{{short description|Belgian darts player}} {{BLP primary sources|article|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox darts player | name = Geert De Vos | image = | fullname = | nickname = "Foxy" | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1981|10|06|df=yes}}}} | birth_place = [[Ninove]], Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = [[Aalst, Belgium|Aalst]], Belgium | since = | darts = 24g Datadart Geert De Vos | laterality = Right-handed | music = "[[Because the Night]]" by [[Jan Wayne]] | BDO = 2005-2018 | PDC = 2019-2022 | WDF = 2023- | currentrank = | BDO World = Quarter Final: [[2017 BDO World Darts Championship|2017]] | World Masters = Last 16: 2013, 2016 | Int. Darts League = | Zuiderduin Masters = Semi Final: 2014, 2016 | World Darts Trophy = '''Winner (1)''' 2015 | PDC World = | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | Grand Slam = Group Stages: 2015 | UK Open = Last 128: [[2022 UK Open|2022]] | Vegas = | European = | Premier League = | US Open = | results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap |'''Belgium Gold Cup'''|2006 |'''Bruges Open'''|2017 |'''England Open'''|2017 |'''Estonian Open'''|2014 |'''French Open'''|2016 |'''German Open'''|2012, 2013 |'''Hal Masters'''|2016 |'''Spring Cup'''|2007, 2012 |'''{{nowrap|WDF Europe Cup Team}}'''|2010 }} | achievement = East Flanders Open '''2014'''<br>Open Zeeland '''2016''' }} '''Geert De Vos''' (born 6 October 1981) is a Belgian [[darts]] player. His nickname is "'''Foxy'''".
==Career==
In 2012, De Vos qualified for the first time for [[2012 BDO World Darts Championship|BDO World Darts Championship]]; this performance led to a wildcard for the [[Zuiderduin Masters]]. During this tournament, he lost his first match against the eventual winner [[Scott Waites]] 5–3.
During the World Championship, De Vos played [[Tony West (darts player)|Tony West]], the eleventh seed. The match was won by De Vos 3–1. In the second round, he lost to eventual champion [[Christian Kist]] 2–4.
Another remarkable achievement was throwing a [[Nine-dart finish|nine-darter]] at the Denmark Open in 2008, a tournament in which he would lose the final against the Polish player [[Krzysztof Ratajski]].
De Vos won the 2015 [[BDO World Trophy]] in [[Manchester]]. He started his run beating [[Rick Hofstra]] 6–3, and then thrashing American [[Jim Widmayer]] 6–0. On the final day, he defeated [[Wesley Harms]] in the quarter-finals, [[Mark McGeeney]] in what was a close game in the Semis, and won a last-leg decider in a classic final against [[Jeffrey de Graaf]] 10–9. This win qualified him for the [[2015 Grand Slam of Darts]] where he exited at the group stage with defeats to [[Robert Thornton (darts player) |Robert Thornton]] and [[Terry Jenkins]]. However, he still had one game to play which was against [[Jonny Clayton]], where he threatened the world record average, finishing the match with an average of 113.86 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=6221&showAverages=Y|title = 2015 Grand Slam of Darts Results}}</ref>
In 2021, De Vos won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Q School. During two years with Tour card he was unable to qualify for any major events, playing only in [[2021 UK Open|2021]] and [[2022 UK Open]]. He lost his Tour card after 2022, placing outside of top 100 of PDC Order of Merit.
He did not play any major events in 2023 and appeared only in WDF tournaments and on MODUS Super Series, but stated that he wants to return to PDC and regain his Tour card. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Kieran |title=I definitely want that Tour Card back - De Vos working hard to return to the PDC |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/i-definitely-want-that-tour-card-back-de-vos-working-hard-to-return-to-the-pdc |website=Darts News |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref>
De Vos qualified via Home Nation Qualifier for [[2024 Belgian Darts Open]], making his comeback to PDC event after one year. He lost against [[Peter Wright (darts player)|Peter Wright]] in the First round. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=Lawrence |title=Geert de Vos among four Belgians to complete field of participants for Belgian Darts Open at Host Nation Qualifier |url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/geert-de-vos-among-four-belgians-to-complete-field-of-participants-for-belgian-darts-open-at-host-nation-qualifier |website=Darts News |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref>
==World Championship results==
===BDO===
* 2012: 2nd round (lost to [[Christian Kist]] 2–4) * 2013: 2nd round (lost to [[Scott Waites]] 1–4) * 2014: 2nd round (lost to [[Jan Dekker]] 2–4) * 2015: 2nd round (lost to [[Scott Mitchell (darts player)|Scott Mitchell]] 2–4) * 2016: 2nd round (lost to [[Scott Waites]] 3–4) * 2017: Quarter-final (lost to [[Darryl Fitton]] 4–5) * 2018: 2nd round (lost to [[Richard Veenstra]] 0–4)
==Career finals==
===BDO major finals: 1 (1 title)===
{| class="wikitable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent in the final !width="70"| Score |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | [[2015 BDO World Trophy|2015]] | [[BDO World Trophy]] | {{flagicon|NED}} [[Jeffrey de Graaf]] | 10–9 (l) |}
==Performance timeline== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Tournament !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 |- | colspan="28" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Ranked televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;" | [[UK Open]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 UK Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 UK Open|2R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |DNP |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[Grand Slam of Darts]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2015 Grand Slam of Darts|RR]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify |- | colspan="20" style="text-align:left" |'''[[British Darts Organisation|BDO]] / [[World Darts Federation|WDF]] Ranked televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[BDO World Darts Championship|BDO World Championship]]}} | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not qualify | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2012 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2013 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2014 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2015 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2016 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"| [[2017 BDO World Darts Championship|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2018 BDO World Darts Championship|2R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[BDO World Trophy]] | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Not held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:lime;"| '''[[2015 BDO World Trophy|W]]''' | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2016 BDO World Trophy|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2017 BDO World Trophy|1R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[World Masters (darts)|Winmau World Masters]]}} | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2006 World Masters (darts)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2007 World Masters (darts)|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2008 World Masters (darts)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2009 World Masters (darts)|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2010 World Masters (darts)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2012 World Masters (darts)|5R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2013 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2014 World Masters (darts)|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2015 World Masters (darts)|5R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2016 World Masters (darts)|6R]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | |- | style="background:#efefef;"| {{Nowrap|[[Finder Darts Masters]]}} | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2008 Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2011 Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2012 Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2013 Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2014 Zuiderduin Masters|SF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[Zuiderduin Masters|SF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[Zuiderduin Masters|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" |NH |- | colspan="28" align="left" |'''Career statistics''' |- bgcolor="efefef" | align="left" |'''PDC Season-end ranking''' | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|196 | style="text-align:center;|116 | style="text-align:center;|109 | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|228 |}
'''PDC European Tour''' {| class="wikitable" style="width:50%; margin:0" |- ! Season !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2020 PDC Pro Tour|2020]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Belgian Darts Championship|BDC]]<br>1R | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2021 PDC Pro Tour|2021]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy|HDT]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Darts Trophy|GDT]]<br>DNQ |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2024 PDC Pro Tour|2024]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Belgian Darts Open|BDO]]<br>1R | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Did not participate |- |}
'''PDC Players Championships''' {| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0; font-size:84%" |- ! 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 |- |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2021 PDC Pro Tour|2021]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 1|BOL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 2|BOL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 3|BOL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 4|BOL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 5|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 6|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 7|MIL]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 8|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 9|NIE]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 10|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 11|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 12|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 13|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 14|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 15|MIL]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 16|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 17|COV]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 18|COV]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 19|COV]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 20|COV]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 21|BAR]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 22|BAR]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 23|BAR]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 24|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 25|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 26|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 27|BAR]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 28|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 29|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 30|BAR]]<br>1R |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2022 PDC Pro Tour|2022]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 1|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 2|BAR]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 3|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 4|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 5|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 6|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 7|NIE]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 8|NIE]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 9|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 10|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 11|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 12|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 13|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 14|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 15|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 16|NIE]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 17|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 18|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 19|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 20|BAR]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 21|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 22|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 23|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 24|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 25|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 26|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 27|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 28|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 29|BAR]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2022 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 30|BAR]]<br>DNP |- |}
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==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{DartsOrakel|Geert De Vos}}
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