Devon Petersen

Devon Petersen
Petersen in 2022
Personal information
Nickname"The African Warrior"
Born (1986-06-04) 4 June 1986 (age 38)
Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, South Africa
Home townBradford, England
Darts information
Playing darts since2004
Darts22 Gram Shot Darts Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" by Shakira ft. Freshlyground
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2009–
Current world ranking(PDC) NR
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersPreliminary Round: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 16: 2014, 2019, 2021
World MatchplayLast 32: 2021
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2020
UK OpenQuarter Final: 2015, 2021
Grand SlamLast 16: 2020
European Ch'shipSemi Final: 2020
PC FinalsLast 64: 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021
MastersLast 24: 2022
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2015, 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC World South Africa Qualifying 2010, 2011, 2013
PDC World Africa Qualifying 2018, 2019
Darts At Home week 1 2020
South African Masters 2011

European Tour Events

German Darts Championship 2020

Devon Petersen (born 4 June 1986) is a South African professional darts player and pundit for Sky Sports. He qualified for the PDC World Championship on seven occasions with his best result coming in 2014, 2019 and 2021 when he reached the last 16. Petersen become popular for dancing on to the stage to Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" before his matches.