Jarkko Komula

Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He got the nickname "Smiley" in humorous reference to his lack of smiling.

Jarkko Komula
Komula in 2008
Personal information
Nickname	"Smiley"
Born	(1976-03-13) 13 March 1976 (age 48) Oulu, Finland
Home town	Tampere, Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since	1992
Darts	20 Gram Smiley's
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Sandstorm" by Darude
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1998–2009
PDC	2009–2015
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2004
World Masters	Runner Up: 2001
World Trophy	Semi Final: 2003
Int. Darts League	Last 16 Group: 2003, 2004
Finder Masters	Quarter Final: 2002, 2004
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2014
Other tournament wins
Nordic Cup 2008 Norway Open 2003 PDC World Finland Qualifying 2009 WDF World Cup Team 2005 SDC Pro Tour SDC Denmark 2012, 2013 SDC Finland 2012 SDC Sweden 2014

Darts career

BDO

Komula reached the final of the 2001 Winmau World Masters, beating Andy Fordham 4–0 in the semi-finals. He was beaten in the final by Raymond van Barneveld. He made his BDO World Championship debut in 2002, losing to Ted Hankey in the first round. He suffered a second first round exit at the Lakeside in 2003, losing to Vincent van der Voort. In the 2004 BDO World Darts Championship, he finally won a match, beating Paul Hanvidge but lost in the second round to Mervyn King. In 2005, he lost in the first round again, this time to Robert Wagner.

On 31 May 2008 Komula won the Nordic Cup, beating Sweden's Markus Korhonen in the final.

PDC

At the beginning of 2009, Komula joined the PDC. He qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Finland qualifying event. He defeated Russia's Roman Konchikov by 4 legs to 3 in the preliminary round, but lost to Wes Newton by 3 sets to 0 in the first round.

Komula had occasional television appearances for the next few years before coming back to prominence by reaching the semi-finals of the PDC World Cup of Darts in 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts along with his Finnish compatriot Jani Haavisto. Their biggest scalp was the Dutch team of Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen, and they also beat the home German team of Andree Welge and Jyhan Artut before being defeated by the Belgian team of Kim Huybrechts and Ronny Huybrechts.

Komula once again qualified for the World Championship in 2014, this time directly into the first round, where he defeated seeded player Mark Walsh 3–1, before losing 4–0 to Simon Whitlock.^[1]

Jarkko did not renew his Tour Card for 2015, bringing an end to his PDC run.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2002: 1st round (lost to Ted Hankey 2–3)
• 2003: 1st round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 1–3)
• 2004: 2nd round (lost to Mervyn King 2–3)
• 2005: 1st round (lost to Robert Wagner 2–3)

PDC

• 2010: 1st round (lost to Wes Newton 0–3)
• 2013: Last 72 (lost to Jani Haavisto 2–4 legs)
• 2014: 2nd round (lost to Simon Whitlock 0–4)

Performance timeline

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
BDO World Championship	DNQ			1R	1R	2R	1R	DNQ			DNP
International Darts League	Not held				2R	2R	1R	DNQ		Not Held
World Darts Trophy	Not held			1R	SF	1R	DNQ			Not held
Winmau World Masters	QF	SF	RU	L64	L64	L64	DNP	L64	L16	L72	DNP		L40
Finder Darts Masters	DNQ			QF	RR	QF	DNQ	NH	DNQ		DNP

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

References

1. "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Ten". PDC. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.

External links

• Jarkko Komula's Stats at Darts Database