Dirk van Duijvenbode

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Duijvenbode, not Duijvenbode.

Dirk van Duijvenbode
Van Duijvenbode in 2019
Personal information
Nickname	"Aubergenius" "The Titan"
Born	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Home town	's-Gravenzande, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2006
Darts	23g Bull's NL Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Just Like You" by Radical Redemption
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2010–2011
PDC	2011–present (Tour Card: 2016–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 21 (30 August 2026)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Quarter-final: 2021
World Matchplay	Semi-final: 2026
World Grand Prix	Runner-up: 2020
UK Open	Last 16: 2022
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2022
European Championship	Semi-final: 2022
PC Finals	Semi-final: 2024
Masters	Quarter-final: 2023
World Series Finals	Runner-up: 2022
Other tournament wins
Players Championships (x6) 2021, 2022 (x2), 2023 (x3)

Dirk van Duijvenbode (born 30 June 1992) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he reached a peak ranking of world number ten in 2023. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2016, Van Duijvenbode has won six PDC ranking titles in Players Championship events. He was the runner-up at the 2020 World Grand Prix and 2022 World Series of Darts Finals, losing to Gerwyn Price in the final on both occasions. He has also finished as runner-up in three events on the PDC European Tour. Nicknamed "the Titan" or the "Aubergenius", he is known for his energetic walk-on, combined with hardstyle music.

Career

Early career: 2011–2017

In 2011, van Duijvenbode reached the final of a German PDC Youth Tour event, losing 2–4 against Paul Barham. In 2013, he won through to the final of two Challenge Tour events but was beaten 1–4 by Rowby-John Rodriguez and 3–4 by Jan Dekker.

Van Duijvenbode began playing in main PDC events in 2014 and qualified for the German Darts Championship, where he beat Brian Woods 6–3 before losing 5–6 to Wes Newton, having been 5–3 ahead. He reached the quarter-finals of a PDC event for the first time at the fourth UK Open Qualifier by defeating Robert Thornton 6–4, but then lost by a reverse of this scoreline to Brendan Dolan. At the UK Open itself he beat John Bowles 5–1 and, despite at one time holding a 7–4 lead over Joe Murnan in third round, was then edged out 8–9. Van Duijvenbode progressed to the semi-finals of the World Youth Championship, but lost 2–6 against Keegan Brown. He was defeated 1–5 by Colin Fowler in the final of the penultimate Challenge Tour event of the year.

In 2015, van Duijvenbode hit his first nine-dart finish during the third Development Tour event after he wired double 12 for a perfect leg in his previous match. His first quarter-final of the year on the main tour came at the 12th Players Championship where he lost 2–6 to Michael Smith. Van Duijvenbode made his debut at the European Championship, but was knocked out 2–6 by Justin Pipe in the first round.

Van Duijvenbode made his first appearance in the PDC World Championship in the 2016 event and lost the first set against compatriot Raymond van Barneveld in the first round. The next went to a deciding leg, but when van Duijvenbode was on 180 he hit three treble 20s to bust his score and could not win another leg in a 3-0 loss. At the UK Open he enjoyed wins over Michael McFall, Peter Hudson and Robbie Green to play in the fourth round and was defeated 4–9 by Mark Webster. During the rest of the season, the best van Duijvenbode could do was reach the last 32 of three Players Championship events.

2018–2020

Van Duijenbode at the 2019 European Darts Matchplay

After winning his Tour Card back at the start of 2018 only to lose it after his two-year spell, van Duijvenbode won a Tour Card for the third time at 2020 European Q-School. On 9 February 2020, he made his first ever PDC semi-final, losing to Gerwyn Price 7–4 at Players Championship 2. He also reached the semi-final of the 2020 Belgian Darts Championship. Van Duijvenbode's strong start to the 2020 PDC Pro Tour helped him qualify for the 2020 World Grand Prix, where despite being a debutant and the lowest-ranked qualifier on the Order of Merit, he defeated top 16 players Mensur Suljović, Dimitri Van den Bergh, Gary Anderson & Simon Whitlock to reach his first televised final, where he was defeated by Gerwyn Price. His strong performances on the 2020 PDC Pro Tour were enough to earn him a spot at the World Championship for the first time in 5 years.

2021

At the 2021 World Championship, van Duijvenbode came back from 2 sets behind to beat Bradley Brooks 3–2 in the first round, and then beat the fifth seed Rob Cross in the second. In the third round he whitewashed Adam Hunt 4-0, to set up a tie with Glen Durrant in the last 16. Although he lost the first 2 sets to Durrant, he won the match 4–3 to progress to the quarter-finals, where he was beaten by Gary Anderson 5–1, ending his run. However, this performance was enough to see him reach the world's top 32 for the first time in his career. van Duijvenbode picked up his first PDC ranking title by winning Players Championship 2, beating fellow Dutchman Martijn Kleermaker in the final.

2022

Van Duijvenbode qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship as the 17th seed, and therefore entered the tournament at the second round stage. He defeated Boris Koltsov in the second round 3–2 in sets. In the third round Dirk played against Ross Smith and came back from 3–0 down to win the match 4–3. He was defeated in the fourth round by Gerwyn Price.

On the 2022 PDC Pro Tour, van Duijvenbode won two Players Championship events. Van Duijvenbode made his second appearance at the World Matchplay and entered the event as the 14th seed based on his then-ranking on the PDC Order of Merit. At the 2022 World Matchplay, he defeated Ryan Searle and world number 3 Michael Smith before losing to his 2022 PDC World Cup teammate Danny Noppert 16–11 in the quarter-final stage. According to the statistical website Darts Orakel, van Duijvenbode usurped José de Sousa as the most prolific 180 hitter on the PDC circuit, averaging one maximum every 0.378 legs of darts in the calendar year up to August 2022.

2023–2024

Van Duijvenbode qualified for the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship as the 14th seed and defeated Karel Sedláček in the second round 3–2 to set up a rematch with Ross Smith, defeating him in the third round of the World Championship 4–3 for the second year running. The match had 31 180s, a record for a best of 7 sets match. Van Duijvenbode lost to Michael van Gerwen 4–1 in the fourth round.

During the 2023 PDC Pro Tour season, Van Duijvenbode reached two PDC European Tour finals. At the 2023 European Darts Open, he survived four match darts in the semi-finals and won the last 5 legs to beat Rob Cross from 6–2 down. At the European Open and the 2023 European Darts Matchplay, he lost both finals 8–7 in deciding legs, to Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries respectively. Van Duijvenbode won 3 of the first 2023 Players Championship events. As a result of his tournament wins and performances, van Duijvenbode reached a career–high ranking of 2nd on the PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit. After his win at Players Championship 10 Van Duijvenbode closed to within £50,000 of world number ten Dimitri Van den Bergh in the PDC World Rankings and stated that his goal for the year was to reach the top ten.

Van Duijvenbode's form declined following an injury he suffered after falling over during his walk–on before his match against Dylan Slevin at the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship in April. He reached the second round at the 2023 World Matchplay, beating Kim Huybrechts 12–10 in the first round before losing to Luke Humphries 14–12. He reached the top ten in the rankings for the first time and was therefore seeded 10th for the World Grand Prix but he lost in the opening round to Brendan Dolan 2–1 in sets. Van Duijvenbode then suffered exits in his first games at the European Championship, Players Championship Finals, World Championship and the 2024 UK Open. Van Duijvenbode finished third in his group at the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, losing to Gary Anderson 5–4 in a deciding leg in his opening match followed by a 5–2 win over Steve Lennon and a 5–1 loss to Luke Humphries. He failed to average over 86 in any of his three group matches. As a result of his early exits at tournaments Van Duijvenbode's ranking suffered and he failed to qualify for the 2024 World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts. Van Duijvenbode did reach a quarter-final on the European Tour at the 2024 Flanders Darts Trophy, helping him qualify for the European Championship where he reached the quarter-finals.

At the 2024 PDC Players Championship series Van Duijvenbode reached the final at PC6, losing to Dave Chisnall 8–6 in the final, This qualified Van Duijvenbode for the 2024 Players Championship Finals as the 23rd seed. He defeated 42nd seed Callan Rydz in the first round 6–1. Van Duijvenbode then defeated Florian Hempel, 6–3, and Jermaine Wattimena, 10–5, to reach the quarter-finals. Van Duijvenbode defeated Connor Scutt 10–9 in a deciding leg to reach his first semi-final at the Players Championship Finals.

2025

As the 25th seed, Van Duijvenbode was defeated in his opening match at the 2025 World Championship, losing 3–1 to Madars Razma in the second round. He reached the final of Players Championship 17 in June, where he lost to Chris Dobey in a deciding leg. He was a quarter-finalist at the World Grand Prix, his first time reaching the last eight of the tournament since making the 2020 final. He was eliminated in a 3–0 defeat to Jonny Clayton.

Van Duijvenbode hit a nine-dart finish in the fourth leg of his first-round win over Karel Sedláček at the German Darts Championship. He reached the final of the tournament, where he was beaten 8–6 by Nathan Aspinall. He hit a further three nine-darters in Players Championship events throughout the year.

2026

Following a 3–2 victory over Andy Baetens, 29th seed Van Duijvenbode lost 3–2 to James Hurrell in the second round of the 2026 World Championship. He was a finalist at Players Championship 15, losing 8–5 to Michael van Gerwen. In July, Van Duijvenbode defeated three seeded players—Chris Dobey, Van Gerwen, and Gary Anderson—en route to his first World Matchplay semi-final. He lost 17–5 to eventual champion Luke Littler.

Personal life

Van Duijvenbode has two children. He has been nicknamed "Aubergenius" due to him working on an aubergine farm.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2016: First round (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 0–3)
• 2021: Quarter-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 1–5)
• 2022: Fourth round (lost to Gerwyn Price 1–4)
• 2023: Fourth round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–4)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Boris Krčmar 1–3)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Madars Razma 1–3)
• 2026: Second round (lost to James Hurrell 2–3)

Career finals

PDC major finals: 2

Legend
World Grand Prix (0–1)
World Series of Darts Finals (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2020	World Grand Prix	Gerwyn Price	2–5 (s)
Runner-up	2.	2022	World Series of Darts Finals	Gerwyn Price	10–11 (l)

PDC world series finals: 1

Legend
World Series of Darts (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2022	Dutch Darts Masters	Dimitri Van den Bergh	2–8 (l)

Performance timeline

Van Duijvenbode's performance timeline is as follows:

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	Did not qualify					1R	Did not qualify				QF	4R	4R	2R	2R	2R
World Masters	Did not qualify											1R	QF	2R	Prel.	Prel.
UK Open	Did not qualify			3R	1R	4R	4R	4R	3R	5R	5R	6R	5R	4R	4R	4R
World Matchplay	Did not qualify										1R	QF	2R	DNQ	2R	SF
World Grand Prix	Did not qualify									F	1R	1R	1R	DNQ	QF
European Championship	Did not qualify				1R	Did not qualify				QF	DNQ	SF	1R	QF	1R
Grand Slam	Did not qualify									RR	DNQ	2R	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	Did not qualify									QF	1R	QF	1R	SF	1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup	Did not participate										QF	SF	2R	DNQ
World Series Finals	Not held				Did not qualify						2R	F	1R	1R	DNQ
World Youth Championship	2R	3R	3R	SF	1R	1R	Did not participate
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	-	-	-	86	47	77	72	99	92	43	15	13	13	26	30

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
2014	GDC 2R	DNQ		ADO 1R	DNQ			EDT 1R
2015	GDC DNQ	GDT 1R	DNQ			EDO 2R	EDT 1R	EDM 1R	EDG DNQ
2016	DDM 1R	GDM DNQ	GDT 1R	Did not qualify
2017	GDC DNQ	GDM 1R	GDO 1R	EDG 2R	GDT DNQ	EDM 2R	ADO 1R	DNQ		GDG 1R	DNQ
2018	Did not qualify								EDM 1R	DNQ		IDO 1R	EDT DNQ
2019	DNQ				ADO 1R	Did not qualify					EDM 2R	DNQ
2020	BDC SF	DNQ		IDO WD
2021	HDT 2R	GDT 2R
2022	IDO 3R	GDC 3R	GDG 3R	ADO QF	EDO QF	CDO 3R	EDG 2R	DDC QF	EDM 2R	HDT 3R	GDO 2R	BDO 3R	GDT 3R
2023	BSD QF	EDO F	IDO SF	GDG 3R	ADO 3R	DDC 3R	BDO QF	CDO 3R	EDG 2R	EDM F	GDO QF	HDT 2R	GDC 2R
2024	BDO 2R	GDG 2R	IDO 2R	EDG 2R	ADO 2R	BSD 2R	DDC 2R	EDO 3R	GDC 2R	FDT QF	HDT 1R	SDT 1R	CDO DNQ
2025	BDO 3R	EDT 1R	IDO 2R	GDG 2R	ADO QF	EDG SF	DDC 3R	EDO 1R	BSD 2R	FDT 2R	CDO 2R	HDT 1R	SDT 2R	GDC F
2026	PDO 1R	EDT QF	BDO 2R	GDG 3R	EDG 1R	ADO 1R	IDO 1R	BSD 2R	SDO 1R	EDO QF	HDT	CDO	FDT	SDT	DDC

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2011	Did not participate												NUL 1R	NUL 1R	Did not participate				NUL 1R	NUL 1R	DNP			GLA 2R	GLA 1R	Did not participate
2015	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 4R	CRA 4R	CRA 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	WIG 2R	WIG QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2016	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR DNP		COV 1R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 3R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2017	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	MIL DNP		WIG 1R	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG QF	WIG 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2019	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	DUB 2R	DUB 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 3R	BAR SF	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	COV 3R	COV 4R	COV 2R	COV 4R	COV 4R
2021	BOL 3R	BOL 4R	BOL 3R	BOL QF	MIL QF	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE W	NIE F	MIL QF	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R
2022	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR QF	BAR 3R	NIE QF	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR W	BAR 2R	WIG 1R	WIG QF	NIE F	NIE QF	BAR W	BAR DNP			BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR F	BAR 4R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR QF	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR W	BAR QF	BAR W	HIL QF	HIL 1R	WIG 4R	WIG W	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	LEI 3R	LEI QF	DNP			BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	Did not participate
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 4R	LEI QF	HIL 2R	HIL F	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL SF	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG SF	LEI 4R	LEI 2R
2025	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R	HIL SF	HIL 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 3R	ROS 4R	ROS QF	HIL 3R	HIL QF	LEI F	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL DNP		MIL QF	MIL 3R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R
2026	HIL 3R	HIL 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 4R	LEI F	LEI 3R	LEI QF	LEI 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG QF	WIG 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 4R	LEI 1R	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

PDC World Series of Darts

Tournament	2022	2024	2025
Dutch Masters	F	1R	1R

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

External links

• Dirk van Duijvenbode player profile at Darts Orakel