JOY FOR JANSEN! 🇳🇱🏆 Danny Jansen wins the opening Winmau Development Tour event of 2024, recovering from 4-2 down to defeat his fellow countryman Owen Roelofs! What a start to the year for Jansen, who also tops the Challenge Tour Order of Merit! 👏
Danny Jansen starts Development Tour season with title after comeback in Dutch final
PDCFriday, 23 February 2024 at 17:10
Danny Jansen has won the first tournament of the PDC Development Tour 2024. The Dutchman was too strong for compatriot Owen Roelofs after an exciting final 5-4.
With that, 'The Mullet' continues his good start to the season, after previously failing to retain his PDC Tour Card. In fact, Jansen also won a tournament on the PDC Challenge Tour, more or less securing his participation in a large number of Pro Tour tournaments after all.
During Development Tour 1, Jansen was able to record victories over Travis Baur (4-1), Kieran Thompson (4-1), Patrik Williams (4-2), Cam Crabtree (4-3), Dylan Dowling (4-1), Paul Krohne (5-2) and Daniel Perry (5-3) to qualify for the final. In the final match, the win seemed to go to Roelofs, but Roelofs missed as many as six match darts in the eighth leg. Then it was Jansen who won 5-4.
The Development Tour is the youth circuit of the PDC. This tour is open to players ages 16 through 23. Players who turn 24 during the season may continue to compete.
At each Development Tour tournament, there is a prize pool of 15,000 pounds to be divided. With the prize money, a ranking is established. At the end of the season, the numbers one and two receive an invitation to the World Darts Championship, plus a Tour Card for 2025 and 2026. The ranking winner also gets to compete in the Grand Slam of Darts.
PDC Development Tour 1.
Last 16
Daniel Perry 4 | 0 Jamai van den Herik
Rusty-Jake Rodriguez 4 | 2 Sebastian Bialecki
Danny Jansen 4 | 1 Dylan Dowling
Paul Krohne 4 | 2 Connor Arberry
Nathan Rafferty 4 | 3 Wessel Nijman
Owen Roelofs 4 | 3 Harry Gregory
Keane Barry 4 | 3 Owen Bates
James Beeton 4 | 2 Anton Ostlund
Quarterfinals
Daniel Perry 5 | 3 Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Danny Jansen 5 | 2 Paul Krohne
Owen Roelofs 5 | 4 Nathan Rafferty
James Beeton 5 | 3 Keane Barry
Semi-final
Danny Jansen 5 | 3 Daniel Perry
Owen Roelofs 5 | 2 James Beeton
Final
Danny Jansen 5 | 4 Owen Roelofs
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