| Jyhan Artut | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | The Eagle | ||
| Born | (1976-10-09)9 October 1976 (age 49) Holzminden,West Germany | ||
| Home town | Hannover, Germany | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 1995 | ||
| Darts | 22g bulls | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Can't Stop" byRed Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| Organisation (seesplit in darts) | |||
| BDO | 2003–2007 | ||
| PDC | 2007– | ||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||
| World Masters | Last 192: 2003 | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2010 | ||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2013 | ||
| European Championship | Last 32: 2014 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Jyhan Artut (born 9 October 1976) is a German professionaldarts player who competes inProfessional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Artut defeatedWayne Mardle 3–0 in the2010 PDC World Darts Championship in the first round.[1] He was beaten 4–1 byRobert Thornton in the second round. He won the German Championship in 2009 and 2010. With the latter win he qualified for thePDC World Darts Championship for his second consecutive year.
In the2011 PDC World Darts Championship, Artut played againstScott MacKenzie ofHong Kong in the preliminary round and defeated him 4–3 before going on to lose toDenis Ovens 3–1 in the first round.
He qualified for the2012 PDC World Darts Championship through the European Order of Merit and was drawn to playGary Anderson in the first round.[2] Artut was involved in one of the most exciting first round matches ever seen at the World Championships. He won the opening two sets, but was quickly pulled back to 2–2 to require a deciding set. Artut missed four darts to win the match in the 10th leg of the set and Anderson eventually won with a sudden death leg.[3] Artut represented Germany withBernd Roith in the2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 1–3 by the United States in the second round.[4] In October, Artut beatJann Hoffmann to qualify for the fifth European Tour Event of the year, theDutch Darts Masters, where he lost to world number fiveWes Newton 4–6 in the first round.[5] In an attempt to reach the2013 World Championship, Artut was defeated in the quarter-finals of the Central European Qualifier 5–6 byMensur Suljović.[6]
Artut entered 2013 ranked world number 71, out of the top 64 who retain their places on the PDC tour.[7] Therefore, he played in Q School in an attempt to win a tour card on the circuit for two years and succeeded on the first day, defeating Vernon Sheppard 6–3 in his final match.[8] Artut played in his thirdWorld Cup of Darts and second withAndree Welge in February and they qualified from Group F with 5–3 wins over Finland and the USA.[9] The home nation then saw off Poland 5–2 and played the Finnish duo ofJani Haavisto andJarkko Komula in the quarter-finals.[10]Artut beat Haavisto 4–1, but Welge lost to Komula meaning that a doubles match was required to settle the tie. Germany came from 1–3 down to level at 3–3 but lost the deciding leg to exit the tournament.[11] Artut's best performance in an individual event in 2013 came in April at the sixth UK Open Qualifier, where he was beaten 6–1 byJohn Bowles in the quarter-finals.[12] At theUK Open he lost 9–5 toKim Huybrechts in the third round.[13] Artut qualified for five of the eight European Tour events but his only win was a 6–3 success overDavid Pallett at theGerman Darts Championship, before being knocked out 6–1 byAndy Hamilton in the second round.[14] He was ranked 13th on theEuropean Order of Merit[broken anchor] which saw him miss out on qualification for the2014 World Championship by just £500.[15]
Artut was beaten 5–2 by Alan Derrett in the opening round of the2014 UK Open.[16] Artut and Welge lost 5–3 to South Africa in the first round of theWorld Cup of Darts.[17] In October, Artut reached only his second semi-final in a PDC event at the 18thPlayers Championship of 2014 with wins overSteve Grubb,Ron Meulenkamp, Chris Aubrey,Steve Beaton andIan White, before losing 6–4 to world number oneMichael van Gerwen.[18] He qualified for theEuropean Championship and was knocked out in the first round 6–4 byDave Chisnall.[19]
Artut qualified for the2015 World Championship through the Pro Tour Order of Merit and fell 2–0 down in sets without winning a leg againstPhil Taylor in the first round. He sent the third set into a deciding leg but lost it to be beaten 3–0.[20] Artut rose to a career high world ranking of number 48 after the event.[21] Artut partneredMax Hopp for the first time at theWorld Cup and they defeated India and Austria to reach the quarter-finals, where they lost both their singles matches against England.[22] He reached the main draw of fiveEuropean Tour events, but his only win came at theEuropean Darts Open by beatingStephen Bunting 6–3.[23][24] He averaged 104.14 in the second round againstKim Huybrechts, but lost 6–4.[25] Artut's consistent qualification in these events saw him reach the2016 World Championship through the European Order of Merit and he lost 3–0 to Bunting in the first round, missing two darts to extend the match in the final set.[26][27]
Artut was knocked out in the first round of the three European Tour tournament he qualified for in 2016.[28] His sole last 16 appearance of the year was at the secondPlayers Championship event by beatingDave Chisnall 6–5, but he lost 6–4 toJoe Cullen.[29] Artut andMax Hopp were defeated 5–3 by Australia in the opening round of theWorld Cup.[30]
Artut made his European Tour comeback at the2019 European Darts Open in Leverkusen, where he lost 6–4 toWesley Plaisier in the first round.[31] He also qualified for both of the next two European Tour events, but lost 6-0 toBoris Koltsov inHildesheim and 6-2 toJosh Payne inMunich, averaging only 81, 75 and 82 in his three matches.