Cameron Carolissen
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| Cameron Carolissen | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Cameron Carolissen | ||||
| Nickname | "The Javelin" | ||||
| Born | 16 January 1996 Cape Town, South Africa | ||||
| Home town | Cape Town, South Africa | ||||
| Darts information | |||||
| Playing darts since | 2008 | ||||
| Darts | 24 Gram | ||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||
| Walk-on music | "Ocean Drive" by Duke Dumont | ||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||
| PDC | 2020– | ||||
| Current world ranking | NR (24 November 2024)[1] | ||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2021 | ||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||
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Cameron Carolissen (born 16 January 1996) is a South African professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
[edit]2021: PDC debut
[edit]Carolissen qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the PDC African Qualifier, beating two-time World Championship participant Charles Losper 7–4 in the final.[2] He received a bye into the second round of the tournament after his opponent Martijn Kleermaker withdrew due to contracting COVID-19 and his replacement, Josh Payne, was also ruled out after he had to self-isolate due to coming into contact with someone with COVID-19.[3] In the second round, he was beaten 3–1 by Danny Noppert.
2024–present: African Continental Tour, return to PDC
[edit]Thanks to his success on the African Continental Tour, Carolissen made his PDC World Cup of Darts debut at the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts for the South African team,[4] partnering fellow debutant Johan Geldenhuys.
Carolissen qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Darts Group Qualifier. He overcame Kenya's Peter Wachiuri in the final 8-7 in legs, surviving a match dart for a 154 checkout from Wachiuri.[5] At the World Championship, Carolissen was drawn to play Wessel Nijman, one of the favourites to win the tournament. Nijman took a 2–0 lead but Carolissen won the next two sets to level the match at 2–2. They entered a sudden death leg, where Nijman won the match 3–2.[6]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2021: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 1–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Wessel Nijman 2–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| World Championship | 2R | DNQ | 1R | ||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||
| World Cup of Darts | DNP | RR | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Carolissen joins list of World Championship International Qualifiers". Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Cameron Carolissen gets bye after opponent's positive Covid-19 test". BBC Sport. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Esack, Fuad (8 May 2024). "Giving darts players a shot at the big league". Plainsman. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (30 September 2024). "Carolissen confirms Ally Pally return with epic win over Wachiuri". PDC. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (20 December 2024). "World Championship outsider Wessel Nijman through sudden-death leg in the nick of time". DartsNews. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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