Gabriel Clemens
| Gabriel Clemens | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "German Giant" | |||||||||||||
| Born | August 16, 1983[1] Saarlouis, Germany | |||||||||||||
| Home town | Saarwellingen, Germany[1] | |||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | |||||||||||||
| Darts | 23 Gram Target Signature | |||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Wonderwall" by Oasis | |||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2008–2018 | |||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018– | |||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 23  1 (30 October 2022)[2] | |||||||||||||
| WDF Platinum – best performances | ||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Semi Final: 2017 | |||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 16: 2021 | |||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 2020 | |||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2020 | |||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2020, 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2019 | |||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Players Ch'ship Finals | Last 16: 2018, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Masters | Last 24: 2022 | |||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2019, 2021 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Clemens (born August 16, 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the World Masters, and missed match darts against the BDO number one Mark McGeeney to reach the final.
In January 2018, he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card. He won the fourth day of European Q-School by defeating the Dutchman Vincent Kamphuis 5–3 in the final. In his first year on the circuit, he reached the final of 2018 PDC Players Championship 11, where he took on two-time world champion Gary Anderson. Clemens missed two match-darts to win the title and lost 5–6.
In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the round of Last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3.[3][4]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: Second round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–3)
- 2021: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 3–4)
- 2022: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 0–4)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | Did not qualify | SF | ||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | ||||||||
| UK Open | 3R | 5R | 6R | 6R | 5R | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | 2R | RR | RR | |||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||
| Non-major televised events | |||||||||||||
| Masters | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | SF | QF | QF | |||||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 63 | 39 | 31 | 25 | |||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | DDM DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
GDT DNP |
EDM DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNP |
IDO DNP |
EDT DNP |
EDG 1R |
GDC DNP | |||
| 2017 | GDC DNP |
GDM DNP |
GDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
GDT DNP |
EDM DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNP |
DDM DNP |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNP |
EDT DNP | |
| 2018 | EDO 2R |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO 1R |
EDG 1R |
DDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
IDO 1R |
EDT 2R |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
GDG 1R |
GDO 1R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
DDO 2R |
CDO DNQ |
ADC DNQ |
EDM 2R |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC 2R |
GDC 2R |
EDG 2R |
IDO 2R | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 3R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 1R |
GDC 2R |
GDG 2R |
ADO 3R |
EDO 1R |
CDO 1R |
EDG 1R |
DDC DNQ |
EDM 3R |
HDT 1R |
GDO 1R |
BDO QF |
GDT QF |
| Performance timeline legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
Career finals
PDC world series finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
| World Series of Darts (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | German Darts Masters |  Peter Wright
|
6–8 (l) |
References
- ^ a b "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles without Wikidata item
- Living people
- German darts players
- Professional Darts Corporation current tour card holders
- 1983 births
- PDC World Cup of Darts German team
- People from Saarlouis
- Sportspeople from Saarland