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Jermaine Wattimena

Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the runner-up at the 2024 European Championship.

Jermaine Wattimena
Wattimena at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
Nickname"The Machine Gun"
Born (1988-03-09) 9 March 1988 (age 36)
Netherlands
Home townDen Helder, Netherlands[1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts22 Gram Bull's Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Bella Ciao" by Gunz For Hire
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2008–2014
PDC2014–
Current world ranking36 Steady (24 November 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025
World MatchplayLast 32: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
World Grand PrixQuarter Final: 2019
UK OpenLast 16: 2018, 2019
Grand SlamQuarter Final: 2024
European Ch'shipRunner Up: 2024
Premier LeagueChallenger: 2020
PC FinalsLast 16: 2017, 2023, 2024
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2019
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup 2014
Malta Open 2008
PDC World Central European Qualifying 2014
Other achievements
2018 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Career

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Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final.[3] He made his British Darts Organisation debut in a major event at the World Masters and won four games to reach the last 24 where he lost 3–0 to Steve Douglas.[4] In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final.[5] Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Kenny Neyens.[6] Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4–3 to Robert Marijanović, missing three match darts in the final leg.[7]

He entered PDC Qualifying School in January 2015 and was eliminated in the final round of the third day by Steve Douglas. However, Wattimena had already done enough through the Order of Merit to not even need to play on the fourth day as he finished joint second on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card.[8] He qualified for the UK Open and defeated Jonny Clayton 5–1 in the first round, but then lost 5–4 against Kevin McDine.[9] Wattimena twice lost in the last 16 of Players Championship events during the year and beat Robert Marijanović 6–5 at the European Darts Grand Prix, but was then knocked out 6–3 by Peter Wright in the second round.[10][11]

In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3–1 to Mensur Suljović.[12] He overcame Andy Smith 6–5 and Kevin Dowling 6–1 at the UK Open, before losing 9–7 to Alan Norris in the third round.[13] At the 15th Players Championship wins over Jonny Clayton, David Pallett, Peter Wright, Simon Stevenson and Jelle Klaasen ensured Wattimena played in his first PDC semi-final and he was defeated 6–3 by Michael van Gerwen.[14] He qualified for seven European Tour events during the season and, although he didn't get past the second round in any of them, his consistent play saw him make his debut in the European Championship, where he lost 6–1 to Mensur Suljović in the first round.[15][16]

He lost 3–1 in the opening round of the World Championship for the second year in a row in the 2017 event, this time to Daryl Gurney.[17] He knocked out Mick Todd, Dave Chisnall, Robert Thornton, Kyle Anderson and Benito van de Pas at the seventh Players Championship to reach his second PDC semi-final, where he was defeated 6–3 by Kim Huybrechts.[18] He reached third PDC semi-final in Players Championships 17, where he beat Alan Tabern, Berry van Peer, Peter Hudson, Steve Beaton and Justin Pipe, before losing to Kevin Painter 6–3. He qualified for five European Tour events over 2017, failing to make it past the Last 32 in any of them, meaning he did not qualify for the European Championships. He made a third Players Championship semi-final of the year in the final weekend in Barnsley, where he knocked out Ross Twell, Ian White, Kevin Painter, Peter Jacques and Michael Smith, before a 6–2 defeat to Adrian Lewis. This was enough for him to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, as the 29th seed. Wattimena started off with a 6–0 hammering of Keegan Brown, where he averaged almost 97. He saw off Mickey Mansell 6–3 in the next round to move into his first major TV Last 16 appearance. Here, he was defeated 10–9 in a deciding leg by Steve Beaton after a superb comeback from 9–5 down. He picked up £8,000 here, his second biggest pay cheque of his career.

Wattimena's consistent improvement and progression up the rankings was rewarded with a 'challenger' spot for the 2020 Premier League in Rotterdam.[19]

On the PDC European Tour Wattimena reached the quarter-finals at both the 2024 Belgian Darts Open and the 2024 German Darts Grand Prix. He lost at the quarter-final stage to Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen respectively, each 6–2 in legs. Wattimena also reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 Czech Darts Open, losing to Kim Huybrechts 6–4.

At the 2024 European Championship, Wattimena reached a first major television final, losing 11–3 to fellow maiden finalist Ritchie Edhouse.[20]

World Championship results

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PDC

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Career finals

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PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
European Championship (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score[N 1]
Runner-up 1. 2024 European Championship   Ritchie Edhouse 3–11 (l)
  1. ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

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BDO

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
BDO World Championship DNP DNQ DNP DNQ
Winmau World Masters 5R Did not qualify 2R DNP

PDC

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC World Championship PR 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R
UK Open 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 4R 4R 4R 4R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R 1R 1R 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R QF 1R DNQ
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 2R DNQ F
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify RR DNQ 2R DNQ QF
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts Did not participate C DNP
PDC World Cup of Darts Did not participate SF DNP
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 1R DNQ DNP DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 70 49 40 29 23 26 36 39 51

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2015 GDC
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ 		GDM
DNQ 		DDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		EDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		EDG
2R
2016 DDM
1R 		GDM
2R 		GDT
2R 		EDM
DNQ 		ADO
2R 		EDO
DNQ 		IDO
2R 		EDT
2R 		EDG
2R 		GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
2R 		GDM
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		EDG
1R 		GDT
DNQ 		EDM
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
1R 		DDM
DNQ 		GDG
2R 		IDO
DNQ 		EDT
2R
2018 EDO
2R 		GDG
1R 		GDO
2R 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
3R 		DDM
3R 		GDT
3R 		DDO
2R 		EDM
1R 		GDC
1R 		DDC
DNQ 		IDO
2R 		EDT
1R
2019 EDO
3R 		GDC
3R 		GDG
DNQ 		GDO
2R 		ADO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDM
3R 		DDO
QF 		CDO
3R 		ADC
1R 		EDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		GDT
3R
2020 BDC
2R 		GDC
2R 		EDG
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
1R 		GDC
1R 		GDG
1R 		ADO
1R 		EDO
1R 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDC
2R 		EDM
2R 		HDT
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		BDO
DNQ 		GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
1R 		EDO
1R 		IDO
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		DDC
1R 		BDO
1R 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
1R 		EDM
DNQ 		GDO
DNQ 		HDT
2R 		GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
QF 		GDG
QF 		IDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		BSD
2R 		DDC
3R 		EDO
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ 		FDT
2R 		HDT
DNQ 		SDT
2R 		CDO
QF
Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded

References

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  1. ^ "WK Darts start voor Jermaine Wattimena op zondag". De Gelderlander. Wegener. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ^ "2008 Malta Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. ^ "2009 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 German Gold Cup Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 PDC World Central European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Six". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  8. ^ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Ken MacNeil 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  11. ^ "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  12. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  13. ^ "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Nine-Dart van Gerwen's Barnsley Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Jermaine Wattimena 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  16. ^ "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  17. ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Maiden Title For Gurney With PC7 Win". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Exceptional Edhouse wins Machineseeker European Championship". www.pdc.tv. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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