# Andy Baetens

Andy Baetens (born 24 February 1989) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former WDF World Champion, having won the 2023 World Championship to become the first Belgian player to win a world title. Baetens is also a four-time winner of the Czech Open and the 2023 Australian Darts Open champion. He was also the runner-up at the 2023 Dutch Open and a bronze medalist at the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. From May 2023 to January 2024, he was ranked number one in the World Darts Federation men's ranking.

## Career

Baetens took part in his first international tournaments shortly after he started playing darts. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2015 Antwerp Open. In 2016, he reached the quarter-finals of the Polish Open. With his final victory over Darryl Fitton at the 2016 Czech Open, Baetens was able to win his first title in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) before he finally made his breakthrough on the tour in 2017.
By winning the Romanian Classic, Belgium Masters and England Masters, Baetens was able to qualify for his first BDO World Darts Championship at the 2018 event. He also reached the semi-finals of the German Masters and the final of the Denmark Open. At the 2018 BDO World Championship, he entered the tournament in 13th place on the seeding list and defeated Scott Baker in the first round. In second round, he defeated Scott Mitchell 4–2 in sets. In the quarter-finals, Baetens missed six match darts and lost to Scott Waites 5–4.
Baetens returned to international tournaments at the 2020 Dutch Open, where he made the quarter-finals. He beat Dirk van Duijvenbode and Mario Vandenbogaerde before being eliminated by Brian Raman in a deciding leg in their quarter-final match. In September 2021, he won the Catalonia Open and FCD Anniversary Open. In November 2021, he won the Czech Open for a second time.
In April 2022, he played at the 2022 WDF World Darts Championship. In the first round he beat Dave Parletti 3–1. In the second round he beat Scott Marsh. His three-dart average for the match of 102.79 was the third highest ever at the Lakeside. In the quarter-finals he played Thibault Tricole and lost 4–3.
At the end of September, Baetens qualified for the 2022 Belgian Darts Open via the Host Nation Qualifier, but lost in the first round to Madars Razma. After a few weeks, Baetens won a title at the Bruges Open. In November 2022, he won the Czech Open for the third time, defeating Antony Allen 5–0 in the final. He qualified for the 2022 World Masters, where he reached the fourth round.
In May 2023, Baetens became the new number one ranked player on the WDF World Rankings.
At the 2023 WDF World Championship, he defeated Sebastian Białecki, Gary Stone and Jonny Tata to the reach his first world championship semi-final, the first for a Belgian at the Lakeside. He then beat Dennis Nilsson to become the first Belgian in a world darts championship final. In the final, he beat Chris Landman to win his first world title.
In January 2024, Baetens entered PDC European Q-School, earning an automatic two-year PDC Tour Card following victory in the final on day three of the second stage.
Baetens qualified for the 2025 PDC World Masters after defeating Darius Labanauskas in the final preliminary round. He lost 3–0 to world champion Luke Littler in the first round.

## Career finals
### WDF major finals: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* World Championship (1–0)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2023 | World Darts Championship | Chris Landman | 6–1 (s) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

## World Championship results
### BDO/WDF

* 2018: Quarter-finals (lost to Scott Waites 4–5)
* 2022: Quarter-finals (lost to Thibault Tricole 3–4)
* 2023: Winner (beat Chris Landman 6–1)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||||||
| PDC World Masters | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | Non-PDC | DNQ | 1R |
| UK Open | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | Did not play | 2R | |
| BDO/WDF Ranked televised events |||||||||||
| WDF World Championship | DNQ | DNQ | QF | DNQ | DNQ | NH | QF | W | PDC | PDC |
| BDO World Trophy | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Winmau World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | NH | NH | 4R | NH | PDC | PDC |
| Zuiderduin Masters | RR | RR | DNP | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| Australian Darts Open | NH | NH | NH | DNP | NH | NH | DNP | W | NH | PDC |
| Dutch Open | Non-ranked | Non-ranked | Non-ranked | Non-ranked | QF | NH | 7R | F | PDC | PDC |
| Career statistics |||||||||||
| PDC Season-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | - | 191 | 176 | 95 | |
| WDF Year-end ranking | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNP | EDO DNP | CDO DNP | EDG DNP | DDC DNP | EDM DNP | HDT DNP | GDO DNP | BDO 1R | GDT DNP |
| 2023 | BSD DNP | EDO DNP | IDO DNP | GDG DNP | ADO DNP | DDC DNP | BDO 3R | CDO DNP | EDG DNP | EDM DNP | GDO DNP | HDT DNP | GDC DNP |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD 2R | DDC DNQ | EDO 2R | GDC DNQ | FDT DNQ | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO DNQ |
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 |
| 2024 | WIG 3R | WIG 4R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R |
Performance Table Legend :
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | NYF | Not yet founded |