Martijn Kleermaker (born February 19, 1991) is a Dutch professional

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player, currently playing in

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events.

PDC

He announced that he intended to compete at Q School 2020, speaking to RTL7 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

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, where he lost in the first round. Martijn qualified for three out of four European Tour events in 2020 and secured his spot in

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, where he defeated Rob Cross 6-3 in the first round, losing to

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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

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in the first round. Because of a positive

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-test Kleermaker had to withdraw from the

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. After the first year with the Tour card, he was 74th in the PDC Order of Merit. In 2021 he made it to the last 16 in

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, winning over Wayne Jones,

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, Jamie Hughes and

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, losing to

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4-10. Later on in the yeat 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

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, losing in the deciding leg 5-6 to Scott Mitchell. After withdrawal in 2021, Kleermaker debuted on

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and made it to last 16 after wins over John Michael,

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and Joe Cullen, then losing 0-4 on sets to

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. After two years with the Tour card, he placed 40th in PDC Order of Merit, securing his place for 2022. In

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Martijn was seeded in the third round, where he lost to Jason Heaver 5-6.

World Championship results

BDO

* 2020: Second round (lost to

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1–4)

PDC

* 2022: Fourth round (lost to

0–4) * 2023: Second round (lost to

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0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Dutch darts players British Darts Organisation players Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders People from Harderwijk Sportspeople from Gelderland {{UK-darts-bio-stub