Yordi Meeuwisse (born 31 January 1988) is a Dutch professional

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player who plays for the

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events.

Career

BDO

In 2013, Meeuwisse made his television debut at the

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. In his first group match he lost to

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5–2. Meeuwisse booked an impressive win over

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5–4 in the second game. However, it was not enough to come through the group stage. Yordi was also qualified for the Zuiderduin Masters of 2014. After beating

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5–2 in his first match, he lost to

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5–3 in the second game. In 2015 Meeuwisse won the Sunparks Masters, having beaten the Lakeside champion Scott Mitchell 3–0 in the final.

PDC

In January 2016, Meeuwisse entered PDC Qualifying School. After losing in the final round on the second day, Meeuwisse secured a tour card by winning the final round on the last day. He qualified for the

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, where he lost 6–3 to

in the second round. Meeuwisse qualified for his first European Tour event in September, the International Darts Open. In the first round he trailed 5–2 to

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, but managed to win 6–5. He received a bye into the third round after

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withdrew and averaged 100.49 during a 6–2 win over

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to play in his first quarter-final, but lost 6–1 to

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. In October 2018, Meeuwisse qualified for the PDC World Championship by winning the Western Europe Qualifier. A first round loss at

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to William O'Connor was followed by a visit to PDC European Q-School by Meeuwisse in January 2019. He was unable to secure one of the four direct Tour Cards on offer, but Meeuwisse finished third on the Order of Merit to seal a PDC Tour Card for the first time and at least two years on the PDC ProTour.

World Championship results

PDC

*2019: 1st round (lost to William O'Connor 0–3)

References

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* 1988 births {{DEFAULTSORT:Meeuwisse, Yordi Living people Dutch darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from The Hague