Jani Haavisto

Jani Haavisto
Personal information
Nickname	The Finnisher
Born	(1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 37) Finland
Home town	Teuva, Finland
Darts information
Playing darts since	2007
Darts	24g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2011–2012
PDC	2012–2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2013
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2013
Other tournament wins
Revontuli Open 2013 SDC Pro Tour SDC Denmark 2012, 2013 SDC Finland 2013, 2014 SDC Sweden 2012, 2013, 2014

Jani Haavisto (born 11 May 1987) is a Finnish former professional darts player.

Career

Haavisto won two events on the Professional Darts Corporation's Scandinavian Tour in 2012, finishing second in the Order of Merit to qualify for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship.^[1] He defeated compatriot Jarkko Komula in the preliminary round, before being beaten 1–3 in sets by Gary Anderson in the first round, receiving praise for his high-scoring.^[2]

Haavisto entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Pro Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013 and 2014,^[3] and secured it on the second day by beating Colin Fowler 6–4 in his final round match.^[4] He played in his first World Cup of Darts in February with Jarkko Komula and qualified from Group F courtesy of a 5–4 win over the USA and then shocked the Dutch pair of Raymond van Barneveld and Michael van Gerwen, both of whom had won major titles in 2012, with a 5–3 victory in the last 16.^[5][6] They then defeated the host nation Germany in the quarter-finals to face the Belgian brothers Ronny and Kim Huybrechts in the semi-finals.^[7] Haavisto lost to Kim 1–4, but Komula beat Ronny meaning a doubles match was required to settle the tie. However, they were whitewashed 0–4 to exit the tournament.^[8]

Haavisto won the first Scandinavian Tour event of 2013 in Finland beating Ulf Ceder 6–0 in the final.^[9] He also won the third event with a 6–3 victory over Per Laursen in the final.^[10] After four events he was top of the SDC Order of Merit which earned him a place in the European Championship for the first time.^[11] Haavisto faced Justin Pipe in the first round and was defeated 6–3.^[12] In the final of the Scandinavian qualifier for the 2014 World Championship, Haavisto was edged out 6–5 by Dennis Lindskjold.^[13] Haavisto and Komula squandered a 3–1 lead in the first round of the World Cup of Darts against Poland as they suffered a shock 5–4 defeat.^[14] Haavisto won twice on the 2014 Scandinavian Pro Tour to top the Order of Merit which earned him a place in the 2015 Darts Championship.^[15] He was beaten 4–1 in legs by John Michael in the preliminary round.^[16] Haavisto only played in one other event during the whole of 2015 and has not played in anything else since.^[17]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2013: First round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–3)
• 2015: Preliminary round (lost to John Michael 1–4 in legs)

References

1. SDC Season Ends On High PDC.tv
2. Ladbrokes WDC Day Three Archived 19 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
3. "Q School Set For Record Field". PDC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
4. "PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
5. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Saturday Afternoon". PDC. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
6. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Last 16". PDC. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
7. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
8. "Betfair World Cup of Darts - Semi-Finals". PDC. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
9. "Haavisto & Laursen Share SDC Wins". PDC. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
10. "Pro Tour 3 – Haavisto close to Mulheim". SDC. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
11. "PartyPoker.net European Championship Update". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
12. "partypoker.net Euro Champs - Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
13. "2013 PDC World Scandinavian Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
14. "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
15. "SDC Success For Haavisto & Wagner". PDC. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
16. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
17. "Jani Haavisto 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

External links

• Player profile for Jani Haavisto from Dartsdatabase