Darts Championship and 2022 Winmau World Masters. In November, he won the Irish Open. On his way to the final, he defeated Michael Warburton, Kai Fan Leung and Ryan Hogarth. In the final, he faced Dylan Slevin and defeated him by 6–3 in legs. Since November 2022, he has been the leader of the World Darts Federation men's ranking. Personal life Klaasen lives in Goor, Netherlands. He has Indonesian origins. Before the 2006 World Championships, Klaasen worked for a manpower agency in the Netherlands but he has now taken up darts full-time. He is sponsored by Keukenconcurrent, a company that produces fitted kitchens in his home country. Controversy in 2012 In August 2012, Klaasen was accused of sending naked photo messages to a then 15-year-old family friend of his compatriot – fellow darts player and former friend since childhood – Michael van Gerwen, which he has admitted to in the Dutch press. According to her mother, the underaged girl was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, an autism spectrum disorder. Though during the prosecution service process (the case didn't go to court) this was never proven. Later that year, on 13 December, he was sentenced to 16 hours of community service and a fine of €327, to be paid to the girl. World Championship results BDO/WDF 2006: Winner (beat Raymond van Barneveld 7–5) 2007: First round (lost to Co Stompé 0–3) 2023: PDC 2008: First round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 2–3) 2009: Quarter-finals (lost to Raymond van Barneveld 1–5) 2010: First round (lost to Barrie Bates 1–3) 2011: First round (lost to Steve Brown 1–3) 2012: Second round (lost to James Wade 0–4) 2014: First round (lost to Jamie Caven 1–3) 2015: Second round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4) 2016: Semi-finals (lost to Gary Anderson 0–6) 2017: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 2–4) 2018: First round (lost to Jan Dekker 1–3) 2019: Second round (lost to Keegan Brown 1–3) 2020: Second round (lost to Michael van Gerwen 1–3) Career finals BDO major finals: 1 (1 title) Note Performance timeline BDO See also List of darts players who have switched organisation References External links Jelle Klaasen's management website Lakeside tournament brochure 2006 "Klaasen springs world title shock" BBC SPort 1984 births Living people Dutch darts players BDO world darts champions Dutch people of Indonesian descent Indo people People from Alphen-Chaam Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders British Darts Organisation players