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Aileen de Graaf

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Aileen de Graaf
De Graaf in 2023
Personal information
Born (1990-04-25) 25 April 1990 (age 34)
Bunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands
Home townBunschoten-Spakenburg, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2007
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2011–2020
WDF2011–
Current world ranking(WDF W) 2 Steady (8 December 2024)[1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'shipRunner Up: 2023
World MastersWinner (1): 2015
World TrophyWinner (1): 2017
Finder MastersWinner (2): 2013, 2017
Dutch OpenWinner (4): 2014, 2015, 2020, 2023
Other tournament wins
Belfry Open 2022
Belgium Open 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2024
British Classic 2017
British Pentathlon 2018
Bruges Open 2022
Catalonia Open 2021
Czech Open 2014, 2015
Denmark Open 2013, 2015, 2018
FCD Anniversary Open 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
French Classic 2019
German Gold Cup 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
German Masters 2016, 2018
German Open 2016, 2018, 2019
Hal Open 2015
Hungarian Classic 2018
Hungarian Masters 2017, 2018
Italian Grand Masters 2016, 2018
Italian Open 2018, 2019
Isle of Man Open 2015
Latvian Open 2018
Luxembourg Masters 2019
Luxembourg Open 2011, 2014, 2019
Munsterland Trophy 2015
Police Masters 2014
Polish Open 2014, 2017
Romanian Open 2019
SunParcs Masters 2012, 2014
Swedish Classic 2016
Swedish Masters 2022
Swiss Open 2014
Turkish Masters 2016, 2017, 2018
Turkish Open 2016, 2017
Welsh Open 2013
World Open 2022
PDC Women's Series 2024 (X1)

Aileen de Graaf (born 25 April 1990) is a Dutch darts player who plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

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De Graaf started to play darts in 2007 and from 2010, played ranking tournaments of the NBD. Since 2012, she plays the BDO/WDF circuit and already won a lot of tournaments or at least reached the later rounds. De Graaf qualified for the BDO World Championship 2014 but lost in the first round against the later champion Lisa Ashton.

World Championships results

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BDO/WDF

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  • 2014: First round (lost to Lisa Ashton 1–2)
  • 2015: Quarter-finals (lost to Fallon Sherrock 1–2)
  • 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 1–2)
  • 2017: Semi-finals (lost to Lisa Ashton 0–2)
  • 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Trina Gulliver 0–2)
  • 2019: Quarter-finals (lost to Anastasia Dobromyslova 0–2)
  • 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 1–2)
  • 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Beau Greaves 0–2)
  • 2023: Runner-up (lost to Beau Greaves 1–4)
  • 2024: Quarter-finals (lost to Sophie McKinlay 0–2)

Career finals

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BDO major finals: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

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Legend
World Championship (0–1)
World Masters (1–0)
Zuiderduin Masters (1–3)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2011 Zuiderduin Masters England Deta Hedman 0–2 (s)
Runner-up 2. 2012 Zuiderduin Masters Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2 (s)
Winner 3. 2013 Zuiderduin Masters Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 2–0 (s)
Runner-up 4. 2014 Zuiderduin Masters Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova 1–2 (s)
Winner 5. 2015 World Masters England Lisa Ashton 5–4 (l)
Runner-up 6. 2023 World Championship England Beau Greaves 1–4 (s)

PDC Women's televised finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Women's Matchplay (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2022 Women's World Matchplay  Fallon Sherrock 3–6 (l)
  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
WDF Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R QF SF SF QF QF QF NH QF F QF
World Masters DNP SF SF W QF 5R DNP 4R NH 2R NH DNP
World Trophy NYF QF QF QF W 1R SF NH
Finder Masters F F W F RR F W RR NH
Dutch Open RR SF SF W W QF QF F F W NH QF W F
PDC Non-ranked televised events
Women's World Matchplay NYF F QF WD

Key

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

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  1. ^ "WDF Women's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
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