Wesley Harms

Wesley Harms (born 11 June 1984) is a former Dutch professional darts player.

Career

Harms won the BDO International Open in 2011, defeating Stephen Bunting in the final.

Harms qualified for the 2012 BDO World Darts Championship as the 13th seed. He defeated Martin Phillips, Robbie Green, and fellow débutant Paul Jennings to reach the semi-final where he was defeated 6–5 by Tony O'Shea. Harms's performance, followed by subsequent strong runs in the coming months, saw him briefly top the WDF world rankings. Among Harms's other achievements were reaching the semi-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 2012, repeating his world championship semi-final run in 2013 where he was once again beaten by O'Shea, winning the WDF World Cup in 2013 beating world number one Stephen Bunting 7–6 in the final, and reaching the semi-finals of the Zuiderduin Masters in 2013 where he was beaten 3–2 by Bunting. However, he was defeated in the second round of the 2014 World Championship by Tony Eccles after throwing for the match in the sixth set and missing one dart at double 16 to win, also leaving double 18 for the match in the next leg only to see Eccles hit 122 for the set.

2020 Harms won a PDC Tour Card on day 4 of the European Q School.

2022 Harms did not compete in Q-School following the expiration of his PDC Tour Card, hence he did not retain it.

2023 As of May he has started to play darts again and plays in the MODUS Super Series.

Personal life

Wesley Harms played under the nickname "Sparky" because he is an electrician in the Netherlands.

World Championship results

BDO

2012: Semi-finals (lost to Tony O'Shea 5–6) 2013: Semi-finals (lost to Tony O'Shea 4–6) 2014: 2nd round (lost to Tony Eccles 3–4) 2015: 1st round (lost to Jeff Smith 1–3) 2016: Quarter-finals (lost to Jamie Hughes 1–5) 2017: 1st round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 0–3) 2018: 1st round (lost to Wayne Warren 1–3) 2019: 2nd round (lost to Willem Mandigers 2–4) 2020: 2nd round (lost to Scott Waites 2–4)

Career finals WDF major finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2013 World Cup Singles Stephen Bunting 7–6 (s)

Performance timeline

Performance Table LegendDNP Did not play at the eventDNQ Did not qualify for the eventNYF Not yet founded#R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QF lost in the quarter-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournament