Kevin Münch
| Kevin Münch | |||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Nickname | "The Dragon" | ||||||
| Born | 27 July 1988 Herne, Germany | ||||||
| Home town | Bochum, Germany | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||
| Darts | 23g Bull's | ||||||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2004–2011, 2014–2015 | ||||||
| PDC | 2011–2013, 2015– | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Masters | Last 40: 2011 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Championship | Last 32: 2012, 2018 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Kevin Münch (born 27 July 1988) is a German darts player.
Career
Münch reached the last 40 of the 2011 Winmau World Masters before losing to Colin Fowler.
Münch qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the German Qualifier, defeating Bernd Roith 10–8 in the final.[1] He defeated Malaysia's Lee Choon Peng 4–2 in the preliminary round. In the first round, he played Denis Ovens, and won the first set 3–0 before Ovens was forced to retire from the match due to a back injury.[2] He played Steve Farmer in the second round and although he led 2–1, with chances to go to 3–1, he would lose the match 4–2.[3] In June, he earned a place in the 2012 German Darts Championship in Berlin by defeating Alexander Tauber and Maik Langendorf in the Home Nation Qualifier.[4] Münch played Brendan Dolan in the first round and lost 6–4.[5] He also qualified for the 2012 European Darts Open with a win over Michael Rosenauer.[6] Münch played Dave Chisnall in the first round in Düsseldorf and, after winning the opening leg, lost 6–1.[7] He qualified for the remaining two European Tour Events of the season, but lost in the first round on both occasions.[8][9]
He briefly returned to the British Darts Organisation, but returned to the PDC in 2015 and went on to qualify for the 2015 European Darts Grand Prix and 2016 European Darts Trophy, where he was knocked out in the first round.[10][11]
On 19 December 2017 at the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, in a major upset Münch defeated former two-time champion Adrian Lewis in the first round 3–1, before losing out to Toni Alcinas of Spain in the Last 32.[12]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2012: Second round (lost to Steve Farmer 2–4)
- 2018: Second round (lost to Toni Alcinas 1–4)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2012 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | 2R | 2R |
PDC European Tour
| Tournament | 2012 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Darts Masters | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |
| European Darts Open | 1R | DNQ | |||
| German Darts Championship | 1R | DNQ | |||
| German Darts Masters | 1R | DNQ | NH | ||
| European Darts Grand Prix | NH | 1R | DNQ | ||
| European Darts Trophy | NH | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | NH |
| Austrian Darts Open | DNQ | NH | DNQ | 1R | DNQ |
| Dutch Darts Championship | NH | 1R | NH | ||
| Austrian Darts Championship | NH | 1R | |||
| German Darts Grand Prix | NH | DNQ | 1R | ||
| German Darts Open | NH | DNQ | 1R | ||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ↑ International Qualifiers Completed Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
- ↑ World Championship – Day Three Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
- ↑ "World Championship – Night Nine". PDC. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ↑ "German Aces Win Berlin Spots". PDC. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ "German Darts Champs Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ↑ "European Tour 3 Qualifiers". PDC. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ↑ "European Darts Open Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ↑ "German Darts Masters – Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ↑ "Dutch Darts Masters Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "BDODarts.com". www.bdodarts.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ "Kevin Munch 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ "PDC World Darts 2018: Two-time champion Adrian Lewis beaten by Kevin Munch". BBC Sport. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
External links
- Player profile for Kevin Münch from Dartsdatabase