Martijn Kleermaker

Martijn Kleermaker
Kleermaker in 2022
Personal information
Nickname	"The Dutch Giant"
Born	(1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 Harderwijk, Netherlands
Home town	Hierden, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2009
Darts	25g Bull's NL Signature
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 Championship	Last 16: 2020
World Masters	Last 32: 2017
World Trophy	Last 16: 2019
Finder Masters	Last 24 Group: 2016, 2018
Dutch Open	Semi Final: 2025
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 2022
World Grand Prix	Last 32: 2021
UK Open	Last 16: 2021
Grand Slam	Last 32: 2023
European Championship	Last 16: 2020
PC Finals	Last 64: 2020, 2021
Other tournament wins
Luxembourg Open 2019 Welsh Open 2019 Westfries Masters 2019 Westfries Open 2019

Martijn Kleermaker

Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Netherlands
WDF World Cup
	2019 Cluj	Men's overall
	2019 Cluj	Men's singles
	2019 Cluj	Men's pairs
	2019 Cluj	Men's team
WDF Europe Cup
	2018 Budapest	Men's pairs
	2018 Budapest	Men's team
	2018 Budapest	Men's overall

Martijn Kleermaker (born 19 February 1991) is a Dutch former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

PDC

Kleermaker announced that he intended to compete at Q School 2020, speaking to RTL 7 saying that the 2019 World Masters was a "catastrophe".

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. 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.

World Championship results

BDO

• 2020: Second round (lost to Paul Hogan 1–4)

PDC

• 2022: Fourth round (lost to James Wade 0–4)
• 2023: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
World Championship	DNP	DNQ			2R
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
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNP	WD	4R	2R
UK Open	1R	6R	3R	5R
World Grand Prix	DNQ	1R	DNQ
European Championship	2R	DNQ
Grand Slam	DNQ			RR
Players Championship Finals	1R	1R	2R	DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	74	40	40	65

European Tour

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023
Belgian Championship	3R	Not held
German Championship	DNQ	NH	2R	DNQ
European Grand Prix	3R	NH	1R	2R
International Open	2R	NH	DNQ
Gibraltar Trophy	NH	1R	DNQ	NH
Czech Open	NH		2R	2R
Dutch Championship	NH		1R	DNQ
German Open	NH		1R	DNQ

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
2020	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	MIL 3R	MIL QF	MIL 2R	MIL 3R	MIL 3R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 3R	COV 1R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 1R
2021	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	BOL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	NIE 3R	NIE 1R	NIE F	NIE 4R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 1R	COV 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	NIE 3R	NIE 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	WIG 1R	WIG 4R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	WIG 2R	WIG QF	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R

External links

• Martijn Kleermaker player profile at Darts Orakel