Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a Dutch former professional

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player.

Career

Harms won the

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in the final. Harms qualified for the

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as the 13th seed. He defeated Martin Phillips,

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, and fellow débutant Paul Jennings to reach the semi-final where he was defeated 6–5 by

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. Harms's performance, followed by subsequent strong runs in the coming months, saw him briefly top the WDF world rankings. Among Harms's other achievements were reaching the semi-finals of the

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in 2012, repeating his world championship semi-final run in

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where he was once again beaten by O'Shea, winning the

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in 2013 beating world number one

7–6 in the final, and reaching the semi-finals of the

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in 2013 where he was beaten 3–2 by Bunting. However, he was defeated in the second round of the 2014 World Championship by

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after throwing for the match in the sixth set and missing one dart at double 16 to win, also leaving double 18 for the match in the next leg only to see Eccles hit 122 for the set.

2020

Harms won a PDC Tour Card on day 4 of the European Q School. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021.

2022

Due to losing his tour card and playing no events since the pandemic. He will not return to the 2022 PDC Q School.

Nickname

Wesley Harms played under the nickname Sparky because he is an electrician in the Netherlands.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2012: Semi-finals (lost to

5–6) * 2013: Semi-finals (lost to Tony O'Shea 4–6) * 2014: 2nd round (lost to

3–4) * 2015: 1st round (lost to Jeff Smith 1–3) * 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Jamie Hughes 1–5) * 2017: 1st round (lost to

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0–3) * 2018: 1st round (lost to

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1–3) * 2019: 2nd round (lost to

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2–4) * 2020: 2nd round (lost to

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2–4)

Career finals

WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

Performance timeline

References

External links

* 1984 births Living people Dutch darts players Sportspeople from Alkmaar British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders {{Netherlands-darts-bio-stub