Joey ten Berge

Joey ten Berge (born 18 October 1985) is a Dutch former darts player.

Joey ten Berge
Personal information
Nickname	"The Entertainer"
Born	(1985-10-18) 18 October 1985 The Hague, Netherlands
Home town	The Hague, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	1998
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Voodoo People" by The Prodigy
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2003–2013
PDC	2014–2016
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 16: 2011
World Masters	Quarter-finals: 2008, 2009
Finder Masters	Quarter-finals: 2011
Dutch Open	Quarter-finals: 2023
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 64: 2015, 2016
Other tournament wins
Austrian Open 2007 Swiss Open 2008 USA Dart Classic 2011 WDF Europe Youth Cup 2001 WDF World Cup Pairs 2007
Other achievements
Open Noord West Nederland 2008 Open Oost Nederland 2007 Open Zuid Nederland 2009 Open Zuid Oost Nederland 2008

Career

BDO

Ten Berge won the 2001 WDF Europe Youth Cup beating Sweden's Markus Korhonen in the final. Six years later, he captured his first professional title by capturing the 2007 Austrian Open, defeating Hungary's Nándor Bezzeg in the final. He followed up by winning the Open Oost Nederland a month later. He fell two games short of qualifying for the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship, losing to American Steve Brown and also fell two rounds short of making the televised stages of the 2007 Winmau World Masters, losing to Paul Gibbs.

Ten Berge won the 2008 Swiss Open, beating fellow Dutchman Edwin Max in the semi-finals and then beat England's Dave Prins in the final. He then reached the final of the Welsh Classic, losing to Scottish Open champion Garry Thompson.

He reached the televised stages of the 2008 World Masters, where he again beat Max to reach the quarter-finals, losing to Norway's Robert Wagner who won six straight legs for a 3–0 win in sets.

Ten Berge earned one of the non-seeded places for the 2009 BDO World Darts Championship, meaning he did not need to qualify for the event. He was drawn with 11th seed Martin Atkins in the first round and lost 2–3.

Seeded ninth in the 2010 BDO World Darts Championship, ten Berge exited in the first round following a 2–3 defeat by Brian Woods.

At the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, ten Berge beat qualifier Shaun Griffiths 3–0 in the first round but lost in the second round 3–4 to Martin Phillips.

Ten Berge was unseeded for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship, and was drawn to play third seed and the previous year's runner-up Dean Winstanley in the first round. Winstanley won the match 3–1. After a poor 2012, ten Berge ended up a lowly 286 in the world rankings and failed to qualify for the 2013 World Championships.

PDC

In January 2014, ten Berge entered PDC Q School. He reached the final round on the first day, losing 4–5 to Benito van de Pas, and eventually acquired a tour card through the Order of Merit. He lost in the third round of the UK Open in 2015 and 2016. His best finish on the PDC tour to date came at the first Players Championship of 2015, where he beat Colin Osborne, Prakash Jiwa and Brendan Dolan, before losing 2–6 to Ian White in the last 16.

Ten Berge has not participated in any event since March 2016.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2009: 1st round (lost to Martin Atkins 2–3)
• 2010: 1st round (lost to Brian Woods 2–3)
• 2011: 2nd round (lost to Martin Phillips 3–4)
• 2012: 1st round (lost to Dean Winstanley 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
BDO World Championship	DNQ		1R	1R	2R	1R
Winmau World Masters	L40	QF	QF	L264	L136	L144
Finder Darts Masters	RR	RR	RR	RR	QF	DNQ

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	L#	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Profile and stats on Darts Database