Mike De Decker
Mike De Decker | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Real Deal" | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 December 1995[1] Mechelen, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Mechelen, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Darts | 22g Bull's signature | ||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley and the Wailers | ||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
BDO | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
PDC | 2014– (Tour Card: 2016-2017, 2020-) | ||||||||||||||
WDF | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 36 ![]() | ||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 32: 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2021 | ||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Last 32: 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||
Players Championships
Youth events
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Medal record
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Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a Belgian professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won his maiden PDC Title in 2024.
Career
[edit]De Decker won two PDC Development Tour events in 2015, followed by another one in 2016. He also won a PDC Tour Card in 2016.
After losing it at the end of 2017, De Decker went two years without a Tour Card, mainly playing on the Development and Challenge Tours and the odd European Tour. However, on 17 January 2020, he went all the way at European Q School to win back his Tour Card, beating Dennis Nilsson 5–3 in the final. He won his first World Championship match in the 2022 World Darts Championship, his opponent was Darius Labanauskas.
De Decker won his maiden PDC Senior title in 2024 by beating Ricky Evans to win PC 16.
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2021: First round (lost to Edward Foulkes 0–3)
- 2022: Second round (lost to Dave Chisnall 0–3)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Mensur Suljovic 0–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Madars Razma 1–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | 2R | 2R | DNQ | 3R | 2R | 3R | 4R | 5R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Youth Championship | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 120 | 93 | 71 | 137 | 130 | 90 | 59 | 53 | 39 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2014 | GDC DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
EDT DNQ | |||||
2015 | GDC DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
IDO 1R |
EDO 1R |
EDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
EDG DNQ | ||||
2016 | DDM 1R |
GDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDM 2R |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDC DNQ | |||
2017 | GDC DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDT 1R |
EDM 2R |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
DDM 3R |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ | |
2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM 1R |
GDT 2R |
DDO DNQ |
EDM 1R |
GDC DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO 1R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM 1R |
DDO 1R |
CDO DNQ |
ADC 3R |
EDM DNQ |
IDO 1R |
GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC 2R |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO 2R |
GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO 3R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO 2R |
HDT QF |
GDC DNQ |
2024 | BDO 3R |
GDG 1R |
IDO 1R |
EDG DNQ |
ADO 1R |
BSD QF |
DDC 1R |
EDO 1R |
GDC |
FDT |
HDT |
SDT |
CDO |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mike de Decker - Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.