Ronnie Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
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| Personal information | |||||||
| Full name | Ronnie Meulenkamp | ||||||
| Nickname | "The Bomb" | ||||||
| Born | 5 November 1988 Netherlands | ||||||
| Home town | Almere, Netherlands | ||||||
| Darts information | |||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||
| Darts | Boxers 22g | ||||||
| Laterality | Left-handed | ||||||
| Walk-on music | "Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | ||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
| BDO | 2006–2014 | ||||||
| PDC | 2014– | ||||||
| Current world ranking | 216  3 (17 November 2024)[1] | ||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2012, 2014 | ||||||
| World Masters | Last 32: 2013 | ||||||
| Finder Masters | Last 24 Group: 2009 | ||||||
| Dutch Open | Last 1024: 2024 | ||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2018 | ||||||
| UK Open | Last 32: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 | ||||||
| PC Finals | Last 16: 2016 | ||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Career
editMeulenkamp was runner-up in both the 2011 Isle of Man Open and England Open. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2011 Mariflex Open, a quarter-finalist in the 2011 German Open and Belgium Open. He also enjoyed quarter-final spots in the 2010 Winmau World Masters and 2010 Zuiderduin Masters and reached the Last 16 in the 2011 BDO British Open and BDO International Open.
Meulenkamp attempted to acquire a PDC tour card at Q School in January 2014, but failed to finish in the top four on any given day or in the top 24 on the Order of Merit. However, for competing in the event he secured PDPA Associate Member Status which gave him entry to the UK Open and European Tour Qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.[2] He failed to qualify for the UK Open, but in March won the second Challenge Tour event by edging out Alan Tabern 5–4.[3] Meulenkamp reached the last 16 of a PDC Pro Tour event for the first time at the fourth Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to Ian White and went one better later in the year at the final event when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals 6–3 by James Wade.[4][5]
As the second-highest non-qualified European player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Meulenkamp played in his first PDC World Championship in 2015.[6] He faced Mark Webster with finishing proving to be the weakness in both players' games as they missed 64 darts at doubles between them. Meulenkamp had a checkout percentage of 19% and was beaten 3–1 in sets.[7] He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to Boris Krčmar.[8]
After winning two games during the first three days of 2016 Q School, Meulenkamp won five games on the final day to reach the final round where he lost 5–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse. However, he had done just enough to win a two-year tour card by claiming the final place through the Q School Order of Merit.[9] At the Austrian Darts Open he progressed to the third round of a European Tour event for the first time by beating Jeffrey de Graaf and Simon Whitlock both 6–3, but lost 6–4 to Michael Smith.[10][11] A pair of last 16 finishes in Players Championship events saw him qualify for the Finals.[12] In the first round, he defeated Stephen Bunting 6–4, before knocking out world champion Gary Anderson in a last leg decider.[13] He would lose to Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round.[14]
Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the 2017 World Championship.[15] In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against Mensur Suljović and lost 3–0.[16]
World Championships results
editBDO
edit- 2012: First round (lost to Gary Stone 0–3)
- 2014: First round (lost to Gary Robson 2–3)
PDC
edit- 2015: First round (lost to Mark Webster 1–3)
- 2017: First round (lost to Mensur Suljović 0–3)
- 2019: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 1–3)
- 2020: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3)
- 2021: Second round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 2–3)
- 2022: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)
Performance timeline
editBDO
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | DNP | 1R | DNQ | 1R |
| International Darts League | PR | Not held | ||||||
| Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP | 1R | DNP | 2R | 3R | 5R | PDC |
| Zuiderduin Masters | DNP | RR | DNP | PDC | ||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC World Championship | BDO | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | DNQ | |||
| UK Open | DNQ | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 5R | 5R | DNQ | 2R | ||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 93 | - | 73 | 54 | 49 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 65 | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | GDC 1R |
DDM DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
EDT DNQ | |||||
| 2015 | GDC DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
EDG DNQ | ||||
| 2016 | DDM DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
EDM 2R |
ADO 3R |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
GDC 2R | |||
| 2017 | GDC DNQ |
GDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
GDT DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO 3R |
EDT DNQ | |
| 2018 | EDO QF |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO 2R |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDC QF |
DDC DNQ |
IDO 1R |
EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC 2R |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO 3R |
ADC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC 1R |
GDC 1R |
EDG DNQ |
IDO 2R | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 1R |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNP |
GDT DNQ |
References
edit- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Wins For Robinson And Meulenkamp". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Imperious Taylor's Crawley Triumph". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Seventh Heaven For Super Scot Anderson". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "2015 Apatin Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Perfect Start For Van Gerwen In Austria". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Austrian Darts Open Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Ron Meulenkamp 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Cash Converters PCF Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "William Hill World Championship Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2016.