Gurney, and Dirk van Duijvenbode en route to the event's semi-final stage, where he was beaten 17–11 by Gerwyn Price. The £50,000 prize money for reaching the prestigious event's semi-final helped elevate him to 10th place on the PDC ranking Order of Merit as of August 2022.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2017: Runner-up (lost to Glen Durrant 3–7)
• 2018: Second round (lost to Mark McGeeney 1–4)

PDC

• 2019: Second round (lost to Max Hopp 0–3)
• 2020: Third round (lost to Kim Huybrechts 2–4)
• 2021: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4)
• 2022: Third round (lost to Ryan Searle 2–4)
• 2023: Third round (lost to Alan Soutar 2–4)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Scott Williams 0–3)

Career finals

BDO major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
World Championship (0–1)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score[N 1]
Runner-up	1.	2017	BDO World Darts Championship	Glen Durrant	3–7 (s)
Winner	1.	2017	Zuiderduin Masters	Jim Williams	5–3 (s)

1. (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

PDC major finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
UK Open (1–0)
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2019	World Series of Darts Finals	Michael van Gerwen	2–11 (l)
Winner	2	2022	UK Open	Michael Smith	11–10 (l)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
BDO World Championship	Did not qualify				F	2R
BDO World Trophy	NH	DNQ		QF	1R	PDC
Winmau World Masters	QF	2R	6R	5R	DNP	PDC
Finder Darts Masters	RR	DNQ	SF	RR	W	PDC

PDC

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	Non-PDC			2R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R
UK Open	Non-PDC		2R	3R	4R	5R	W	5R	5R
World Matchplay	Non-PDC		DNQ	1R	2R	1R	SF	2R	1R
World Grand Prix	Non-PDC		1R	2R	2R	SF	2R	1R	1R
European Championship	Non-PDC		1R	DNQ	1R	QF	QF	SF
Grand Slam of Darts	2R	RR	DNQ	RR	DNQ		2R	2R
Players Championship Finals	Non-PDC		SF	2R	2R	3R	QF	WD
Non-ranked televised events
Masters	DNQ						WD	QF	2R
World Cup of Darts	DNP				QF	DNP	SF	2R	2R
World Series of Darts Finals	DNQ			F	DNQ	1R	2R	2R	2R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	Non-PDC		47	31	25	18	8	7

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2018	EDO 2R	GDG 2R	GDO 2R	ADO DNQ	EDG SF	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC 1R	DDC DNQ	IDO SF	EDT 1R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG 2R	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM 2R	DDO DNQ	CDO 3R	ADC DNQ	EDM DNQ	IDO 2R	GDT 2R
2020	BDC 3R	GDC SF	EDG DNQ	IDO QF
2021	HDT WD	GDT 3R
2022	IDO QF	GDC DNP	GDG DNP	ADO F	EDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG QF	DDC F	EDM 1R	HDT 2R	GDO 2R	BDO SF	GDT 2R
2023	BSD 2R	EDO SF	IDO 3R	GDG QF	ADO QF	DDC QF	BDO 3R	CDO 3R	EDG 2R	EDM 3R	GDO QF	HDT 3R	GDC 2R
2024	BDO 3R	GDG QF	IDO QF	EDG 3R	ADO QF	BSD SF	DDC QF	EDO 2R	GDC 3R	FDT 3R	HDT 3R	SDT 2R	CDO

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. Schmitz, Juergen. "Danny Noppert - Dartspieler Portraits bei Darts 1".
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
3. "Noppert and Winstanley crown Scottish Open champions". tungstentickle.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
4. "Noppert confirms move to PDC: 'Going to Q-School next week'". Dartsnews. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

External links

• Danny Noppert player profile at Darts Orakel