Arno Merk

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Arno Merk
Personal information
Born (1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 (age 33) [1]
Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany [2]
Darts information
Playing darts since2008
Darts22.5g Bull's Germany [3]
Laterality Right-handed [3]
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2024–
(Tour Card: 2026–)
WDF 2010–2025
Current world ranking ( PDC ) 100 Increase2.svg 66 (3 January 2026) [4]
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship Last 32: 2011
World Masters Last 256: 2010
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship Last 32: 2026

Arno Merk (born 30 September 1992) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.

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Career

Merk was one of the most successful young players from Germany. He became the German Youth Champion in 2010 at the age of 17. That year, his consistently strong performances at DDV tournaments also propelled him to the number one spot in the German youth rankings. [1] In the 2010 World Masters he lost to Martin Heneghan in the first round match. At the end of season, he qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship. [5] In the first round, he lost to Garry Thompson.

He made his return to competition in the German Super League in 2023, where he was eliminated in the second round by Pascal Rupprecht. At the beginning of 2024, Merk played in the PDC Qualifying School, but he was unable to secure a Tour Card and subsequently competed on the PDC Challenge Tour. In April 2024, he qualified for the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix, making his PDC European Tour debut. Merk lost in the first round to Luke Littler. [1] He then participated in the 2024 World Masters, but he lost in group-stage. At the German Super League in 2024, Merk was again eliminated in the second round.

In March 2025, Merk reached his first PDC Challenge Tour event quarter-final. As a call-up, he reached the third round of Players Championship 22. He also played in the PDC Europe Next-Gen season, winning the last two events and qualifying for the German Super League once again. There, Merk defeated Daniel Klose in the final and qualified for the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship. [6] Having defeated Kim Huybrechts and Peter Wright in the first and second round respectively, [7] [8] [9] he lost 4–1 to Michael van Gerwen in the third round. [10]

World Championship results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20102011
BDO Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 1R
World Masters 1R DNP

WDF

Tournament2024
WDF Major/platinum events
World Masters RR

PDC

Tournament2026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship 3R

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2025 Did not participate HIL
3R		 HIL
2R		Did not participate

PDC Challenge Tour

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324
2025 L64 L256 L32 L64 L128 L64 QF L256 L64 L64 L16 L256 L256 L256 L64 Did not participate


Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
L#		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Last # stage		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Arno Merk". bulls-darts.com. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Arno Merk". Professional Darts Players Association . Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Arno Merk". Mastercaller. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Hobbs, Louis (11 December 2025). "World Darts Championship 2026: Arno Merk Opens Up on Emotional Redemption After Five-Year Hiatus". sportsboom.com.
  6. ↑ "Dart WM 2026: Arno Merk – Als Super League Champion zum WM-Debüt". dartn.de (in German). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Deutscher Debütant feiert Darts-Sensation". sport.de (in German). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Briese, Henri (17 December 2025). "Merk confident he can 'definitely beat' two-time world champion Wright". Flashscore. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Mirza, Raz (23 December 2025). "World Darts Championship: Arno Merk shocks two-time champion Peter Wright at Alexandra Palace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Wellens, Megan (28 December 2025). "World Darts Championship 2026: Luke Humphries battles through thriller with Gabriel Clemens as Michael van Gerwen sets up Gary Anderson showdown". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
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