Jermaine Wattimena

Jermaine Wattimena
Personal information
Nickname The Machine Gun
Born (1988-03-09) 9 March 1988
Netherlands
Home town Westervoort[1]
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since 2006
Darts 22 Gram Bull's Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Trumpets by Sak Noel ft. Sean Paul
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2008–2014
PDC 2014–
Current world ranking 30
BDO majors - best performances
World Masters Last 24: 2009
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2018
World Matchplay Last 32: 2018
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2018
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2016, 2018
UK Open Last 16: 2018
Players Ch'ship Finals Last 16: 2017
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup 2014
Malta Open 2008
PDC World Central European Qualifying Event 2014

Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.

Career

Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final.[2] 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.[3] In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final.[4] 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.[5] Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4–3 to Robert Marijanović, missing three match darts in the final leg.[6]

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.[7] He qualified for the UK Open and defeated Johnny Clayton 5–1 in the first round, but then lost 5–4 against Kevin McDine.[8] 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.[9][10]

In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3–1 to Mensur Suljović.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] He qualified for seven European Tour event 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.[14][15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

World Championship results

PDC

References

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