Jelger Wiegersma is a Dutch player. Though no longer a professional player, he still regularly attends Pro Tour |Pro Tours. He won as a member of teamVon Dutch with teammates Jeroen Remie and Kamiel Cornelissen. He also won two, in 2003 and 2008. In 2008, he was elected to the.
Career
Jelger Wiegersma first played on the Pro Tour in at. Despite a strong finish at, missing the top eight only on tiebreakers, Wiegersma was unable to establish himself on the Pro Tour in his debut. In the Wiegersma got his first taste of success. He played all but one of the Pro Tours that year, and made the top four of Grand PrixTurin with teammates Kamiel Cornelissen and Tom van de Logt. Wiegersma managed to make the top eight of a Pro Tour for the first time. At he reached the semifinals before losing to Tomi Walamies for a third-place finish. To follow up on this performance, Wiegersma made the top eight of three Grand Prix, in Lisbon, Heidelberg, and Naples, that season. By comparison, was a much less impressive season for Wiegersma. His only notable finish was a fifth-place finish at Grand Prix Prague. However, was very successful. Wiegersma started the season with success in the Rochester Draft format. He finished eighth at Grand Prix Lyon and won Grand Prix Götheborg, both of which used that format. Later that season, Wiegersma made his second Pro Tour top at. Another semifinal exit, this time losing to Gabriel Nassif, saw him finish fourth. His success that season did not stop there. With teammates Kamiel Cornelissen, and Jeroen Remie, Wiegersma won, defeating Tsuyoshi Ikeda, Itaru Ishida, and Jin Okomoto in the finals. After failing to make the top eight of any Pro Tours or Grand Prix events in, Wiegersma returned to the top eight at the premier event level in. That season, he made the top eight of four Grand Prix across three continents, finishing3rd at Grand Prix Barcelona and Yamagata, 8th at Grand Prix Toronto, and fifth at Grand Prix Malmö. And while he didn't make any Pro Tour top eights, he showed remarkable consistency by finishing in the money at every Pro Tour in the and seasons, with the exception of. Wiegersma's next top eight finishes came in. He finished fourth at Grand Prix Birmingham, and won Grand Prix Indianapolis. That same year, he was inducted into the with Dirk Baberowski, Mike Turian, Olivier Ruel, and Ben Rubin. Since the, Wiegersma has been a member of the team now known as 'The Pantheon', alongside players such as Kai Budde, Jon Finkel, and Gabriel Nassif. At in 2012 he made his first Pro Tour Top 8 since winning Pro Tour Seattle in 2004, and in he finished third at. Later that season, at Grand Prix Montreal, he made the top of a Grand Prix event for the first time in seven years, and he finished the season with enough Pro Points to earn Platinum membership in the Pro Tour #Pro Points|Pro PlayerClub as well as captainship of the Dutch National team for the.
