Maik Kuivenhoven

Maik Kuivenhoven
Maik Kuivenhoven
	Kuivenhoven in 2019
Personal information
Born	25 September 1988; Naaldwijk, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2017
Darts	25g Bull's NL Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"N-R-G" by G-Spott
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2018–present; (Tour Card: 2019–present)
Current world ranking	(PDC) 72 (26 August 2026)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2022
UK Open	Last 64: 2022
European Championship	Last 32: 2020
PC Finals	Last 32: 2023
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2021

Maik Kuivenhoven (born 25 September 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He contested his first PDC ranking final at Players Championship 22 in June 2026. He has reached one PDC European Tour quarter-final, reaching the last eight of the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix.

Career

In 2018, Kuivenhoven qualified for his first PDC European Tour event, when he won one of the eight West/South European qualifying slots for the 2018 German Darts Open. He was defeated in the second round. In January 2019, he entered PDC European Q-School attempting to win a two-year Tour Card. He finished seventh on the Order of Merit to win the final card available.

In 2020, Kuivenhoven reached the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix before losing to Ian White.^[2]

At the end of 2022, Kuivenhoven was outside the top 64 of the Order of Merit but immediately regained his Tour Card at Q-School in January 2023.^[3]

Kuivenhoven qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals as the 51st seed; he reached the second round by defeating Krzysztof Ratajski before losing to Brendan Dolan in a deciding leg.

Kuivenhoven missed out on qualifying for the 2024 PDC World Championship by £1,000 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, and failed to qualify for the 2025 edition by £500.^[4] This led to him finishing the 2024 season 75th on the Order of Merit, therefore losing his tour card.

Kuivenhoven regained his Tour Card at Q–School in January 2025.^[5]^[6] He reached his first PDC ranking final at Players Championship 22 in June 2026, where he lost 8–5 to Rob Cross.^[7]

World Championship results

PDC

2021: First round (lost to Matthew Edgar 0–3)
2022: Second round (lost to James Wade 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ		1R	2R	Did not qualify
World Masters	Did not qualify						Prel.	Prel.
UK Open	2R	3R	3R	4R	1R	3R	2R	2R
European Championship	DNQ	1R	Did not qualify
Players Championship Finals	DNQ	1R	1R	DNQ	2R	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals	DNQ		2R	Did not qualify
Career statistics
Season-end ranking	145	66	48	67	96	75	113

PDC European Tour

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
German Open	2R	DNQ	NH	DNQ		Not held
European Matchplay	DNQ	1R	NH	DNQ		Not held
European Grand Prix	DNQ		QF	Did not qualify
International Open	DNQ		1R	Did not qualify				1R
European Open	Did not qualify			2R	1R	DNQ		1R
Austrian Open	DNQ		NH	DNQ	2R	Did not qualify
Baltic Sea Open	Not held				DNQ	2R	DNQ
German Championship	Did not qualify			NH	DNQ	1R	DNQ	NH
Flanders Trophy	Not held					1R	DNQ
Czech Open	NH	DNQ	NH	DNQ		2R	1R	DNQ
Dutch Championship	DNQ	Not held		Did not qualify			1R
European Trophy	DNQ	Not held					DNQ	1R
Hungarian Trophy	Not held			Did not qualify				1R
Swiss Trophy	Not held					DNQ		SDT

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R
2020	BAR QF	BAR 3R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	COV 4R	COV SF	COV 1R	COV 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG QF	WIG 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 1R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 2R	WIG 1R	WIG SF	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 1R	ROS 4R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	ROS 1R	ROS 4R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R
2026	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	HIL SF	HIL 4R	LEI 2R	LEI 2R	LEI 4R	LEI 2R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG F	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	ROS	ROS	ROS	ROS	LEI	LEI

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR Prel.	Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round	NYF	Not yet founded

References

↑ "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 26 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
↑ "European Darts Grand Prix 2020 DAY 3: De Sousa wins his first European Tour title sensationally!". PDC Europe. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
↑ Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
↑ Kaczmarczyk, Filip (2 December 2024). "PDC's unluckiest? Kuivenhoven misses Ally Pally for second year in a row" (in Polish). Łączy Nas Dart. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
↑ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (12 January 2025). "Long and Kuivenhoven win outright as all 2025 Tour Card holders confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
↑ "Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves fail to secure PDC Tour Cards at Q-School as final places are confirmed". Sky Sports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
↑ "Players Championship 22: Rob Cross claims his first title of season in Wigan with final win over Maik Kuivenhoven". Sky Sports. 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

External links

Media related to Maik Kuivenhoven at Wikimedia Commons
Maik Kuivenhoven player profile at Darts Orakel
https://www.instagram.com/maik.kuivenhoven/

[PDC_Rankings-1] "Ranking Tables". PDPA. 26 August 2026. Retrieved 26 August 2026.

[2] "European Darts Grand Prix 2020 DAY 3: De Sousa wins his first European Tour title sensationally!". PDC Europe. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[DayFour-3] Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". Professional Darts Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[4] Kaczmarczyk, Filip (2 December 2024). "PDC's unluckiest? Kuivenhoven misses Ally Pally for second year in a row" (in Polish). Łączy Nas Dart. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

[12/1-5] Wood-Thompson, Lewis (12 January 2025). "Long and Kuivenhoven win outright as all 2025 Tour Card holders confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

[Sky12Jan-6] "Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves fail to secure PDC Tour Cards at Q-School as final places are confirmed". Sky Sports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

[7] "Players Championship 22: Rob Cross claims his first title of season in Wigan with final win over Maik Kuivenhoven". Sky Sports. 17 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

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