Thomas Junghans

**Thomas Junghans** (born 22 January 1977) is a Swiss professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) events. He was born in Germany and represented this country internationally for many years. He represented Switzerland during the PDC World Cup of Darts, WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup tournaments. He is the silver medalist of the EDU European Darts Championship. The first player from Switzerland who play at the WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

In 2006, Junghans playing for Germany and won the NDA World Darts Championship title in soft-tip darts. Five years later he won his first international steel-tip title at the German Gold Cup. In 2013, he played for Switzerland for the first time at the 2013 WDF World Cup and reached fourth round in singles competition. In the 2014 WDF Europe Cup he represented Switzerland and advanced to third round in singles competition, where he lost to Boris Koltsov by 0–4 in legs.

In 2015, he won Luxembourg Open tournament, advanced to semi-finals of the Austrian Open and made qualification for the 2015 World Masters, where he reached the semi-finals after defeat Wesley Harms, Danny Noppert and Jamie Hughes. In the semi-finals match he lost to eventual winner Glen Durrant by 1–5 in sets. This was his greatest achievement at World Masters since 2011, when he appeared at this tournament for the first time. Junghans was already in the quarter-finals of 2012 World Masters.

In 2016, he made his Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) debut during 2016 German Darts Masters, but was defeated by Mark Walsh in the first round match. In 2018, Junghans tried out for the PDC Q-School, but was unable to get a PDC Tour Card. This was followed by his second European Tour appearance at the 2018 European Darts Open, but he lost to Gabriel Clemens in first round match. In 2019, he won a Swiss Open tournament. In the final match he beat Dennie Olde Kalter by 3–2 in sets. In 2022, he managed to qualify for the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix. Unfortunately he lost for the third time in first round match, this time he was beaten by Danny Baggish by 2–6 in legs. Later that year, together with Stefan Bellmont, he represented Switzerland at the 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts. They lost in the first round doubles match to New Zealand (Haupai Puha and Warren Parry) by 3–5 in legs.

Junghans once again represented Switzerland at the 2022 WDF Europe Cup. In the singles competition he reached third round, which he clearly lost to Alexander Mašek by 0–4 in legs after bad match. In pairs competition, together with Stefan Bellmont, they reached second round, but lost to eventual medalist Poland (Sebastian Białecki and Dariusz Marciniak) by 1–4 in legs. At the end of November, Junghans played his way into the semi-finals at the Malta Masters. He lost to the eventual winner Philip Van Gasse.

In May 2023, Junghans achieved a double blow in Cyprus by winning both the Cyprus Classic and the Cyprus Masters. At the Helvetia Open at the beginning of June, Junghans played his way into the semi-finals. However, he lost to compatriot Marcel Walpen by 1–4 in legs. At the end of September, he competed for Switzerland at the 2023 WDF World Cup. He won only first match in singles competition, surprisingly lost in second round to Ricky Dunlop. In pairs competition, alongside Stefan Bellmont, they made it to the second round. The team was eliminated by Scotland (David Kirwan and Danny Trueman). At the Riga Open at the end of October, Junghans beat François Schweyen in the final.

Due to Luke Littler resignation from participation in the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship, Junghans gained the right to take part in this tournament.

## Personal life

Junghans work as a car mechanic. He has two citizenships, but in recent years he has competed mainly representing Switzerland.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 2023: Third round (lost to Chris Landman 2–3) (sets)