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Kevin Doets
Dutch darts player (born 1998)

Kevin Doets is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Championship and the 2024 World Series Finals as well as the quarter-finals at the 2019 Dutch Open. He has won three titles on the PDC Development Tour as well as two on the Challenge Tour. He was also the runner-up at a PDC ranking event, Players Championship 20, in 2023.

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Career

2019–2021

In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final.1 He reached the quarter-finals at the 2019 Dutch Open.2

Doets found much success on the PDC Challenge Tour and PDC Development Tour in 2020 and 2021. He won his first Development Tour title in Event Five of 2020 and followed that with his first Challenge Tour title two weeks later.34 He added additional Challenge Tour and Development Tour wins in 2021.

Doets made the semi-finals of the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship, beating reigning champion Bradley Brooks along the way before losing to eventual champion Ted Evetts.5

Despite not having a PDC Tour Card, Doets qualified for the 2021 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen.6

2022–2023

At 2022 PDC Q-School, Doets won his Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit.7 He also played in the 2022 PDC Development Tour series, picking up another Development Tour title, beating Josh Rock 5–3 in the final of Event Four.89

In 2023, Doets reached his first senior PDC final when he made it to the final of Players Championship 20, but lost 8–6 to Luke Humphries.10

2024

Doets secured his PDC World Darts Championship debut by qualifying for the 2024 World Championship through the Pro Tour Order of Merit. In the first round, he whitewashed Stowe Buntz 3–0 in sets. The same night, he played defending champion Michael Smith in the second round. Doets went 2–1 ahead but was ultimately eliminated by Smith in a 3–2 defeat.1112

Doets was invited to play at the 2024 Dutch Darts Masters. He played two-time World Champion Peter Wright in the first round and won 6–1, before going out in the quarter-finals.1314 As a result, he was invited to the 2024 World Series of Darts Finals in September. He whitewashed Keane Barry 6–0 in the opening round with an average of 109.98—the third highest average in the event's history.15 Doets lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the next round.

2025

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Doets defeated Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3–1 in the first round.16 This win set up a second-round tie with Michael Smith, a rematch of their meeting the previous year. With the pair level at 2–2, Doets and Smith entered a deciding set tiebreaker where the match had to be won by two clear legs. Doets eventually won the final set 6–4 in legs in a major upset, eliminating the second seed and former World Champion.1718 Doets won his third round match against Krzysztof Ratajski 4–3, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the last 16.1920 He was eliminated after a 4–3 loss to Chris Dobey.21

Doets qualified for the World Masters after wins over Andy Boulton, Radek Szagański and Dylan Slevin in the preliminary rounds.22 He was beaten in a deciding leg by Peter Wright in the first round.23

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
World ChampionshipDid not qualify2R4R
World MastersDid not qualify1R
UK Open3R3R2R5R5R4R
Players Championship FinalsDNQ1R1R2R1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series FinalsDid not qualify2R
World Youth ChampionshipRRSF2RDid not participate
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC)164106956241

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2022IDODNPDNQEDO1RDid not qualifyBDO1RGDTDNQ
2023Did not qualifyGDO2RDNQ
2024BDODNQGDG1RDid not qualifyDDC2REDO3RGDCDNQFDT2RDNQCDO1R
2025BDODNQEDT1RIDODNQGDG1RADO3REDGDNQDDCEDOBSDFDTCDOHDTSDTGDC

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
202024Did not participateCOV2RCOV2RCOV1RCOV1RCOV1R
202125Did not participateNIE2RNIE2RNIE2RNIE2RMIL2RMIL1RMIL3RMIL2RCOV1RCOV2RCOV4RCOV2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR2RBAR3RBAR2RBAR4RBAR1RBAR2R
2022BAR3RBAR3RWIG3RWIG3RBAR1RBAR1RNIESFNIE1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RWIG2RWIG1RNIE1RNIE2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3R
2023BAR1RBAR2RBAR3RBAR1RBAR4RBAR1RHIL2RHILDNPWIG1RWIG1RLEI4RLEI2RHIL2RHIL1RLEI4RLEI4RHIL3RHIL1RBAR4RBARFBAR1RBARQFBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2R
2024WIG2RWIG3RLEI3RLEI3RHIL2RHIL2RLEI3RLEIQFHIL4RHIL3RHILQFHIL1RMIL3RMIL1RMIL2RMIL3RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RWIG4RWIG1RMIL2RMIL2RWIG2RWIG1RWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RLEI2RLEI3R
2025WIG3RWIG1RROS1RROS3RLEIQFLEIQFHILQFHILQFLEI1RLEI4RLEI1RLEI2RROS3RROS3RHIL2RHILQFLEILEILEIHILHILMILMILMILHILHILLEILEILEIWIGWIGWIGWIGWIG
Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R RR Prel.Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary roundDQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. "Catalonia Open Men 2019". WDF. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://dartswdf.com/competitions/catalonia-open-men/2019 ↩

  2. "Dutch Open 03/02/2019". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 January 2025. https://www.dartsdatabase.co.uk/display-event.php?eid=23575&tna=Dutch%20Open&eda=2019 ↩

  3. Phillips, Josh (25 September 2020). "Dutch youngsters claim maiden Development Tour titles". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/09/25/dutch-youngsters-claim-maiden-development-tour-titles ↩

  4. Phillips, Josh (11 October 2020). "Edhouse & Evans win Tour Cards as Challenge Tour concludes". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/10/11/edhouse-evans-win-tour-cards-challenge-tour-concludes ↩

  5. Phillips, Josh (28 November 2021). "Evetts crowned Unicorn World Youth Champion". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2021/11/28/evetts-crowned-unicorn-world-youth-champion ↩

  6. "Van Gerwen wint en zorgt voor duel met Van Barneveld" [Van Gerwen wins and sets up a duel with Van Barneveld]. De Limburger (in Dutch). 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.limburger.nl/sport/van-gerwen-wint-en-zorgt-voor-duel-met-van-barneveld/22182761.html ↩

  7. Allen, Dave (15 January 2022). "Rock & Kciuk headline Tour Card winners as 2022 Q Schools conclude". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/01/15/rock-kciuk-headline-tour-card-winners-2022-q-schools-conclude ↩

  8. "Doets denies Rock a Winmau Development Tour debut double". PDC. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2022/02/19/doets-denies-rock-winmau-development-tour-debut-double ↩

  9. Gill, Samuel (19 February 2022). "Doets restricts Rock from double Development Tour success claiming Event Four". Darts News. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://dartsnews.com/pdc/doets-restricts-rock-from-double-development-tour-success-claiming-event-four ↩

  10. Gorton, Josh (4 September 2023). "Nine-dart Humphries denies Doets to clinch PC20 crown". PDC. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2023/09/04/nine-dart-humphries-denies-doets-clinch-pc20-crown ↩

  11. "PDC World Championship 2024: Reigning champion Michael Smith survives opening-night scare from Kevin Doets". BBC Sport. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.bbc.com/sport/darts/67731872 ↩

  12. "PDC world darts: Michael Smith given scare by Kevin Doets on opening night". The Guardian. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/15/pdc-world-darts-michael-smith-simon-whitlock ↩

  13. Wood, Kieran (27 January 2024). ""Confidence lately has been through the roof" - Kevin Doets takes biggest win of his career against Peter Wright at Dutch Darts Masters". Darts News. Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://dartsnews.com/pdc/confidence-lately-has-been-through-the-roof-kevin-doets-takes-biggest-win-of-his-career-against-peter-wright-at-dutch-darts-masters ↩

  14. van Ekeren, Koen (26 January 2024). "Kevin Doets stunt en kegelt Peter Wright uit Dutch Darts Masters" [Kevin Doets upsets and knocks Peter Wright out of Dutch Darts Masters]. DartsKing (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://dartsking.nl/nieuws/kevin-doets-peter-wright-dutch-darts-masters/ ↩

  15. Hartman, Tim (14 September 2024). "Kevin Doets vernedert Keane Barry met bijna het hoogste gemiddelde ooit op World Series of Darts Finals" [Kevin Doets humiliates Keane Barry with almost the highest average ever at the World Series of Darts Finals]. AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 November 2024. https://www.ad.nl/darts/kevin-doets-vernedert-keane-barry-met-bijna-het-hoogste-gemiddelde-ooit-op-world-series-of-darts-finals~afec596e/ ↩

  16. Stafford, Ali (18 December 2024). "World Darts Championship: Noa-Lynn van Leuven beaten by Kevin Doets in historic Alexandra Palace debut". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 19 December 2024. https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13275530/world-darts-championship-noa-lynn-van-leuven-beaten-by-kevin-doets-in-historic-alexandra-palace-debut ↩

  17. "Michael Smith stunned by Kevin Doets in World Darts Championship upset". The Guardian. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/19/michael-smith-stunned-kevin-doets-world-darts-championship-upset ↩

  18. Wellens, Megan (20 December 2024). "World Darts Championship: Michael Smith suffers shock early exit at hands of Kevin Doets". Sky Sports. Retrieved 19 December 2024. https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13276484/world-darts-championship-michael-smith-suffers-shock-early-exit-at-hands-of-kevin-doets ↩

  19. "Doets overleeft vier wedstrijddarts op WK, De Graaf treft Van Gerwen" [Doets survives four match darts at the World Championship, De Graaf meets Van Gerwen]. NOS (in Dutch). 29 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024. https://nos.nl/artikel/2549993-doets-overleeft-vier-wedstrijddarts-op-wk-de-graaf-treft-van-gerwen ↩

  20. Wood, Kieran (29 December 2024). "Doets there it is! Kevin Doets rides out Ratajski rollercoaster and survives 4 missed matchdarts to book his place in last 16 of 2025 PDC World Darts Championship". Darts News. Retrieved 30 December 2024. https://dartsnews.com/pdc/doets-there-it-is-kevin-doets-rides-out-ratajski-rollercoaster-and-survives-4-missed-matchdarts-to-book-his-place-in-last-16-of-2025-pdc-world-darts-championship ↩

  21. Wellens, Megan (30 December 2024). "World Darts Championship: Nathan Aspinall wins 10 legs in a row against Ricardo Pietreczko to book quarter-final spot". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 January 2025. https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/13281683/world-darts-championship-nathan-aspinall-wins-10-legs-in-a-row-against-ricardo-pietreczko-to-book-quarter-final-spot ↩

  22. Gorton, Josh (29 January 2025). "Wattimena, Doets & Menzies amongst eight qualifiers for 2025 World Masters". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 30 January 2025. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2025/01/29/wattimena-doets-menzies-amongst-eight-qualifiers-2025-world-masters ↩

  23. "Noppert naar tweede ronde World Masters, Wattimena en Doets na eerste ronde klaar" [Noppert to World Masters second round, Wattimena and Doets done after first round]. NOS (in Dutch). 30 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025. https://nos.nl/artikel/2553917-noppert-naar-tweede-ronde-world-masters-wattimena-en-doets-na-eerste-ronde-klaar ↩

  24. Not a Tour card holder ↩

  25. Not a Tour card holder ↩