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 DNPDNQ 2R World TrophyDNP 2RNH Winmau World Masters 2R 5R 4RDNPNH RRDNQ RRDNQNH
PDC Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023PDC Ranked televised events World ChampionshipDNPWD 4R 2R UK Open 1R 6R 3R 5R World Grand PrixDNQ 1RDNQ European Championship 2RDNQ Grand SlamDNQ RR 1R 1R 2RDNQCareer statisticsYear-end ranking74404065
European Tour Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023Belgian Championship3RNot heldGerman ChampionshipDNQNH2RDNQEuropean Grand Prix3RNH1R2RInternational Open2RNHDNQGibraltar TrophyNH1RDNQNHCzech OpenNH2R2RDutch ChampionshipNH1RDNQGerman OpenNH1RDNQ
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