Ronnie “Ron” Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch
darts
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player playing in events of the
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is a professional darts organisation in the United Kingdom, established in 1992 when a group of leading players split from the British Darts Organisation (BDO) to form what was initially called the World ...
(PDC).
Career
Meulenkamp was runner-up in both the 2011
Isle of Man Open
The Isle of Man Open is a darts tournament that has been held since 1986.
List of tournaments
Men's
Ladies
Youth
Tournament records
* Most wins 3: Ronnie Baxter.
* Most Finals 4: Ronnie Baxter, Alan Warriner.
* Most Semi Finals 6: ...
and
England Open
The England Open is a darts tournament that has been held annually since 1995.
List of tournaments Men's
Women's
Youth's
Girls
Tournament records
* Most wins 3: Ted Hankey, Wesley Harms.
* Most Finals 5: Ted Hankey.
* Most Semi Finals ...
.
He was also a semi-finalist in the 2011 Mariflex Open, a quarter-finalist in the 2011
German Open and
Belgium Open
The Belgium Open is a darts tournament that has been held since 1982.
List of winners Men's
Women's
Tournament records
* Most wins 3: Martin Adams, Eric Bristow
* Most Finals 3: John Walton, Ted Hankey, Martin Adams, Mike Gregory.
* ...
.
He also enjoyed quarter-final spots in the 2010
Winmau World Masters
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and 2010
Zuiderduin Masters
The Finder Darts Masters was a darts tournament held in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, sanctioned by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation, running intermittently under several different names from 1995 to 2018.
The tourn ...
and reached the Last 16 in the 2011 BDO British Open and BDO International Open.
Meulenkamp attempted to acquire a PDC tour card at Q School in January 2014, but failed to finish in the top four on any given day or in the top 24 on the Order of Merit. However, for competing in the event he secured PDPA Associate Member Status which gave him entry to the UK Open and European Tour Qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. He failed to qualify for the
UK Open
The Cazoo UK Open is a ranking major darts tournament held annually at the Butlins Minehead Resort by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) in England. Often referred to as the "FA Cup of darts", the UK Open replicates the abolition of seedin ...
, but in March won the second
Challenge Tour
The Challenge Tour is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European Tour and, as with on the main European Tour and the European Senior Tour, some of the events are played outside Europe.
History
The ...
event by edging out
Alan Tabern
"The Saint" Alan Tabern (born 29 September 1966) is an English darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Darts career
A left-hander, Tabern made his PDC World Championship debut in 2006 with a surprising ...
5–4. Meulenkamp reached the last 16 of a PDC Pro Tour event for the first time at the fourth
Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to
Ian White and went one better later in the year at the final event when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals 6–3 by
James Wade
James Martin Wade (born 6 April 1983) is an English professional darts player, currently playing in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). He became the youngest player to win a major PDC title, when he won the 2007 World Matchplay at the ...
.
As the second-highest non-qualified European player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Meulenkamp played in his first
PDC World Championship in
2015
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. He faced
Mark Webster with finishing proving to be the weakness in both players' games as they missed 64 darts at doubles between them. Meulenkamp had a checkout percentage of 19% and was beaten 3–1 in sets. He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to
Boris Krčmar
Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over decade and won more than 400 profe ...
.
After winning two games during the first three days of 2016 Q School, Meulenkamp won five games on the final day to reach the final round where he lost 5–2 to
Yordi Meeuwisse. However, he had done just enough to win a two-year tour card by claiming the final place through the Q School Order of Merit. At the
Austrian Darts Open he progressed to the third round of a European Tour event for the first time by beating
Jeffrey de Graaf
Jeffrey de Graaf (born 21 November 1990) is a Dutch darts player. He has played in six World Championships (four BDO and two PDC) but has lost in the first round each time. He moved from the BDO to the PDC in 2016.
Career BDO
In 2012, De Graaf ...
and
Simon Whitlock
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both 6–3, but lost 6–4 to
Michael Smith. A pair of last 16 finishes in
Players Championship events saw him qualify for the
Finals
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
. In the first round, he defeated
Stephen Bunting
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6–4, before knocking out world champion
Gary Anderson in a last leg decider. He would lose to
Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round.
Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the
2017 World Championship. In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against
Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
and lost 3–0.
World Championships results
BDO
*2012: First round (lost to
Gary Stone
Gary Stone (born 19 June 1981) is a Scottish professional darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation tournaments.
Career BDO
Stone began his darts career at The Village Tavern in his hometown of Larkhall, reaching the semi ...
0–3)
*2014: First round (lost to
Gary Robson 2–3)
PDC
*2015: First round (lost to
Mark Webster 1–3)
*2017: First round (lost to
Mensur Suljović
Mensur Suljović (Serbian Cyrillic: Менсур Суљовић; born 5 March 1972) is an Austrian professional darts player. He plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, having previously played in the British Darts Organisation (BD ...
0–3)
*2019: Second round (lost to
Michael Smith 1–3)
*2020: Second round (lost to
Chris Dobey
Chris Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
His first major TV appearance came in the 2015 UK Open where he lost 5–1 in the first round to N ...
2–3)
*2021: Second round (lost to
Vincent van der Voort
Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch professional darts player on the PDC circuit. As of the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, his nickname is the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used to go by "Grease Lightning". He is bes ...
2–3)
*2022: Second round (lost to
Michael Smith 0–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
PDC
PDC European Tour
References
External links
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Living people
British Darts Organisation players
People from Leusden
Dutch darts players
1988 births
Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders
Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)