Martijn Kleermaker (born 19 February 1991) is a retired Dutch professional darts player.[1][2]
| Martijn Kleermaker | |||||||||
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 Kleermaker in 2022 | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Nickname | "The Dutch Giant" | ||||||||
| Born | 19 February 1991 Harderwijk, Netherlands | ||||||||
| Home town | Hierden, Netherlands | ||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2009 | ||||||||
| Darts | 25 Gram | ||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man | ||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||
| BDO | 2014–2020 | ||||||||
| PDC | 2020–2023 (Tour Card: 2020-2023) | ||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2017 | ||||||||
| World Trophy | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||
| Finder Masters | Last 24 Group: 2016, 2018 | ||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2022 | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 32: 2021 | ||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2021 | ||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 32: 2023 | ||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2020, 2021 | ||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Men's Darts | ||
Representing  Netherlands
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| WDF World Cup | ||
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2019 Cluj | Men's overall |
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2019 Cluj | Men's singles |
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2019 Cluj | Men's pairs |
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2019 Cluj | Men's team |
| WDF Europe Cup | ||
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2018 Budapest | Men's pairs |
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2018 Budapest | Men's team |
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2018 Budapest | Men's overall |
PDC edit
Kleermaker announced that he intended to compete at Q School 2020, speaking to RTL7 saying that the 2019 World Masters was a "catastrophe".[citation needed]
Kleermaker won a PDC Tour Card for the first time at European Q School in 2020. He played on the ProTour since 2020. In his first year in PDC, he took part in 2020 UK Open, where he lost in the first round. Martijn qualified for three out of four European Tour events in 2020 and secured his spot in 2020 European Championship, where he defeated Rob Cross 6-3 in the first round, losing to Devon Petersen 8-10 in the second round. From 39th place on Players Championship Order of Merit Kleermaker also qualified for 2020 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the deciding leg 5-6 to Gabriel Clemens in the first round. Because of a positive COVID-19-test Kleermaker had to withdraw from the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship.[3] After the first year with the Tour card, he was 74th in the PDC Order of Merit.
In 2021, Kleermaker made it to the last 16 in 2021 UK Open, winning over Wayne Jones, Martin Schindler, Jamie Hughes and Callan Rydz, losing to Luke Humphries 4-10. Later on in the year Kleermaker made his debut on 2021 World Grand Prix, where he lost 0-2 on sets to Mervyn King. From 35th place on Players Championship Order of Merit he qualified for 2021 Players Championship Finals, losing in the deciding leg 5-6 to Scott Mitchell.
After withdrawal in 2021, Kleermaker debuted on 2022 PDC World Darts Championship and made it to last 16 after wins over John Michael, Simon Whitlock and Joe Cullen, then losing 0-4 on sets to James Wade. After two years with the Tour card, he placed 40th in PDC Order of Merit, securing his place for 2022.
In 2022 UK Open, Kleermaker was seeded in the third round, where he lost to Jason Heaver 5–6.
Following the 2023 Grand Slam of Darts, Kleermaker announced that he would be handing in his tour card at the end of the year, citing his desire to spend more time with his children as the driving force behind his decision.[4]
World Championship results edit
BDO edit
- 2020: Second round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–4)
PDC edit
- 2022: Fourth round (lost to James Wade 0–4)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 0–3)
Performance timeline edit
BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | 2R | ||
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 2R | NH | ||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | 5R | 4R | DNP | NH |
| Zuiderduin Masters | RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | NH |
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| PDC World Championship | DNP | WD | 4R | 2R |
| UK Open | 1R | 6R | 3R | 5R |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |
| European Championship | 2R | DNQ | ||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | ||
| Players Championship Finals | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ |
| Career statistics | ||||
| Year-end ranking | 74 | 40 | 40 | 65 |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2020 | BDC 3R |
GDC DNQ |
EDG 3R |
IDO 2R | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 1R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC 2R |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG 1R |
DDC 1R |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO 1R |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG 2R |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
References edit
- ^ "Biografie". Kleermaker.online. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Gill, Samuel (1 January 2024). "Martijn Kleermaker on decision to quit as professional darter: Mentally it was so terribly tough". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Carolissen receives bye as duo ruled out of World Championship".
- ^ Gill, Samuel (1 January 2024). "MARTIJN KLEERMAKER ON DECISION TO QUIT AS PROFESSIONAL DARTER: MENTALLY IT WAS SO TERRIBLY TOUGH". Darts News. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
External links edit
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