Benito van de Pas

Benito van de Pas
Personal information
Nickname Big Ben
Born (1993-01-18) 18 January 1993
Netherlands
Home town Tilburg
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since 2003
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music I Was Made for Lovin' You by Kiss
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2009–2014
PDC 2014–
Current world ranking 21
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2012, 2013, 2014
World Masters Last 16: 2012
Zuiderduin Masters Quarter Final: 2013
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2015, 2016
World Matchplay Last 32: 2015
World Grand Prix Last 32: 2015
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2014, 2015
UK Open Last 16: 2016
Players Ch'ship Finals Quarter-Final: 2015
Other tournament wins
Baronie stad Open 2009
Dongen Open 2010
German Open 2011
Hemeco Open Rosmalen 2015
Klaaswaal Open 2011
Open Zeeland 2015
PDC Challenge Tour England 2013
PDC Development Tour 2015
Scharen Open 2010
The Hague Championship 2015
Willemstad Open 2010

Players Championships

Players Championship (BAR) 2016
Other achievements
2015 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Benito van de Pas (born 18 January 1993) is a Dutch darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation.

BDO career

Van de Pas reached the semi-finals of the 2011 PDC Under-21 World Championship, losing 1-4 to Michael van Gerwen.[1]

Van de Pas won the 2011 German Open.[2] This result helped him to qualify for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 14th seed. He lost 2-3 in the first round against Alan Norris. He also qualified for the Lakeside in 2013 and 2014, losing in the first round again on both occasions.

PDC career

In January 2014, Van de Pas entered the PDC Q School, earning a tour card on Day 1 with a 5–4 win over fellow BDO player and compatriot Joey ten Berge in the final round.[3] His first PDC major was the UK Open and he beat Doug Thompson and Davy Dodds both by 5–3 scorelines, before losing 9–3 to Paul Hogan in the third round.[4] Van de Pas reached the last 16 of a PDC event for the first time in May at the eighth Players Championship, but was defeated 6–1 by Simon Whitlock.[5] He won through to the semi-finals in the next event by seeing off the likes of Kevin Painter, Michael Smith and Mervyn King, but then let a 5–2 lead over Justin Pipe turn into a 6–5 defeat.[6] At the Gibraltar Darts Trophy, Van de Pas averaged 104.86 in whitewashing Antonio Alcinas 6–0 in the first round and produced another stunning performance to beat world number one Michael van Gerwen 6–5, opening the game with a 10 darter and finishing it with an average of 106.72.[7] In the third round he missed three match darts at double top in the deciding leg against James Wade to be beaten 6–5.[8]

A third quarter-final appearance of the year came at the 14th Players Championship where he lost 6–4 to Michael Smith, but his performances on the Pro Tour throughout the season earned Van de Pas a debut in the European Championship and a first round meeting with Peter Wright.[9] Van de Pas trailed 3–0 before fighting back to send the match into a deciding leg during which he missed one dart to progress and was beaten 6–5.[10] Van de Pas was the 29th seed for the Players Championship Finals and he lost to Wright once again in the first round of a PDC major, this time 6–2.[11]

His successful first year in the PDC earned him £19,500 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit which saw him claim the third of 16 spots on offer to non-qualified players for the 2015 World Championship.[12] Van de Pas faced Paul Nicholson in the opening round and made a dream start by throwing a 180 in his first visit and went on to take the first set without reply. The match would go into a deciding set in which Van de Pas won all three legs, sealing it with a 109 finish.[13] He continued his progress by twice coming from behind against world number eight Dave Chisnall to defeat him 4–2.[14] However, Van de Pas' run came to an end in the third round as Robert Thornton whitewashed him 4–0.[15] After his first year in the PDC he was ranked world number 42, the second highest of all the new players on tour.[16] During the fifth Players Championship event, Van de Pas threw his first nine-dart finish on the PDC tour and went on to lose in the last 16.[17]

Van de Pas ended world number one Michael van Gerwen's 21-game unbeaten start to the year in the European Tour events at the International Darts Open. He took out finishes of 158 and 122 to win 6–4 and then defeated Justin Pipe 6–4 and Kim Huybrechts 6–3 to reach his first PDC final.[18] However, he was unable to replicate his performances against Michael Smith as he averaged 81.41 in a 6–3 loss.[19] Van de Pas was also competing on the PDC Development Tour this year and lost in three finals as well as taking the sixth event with a 4–2 win over Bradley Kirk.[20] He qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time and was beaten 10–4 by Van Gerwen in the opening round.[21] Van de Pas also made his debut at the World Grand Prix and took the first set against Kim Huybrechts, but then lost six successive legs to be knocked out 2–1 in sets.[22] Van de Pas reached his second final of the year at the 19th Players Championship, with all 11 legs against Peter Wright going with the throw as he was edged out 6–5, missing the bull for the title in the final leg.[23] He saw off Stephen Bunting 6–4 at the Players Championship Finals and then averaged 105.39 and took out two thirds of his shots at doubles in a second round 10–3 thrashing of James Wade and afterwards stated his delight that his floor form was translating on to the televised stage.[24] In Van de Pas' first career PDC major quarter-final he was beaten 10–5 by Daryl Gurney.[25]

Wins over Max Hopp and Dimitri van den Bergh saw Van de Pas play in the third round of the World Championship for the second successive year and, just like last year, he was unable to pick up a set in a 4–0 defeat this time to Michael Smith.[26] At the UK Open, Van de Pas began with victories over Mervyn King and Simon Whitlock before losing to Kyle Anderson 9-2 in the last 16.

In April 2016, van de Pas won his first PDC Pro Tour Players Championship event, winning PC4 in Barnsley, defeating Michael van Gerwen 6–5 in the final.[27]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

References

  1. ↑ Dutch Ace & Monk Qualify PDC.tv
  2. ↑ Profile for Benito van de Pas
  3. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day One". PDC. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 UK Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Thornton Claims Fantastic Wigan Double". PDC. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wright wins in Crawley". PDC. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "Gibraltar Darts Trophy Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 PDPA Players Championship Crawley Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "888.com European Championship Day One". PDC. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF Day One". PDC. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day Nine". PDC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "Order of Merit on 5 January 2015". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Lethal Lewis Completes Barnsley Double". PDC. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Van Gerwen Dominance Ended In Riesa". PDC. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Super Smith Seals Second Euro Crown". PDC. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "PDC Unicorn Development Tour 5-6". PDC. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "BetVictor World Matchplay Day One". PDC. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  22. ↑ "partypoker.com World Grand Prix - Sunday". PDC. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Peter Wright beats Benito van de Pas in Players Championship final in Coventry". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Cash Converters PCF - Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "Foursome Van Gerwen's Minehead Glory". PDC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day 11". PDC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  27. ↑ http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/wwwi9902x89a1jklnmuad58g8/title/players-championship-four-latest

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