Jimmy Hendriks

Not to be confused with Jimi Hendrix.
Jimmy Hendriks
Personal information
Born (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994
Heemskerk
Home town Castricum
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since 2000
Darts Target Jimmy Hendriks "Atias" 22g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) by The Outhere Brothers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2010-
Current world ranking (BDO) 65
BDO majors - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 16: 2013
World Masters Last 80: 2012, 2013
Zuiderduin Masters Last 24 Group: 2012
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Lithuania Open
World Youth Masters
WDF Europe Youth Cup
WDF World Youth Cup
2012
2011
2011
2011

Jimmy Hendriks (born 19 March 1994) is a Dutch darts player who competes in British Darts Organisation events.

Career

He won the WDF World Youth Cup and World Youth Masters in 2011 and the Lithuania Open in 2012; 2012 proved to be a successful year for 18-year-old Hendriks who also made it to the quarter-final in the German Open, Welsh Masters and Swiss Open.[1] He defeated the three-time BDO champion Martin Adams in the first round of the 2013 BDO World Darts Championship.[2]

Hendriks has also seen success playing in pairs tournaments, achieving 2012 victories in the Isle-of-Man Pairs (with Tony O'Shea, the England Open Pairs (with Brian Dawson) and the German Open Pairs (with Scott Mitchell).

At the age of 18, Hendriks already had his own darts range with sponsor Target, who contribute a percentage of all sales of his darts range to helping establish him on the professional circuit.

World Championship results

BDO

References

  1. "BDO World Darts: Martin Adams loses to Jimmy Hendriks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  2. "Darts: Martin Adams rocked by Jimmy Hendriks". The Independent. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

External links

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