Jani Haavisto (born 11 May 1987) is a Finnish former professional
darts
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player.
Career
Haavisto won two events on the
Professional Darts Corporation
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's Scandinavian Tour in 2012, finishing second in the Order of Merit to qualify for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship. He defeated compatriot
Jarkko Komula
Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed Smiley because he rarely smiles.
Darts career
BDO
Komula reached the final of the 2001 ...
in the preliminary round, before being beaten 1–3 in sets by Gary Anderson in the first round, receiving praise for his high-scoring.
Haavisto entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Pro Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013 and 2014, and secured it on the second day by beating Colin Fowler 6–4 in his final round match. He played in his first
World Cup of Darts
The PDC World Cup of Darts is a team darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation, and was one of the three new tournaments introduced into the PDC calendar in 2010. It is broadcast live by Sky Sports.Jarkko Komula
Jarkko Komula (born 13 March 1976) is a Finnish former professional darts player who played in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed Smiley because he rarely smiles.
Darts career
BDO
Komula reached the final of the 2001 ...
and qualified from Group F courtesy of a 5–4 win over the USA and then shocked the Dutch pair of
Raymond van Barneveld
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and
Michael van Gerwen
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, both of whom had won major titles in 2012, with a 5–3 victory in the last 16. They then defeated the host nation Germany in the quarter-finals to face the Belgian brothers
Ronny
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* Ronny (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo
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and
Kim Huybrechts
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in the semi-finals. Haavisto lost to Kim 1–4, but Komula beat Ronny meaning a doubles match was required to settle the tie. However, they were whitewashed 0–4 to exit the tournament.
Haavisto won the first Scandinavian Tour event of 2013 in Finland beating
Ulf Ceder
Ulf Ceder (born 17 April 1974) is a Finnish former professional darts player.
Career
Ceder reached the first round of the 1996 Winmau World Masters where he lost to Roland Scholten. Ceder then reached the last 32 stage of the 2004 WDF Europe ...
6–0 in the final. He also won the third event with a 6–3 victory over
Per Laursen
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BDO career
Laursen reached the final of the WDF World Cup in both singl ...
in the final. After four events he was top of the SDC Order of Merit which earned him a place in the European Championship for the first time. Haavisto faced
Justin Pipe
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Playing career
Pipe was a boxer in his youth, and, as a staunc ...
in the first round and was defeated 6–3. In the final of the Scandinavian qualifier for the 2014 World Championship, Haavisto was edged out 6–5 by Dennis Lindskjold. Haavisto and Komula squandered a 3–1 lead in the first round of the
World Cup of Darts
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World Championship results
PDC
* 2013: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
* 2015: Preliminary round (lost to John Michael 1–4 in legs)