Bob Sinnaeve

Bob Sinnaeve (born October 10, 1949) is a Canadian former professional darts player.

Bob Sinnaeve
Personal information
Born	(1949-10-10) 10 October 1949 (age 75) Tilsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Home town	Langton, Ontario, Canada
Darts information
Playing darts since	1969
Darts	21 Gram Shot
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Bohemian Like You" by The Dandy Warhols
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1979–1992, 2010–2017
PDC	1998, 2008–2010
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 1987, 1988, 1991
World Masters	Runner Up: 1986
PDC premier events – best performances
US Open/WSoD	Last 64: 2009, 2010
Other tournament wins
ADO Buckeye Open 2011 ADO Cleveland Extravaganza 2012 ADO Indianapolis St. Pats Open 2012 ADO Little River Casino Classic 2010, 2012 ADO PA Open 2010 ADO Syracuse Open 2010 Canada National Ch'ships 1979, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991
Other achievements
Canada's number one ranked player (1981–1992) Inducted to Canadian Darts Hall of Fame (2002)

Early career

Sinnaeve took up darts in 1973 as an alternative to bowling, as he felt the darts circuit would give him more time to spend with his wife, Judy. He first appeared at the World Masters in 1979 and made his World Professional Darts Championship debut in 1982, but lost in the first round to Alan Evans.

World Championship record

Sinnaeve appeared at the World Championship on ten occasions, but managed to win only three matches in that time. He lost in the first round on his first four attempts (1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986), and finally won a match in 1987, producing a major upset by beating Dave Whitcombe, who reached the final in the previous year. His only other match wins came in 1988 against Horrie Seden, and in 1991 against Eric Burden. His last appearance at the World Championship came in 1992, when he lost 1–3 to Paul Lim.

Career record

Sinnaeve once managed to reach number four in the world rankings, and his best performance in a major tournament was reaching the final of the Winmau World Masters in 1986 – an event in which he competed each year between 1979 and 1991. Internationally, he was part of the Canadian WDF World Cup winning team of 1989 – the only time they have taken the team event title. Sinnaeve finished as Runner-Up in the 1986 Butlins Grand Masters, the 1987 World Cup Singles and the 1988 MFI World Matchplay, victim to Eric Bristow each time. He was also runner-up to John Lowe in the Canadian Open in 1986. He reached the semi-finals of this event in 1990 and further semi-final places in the 1987 Denmark Open and 1988 North American Open.

He received recognition as one of Canada's greatest ever players, winning a record five national titles (1979, 1983, 1986, 1987 & 1991) – a record which stood until John Part equalled it in 2007. He also won the Ontario Singles five times (1978, 1980, 1983, 1984 & 1987) and four All-Canada Cup singles titles (1985, 1986, 1987 & 1988). Sinnaeve was Canada's number one ranked player between 1981 and 1992.

He retired from competitive darts in 1992,^[1] and was inducted into the Canadian Darts Hall of Fame in 2002.^[2]

Recently, he has teamed up with American Larry Butler and is once again playing darts in North America.

World Championship results

BDO

• 1982: 1st Round (lost to Alan Evans 1–2) (sets)
• 1984: 1st Round (lost to Dave Whitcombe 0–2)
• 1985: 1st Round (lost to Willy Logie 1–2)
• 1986: 1st Round (lost to Alan Glazier 1–3)
• 1987: 2nd Round (lost to Alan Evans 0–3)
• 1988: 2nd Round (lost to Dennis Hickling 0–3)
• 1989: 1st Round (lost to Dave Whitcombe 0–3)
• 1990: 1st Round (lost to Leo Laurens 2–3)
• 1991: 2nd Round (lost to Dennis Priestley 0–3)
• 1992: 1st Round (lost to Paul Lim 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
BDO World Championship	Did not qualify			1R	DNQ	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R
Winmau World Masters	1R	QF	3R	DNP	3R	3R	2R	F	2R	4R	1R	DNP	4R	DNP
MFI World Matchplay	Not held					Did not qualify			1R	F	Not held
News of the World	???						QF	QF	SF	SF	???		Not held

Performance Table Legend
DNP	Did not play at the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	NYF	Not yet founded	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament