| Martijn Kleermaker | |
| Nickname: | "The Dutch Giant" |
| Birth Place: | Harderwijk, Netherlands |
| Hometown: | Hierden, Netherlands |
| Since: | 2009 |
| Darts: | 25 Gram |
| Laterality: | Right-handed |
| Music: | "Giant" by Calvin Harris and Rag'n'Bone Man |
| Bdo: | 2014–2020 |
| Pdc: | 2020–2023 (Tour Card: 2020-2023) |
| Bdo World: | Last 16: 2020 |
| World Masters: | Last 32: 2017 |
| World Darts Trophy: | Last 16: 2019 |
| Zuiderduin Masters: | Last 24 Group: 2016, 2018 |
| Pdc World: | Last 16: 2022 |
| Grand Prix: | Last 32: 2021 |
| Uk Open: | Last 16: 2021 |
| European: | Last 16: 2020 |
| Pc Finals: | Last 64: 2020, 2021 |
| Grand Slam: | Last 32: 2023 |
Martijn Kleermaker (born 19 February 1991) is a former Dutch professional darts player.[1] [2]
Kleermaker 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 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.[3] 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.[4]
BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | DNQ | 2R | ||||
| BDO World Trophy | DNP | 2R | NH | |||
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | 5R | 4R | DNP | NH | |
| RR | DNQ | RR | DNQ | NH | ||
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNP | WD | 4R | 2R | |
| UK Open | 1R | 6R | 3R | 5R | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||
| European Championship | 2R | DNQ | |||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | RR | |||
| 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||
| Career statistics | |||||
| Year-end ranking | 74 | 40 | 40 | 65 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BDC 3R | GDC DNQ | EDG 3R | IDO 2R | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT 1R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ | GDC 2R | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNQ | CDO 2R | EDG 1R | DDC 1R | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO 1R | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO 2R | EDG 2R | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ |