Michael van Gerwen
Nick Name
: N/A
Born
:25 Apr,1989
Age
:30 years, 4 months
Location
:Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Website
: http://www.michaelvangerwen.com/
About Michael van Gerwen
Michael van Gerwen is a Dutch professional darts player currently ranked world number one.He began playing darts at the age of 13 and had won the World Masters and thrown a televised nine-dart finish within four years, becoming the youngest player to do either. However, after this initial burst onto the darting scene, Van Gerwen struggled for consistent form until his breakthrough year in 2012.
Darts Career:
- 2014 World Darts Champion Michael van Gerwen is one of the stars of the sport.
- The Dutch sensation is the youngest player ever to win a major title, having won the World Masters in 2006, aged just 17.
- ‘Mighty Mike’ won several Open tournaments as a teenager as he took the darting world by storm.
- In 2007, he defeated world number one Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor in straight sets in a brilliant run to the of the Masters of Darts tournament, where he went on to hit an incredible nine-dart finish against Raymond van Barneveld.
- Van Gerwen was unable to fulfil his amazing potential immediately but, after reaching two PDC Youth World Championship finals, he has enjoyed an excellent resurgence of late.
- He was named as Young Player of the Year for 2011 at the PDC’s annual awards dinner, before embarking on his most successful year to date in 2012.
- ‘Mighty Mike’ won seven Pro Tour events with some awesome performances, which included a perfect nine-dart finish.
- He repeated the fantastic feat of a nine-dart leg live on TV on his run to the quarter-finals of the World Matchplay in Blackpool.
- van Gerwen clinched his first major PDC title in October 2012, when he took the £100,000 World Grand Prix title in Dublin, as he came back from four sets to one down in the final to defeat Mervyn King 6-4.
- He followed it with another exciting run to the final of the next televised tournament, The Grand Slam of Darts, where he continued to delight his growing army of fans with some electrifying displays, none more so than his 10-5 triumph over 15-time World Champion Taylor in the last 16, when he averaged over 108.
- In the 2013 World Championships, van Gerwen knocked out defending champion Adrian Lewis before hitting a stunning nine-darter in his semi-final win over James Wade. Incredibly, he was one dart away from becoming the first player to achieve the feat in back to back legs.
- van Gerwen lost out to Taylor in the final despite averaging over 100.
- His performances for the year were rewarded with three honours at the annaul awards dinner as ‘Mighty Mike’ picked up the Fans Player of the Year, PDPA Players Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards.
- The Dutch ace also holds the record for the highest three dart average ever broadcast, after posting an incredible 121.86 in his 6-0 win against Steve Beaton in the Championship League.
- His remarkable rise to fourth in the PDC order of Merit saw him receive automatic qualification for the prestigious 2013 McCoy’s Premier League, which he went on to win in typically sensational style.
- van Gerwen became the only player other than Taylor to top the league table before clinching the £150,000 first prize by defeating ‘The Power’ in a brilliant final.
- Three days later, van Gerwen was tasting glory again when he beat Simon Whitlock in the final of the European Darts Open in Dusseldorf, before going on to win the inaugural Dubai Masters.
- He added a third televised PDC major with victory over Taylor in the final of the 2013 Players Championship, which he had entered as number one seed after a fantastic season on the Pro Tour.
- And van Gerwen realised his dream of becoming World Champion when he defeated Peter Wright in the 2014 final at Alexandra Palace.
- Later that year, he again topped the Premier League table but finished runner-up in the tournament after losing the final to van Barneveld.
- However, a week later, van Gerwen retained the Dubai Darts Masters title with another final victory over Wright.
- Another week on and van Gerwen claimed another TV title, this time teaming up with van Barneveld to win the World Cup for Netherlands.
- van Gerwen went on to win the World Grand Prix for the second time in October that year – a month which also saw him win his maiden European Championship.
- After losing his World Championship crown in 2015, van Gerwen responded in emphatic style by winning The Masters and the UK Open early in the year.
- He finished top of the Premier League for a third consecutive season but was denied another title by Gary Anderson. However, van Gerwen defeated van Barneveld, Lewis and Taylor to clinch his third straight Dubai Darts Masters title.
Michael van Gerwen Achievements
BDO major finals:
2006-World Masters (darts)
PDC premier event finals:
Legend
- World Championship (1–1)
- World Matchplay (1–1)
- World Grand Prix (2–0)
- Grand Slam (0–1)
- Premier League (1–2)
- Players Championship Finals (1–0)
- The Masters (1–0)
- UK Open (1–0)
- 2012World Grand Prix
- 2013Premier League Darts
- 2013Players Championship Finals
- 2014World Darts Championship
- 2014World Grand Prix
- 2014European Championship
- 2015The Masters
- 2015UK Open
World Championship:
BDO:
- 2007: First round (lost to Gary Robson 2–3)
PDC:
- 2008: First round (lost to Phil Taylor 2–3)
- 2009: Second round (lost to Phil Taylor 0–4)
- 2010: Second round (lost to James Wade 2–4)
- 2011: First round (lost to Mensur Suljovic 1–3)
- 2012: Third round (lost to Simon Whitlock 3–4)
- 2013: Runner-up (lost to Phil Taylor 4–7)
- 2014: Winner (beat Peter Wright 7–4)
- 2015: Semi-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 3–6)
Other tournament wins:
- Gleneagle Irish Masters-2008
- Jägermeister Open-2011
- Killarney Pro Tour-2012
- Northern Ireland Open-2005
- Norway Open-2005
- Open Holland-2006, 2007
- Open Nederhemert-2011
- Open Willemstad-2013
- WDF Europe Youth Cup-2006
- Welsh Open-2006
- World Cup of Darts-2014
- World Darts Event-2006
European Tour Events:
- Austrian Darts Open-2013
- Dutch Darts Masters-2014, 2015
- European Darts Matchplay-2015
- European Darts Open-2013
- German Darts Championship-2015
- German Darts Masters-2015
- Gibraltar Darts Trophy-2015
Players Championships:
- Players Championship (BAR)-2012, 2012, 2014, 2015
- Players Championship (BIR)-2012
- Players Championship (COV)-2015
- Players Championship (CRA)-2012, 2013, 2014, 2014
- Players Championship (DUB)-2012
- Players Championship (SWE)-2009
- Players Championship (WIG)-2013
UK Open Regionals/Qualifiers:
- UK Open Qualifier-2012, 2013 (x5), 2014, 2015 (x3)
PDC Youth Tour:
- Youth Tour (ENG)-2011, 2011, 2011
- Youth Tour (IRE)-2011
World Series of Darts Events:
- Dubai Darts Masters-2013, 2014, 2015
- Singapore Darts Masters-2014
- Perth Masters
- Sydney Masters
Other Achievements:
- 2006-Youngest ever winner of the Winmau World Masters
- 2007-Youngest ever player at the BDO World Championship
- 2007-Nine dart finish at the Masters of Darts
- 2011-PDC Young Player of the Year
- 2012-Nine dart finish at the World Matchplay
- 2012-In October breaks into the world's top 10 for the first time
- 2012-Nine dart finish at the 2013 PDC World Championship
- 2013-In January breaks into the world's top four for the first time 2013 PDC Young Player of the Year 2013 PDC Fans' Player of the Year 2013 PDPA Players’ Player of the Year 2013 In April is the world number two for the first time 2013 First player finishing the Premier League of Darts top of the table other than Phil Taylor 2013 First player to beat Taylor more than once in a major final 2014 Is world number one for the first time 2014 Nine dart finish at the European Championship 2015 Second player after Taylor to earn £1 million on the rolling two-year Order of Merit
- 2015-Sets highest televised average of 114.91
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