Mike De Decker

Mike De Decker
Mike De Decker
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	"Best Day of My Life" by American Authors
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2013
PDC	2014– ; (Tour Card: 2016-2017, 2020-)
WDF	2013
Current world ranking	36 (21 October 2023)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2022, 2023
World Matchplay	Last 32: 2023
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2023
UK Open	Last 96: 2015, 2016, 2020, 2023
Grand Slam	Group Stage: 2021
PC Finals	Last 32: 2022
Other tournament wins
Antwerp Open	2013
Belgium Ch'ship	2014
British Teenage Open	2014
Tops of Gent	2013
PDC Development Tour	2015 (x2), 2016, 2017
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Belgium
EDF European Ch'ship

Mike De Decker (born 15 December 1995) is a professional Belgian darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

He 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.

World Championship results

PDC

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)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship	DNQ						1R	2R	2R
UK Open	2R	2R	DNQ			3R	2R	3R	4R
World Matchplay	DNQ								1R
World Grand Prix	DNQ								1R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ						RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNP	DNQ	1R	DNQ		1R	DNQ	2R
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

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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

References

"Mike de Decker - Mastercaller".
"PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

External links

Mike De Decker player profile at Darts Orakel

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[1] "Mike de Decker - Mastercaller".

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.