Daniel Klose

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Daniel Klose
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Klose
NicknameDan The Man
Born (1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 44) [1]
Ansbach, Germany
Home town Bechhofen (Mittelfranken), Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2019
Darts20g
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2019–
(Tour Card: 2023-)
Current world ranking 73 Steady2.svg (22 August 2024) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2024
PC Finals Last 64: 2023

Daniel Klose (born 30 October 1979) is a professional German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events.

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Career

Klose qualified for his first PDC European Tour tournament in 2019, when he qualified for the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, but he lost in the first round to Keegan Brown. In November 2020, he qualified as one of three players for Super League Darts 2020, where he reached the quarter-finals. In his second Super League participation the following year, he was eliminated in the preliminary round. He was subsequently unable to win a Tour Card at the PDC Q-School and went on to play the PDC Challenge Tour 2022, where he reached the quarter-finals in January and July and the semi-finals in September. In March 2022 Klose made his debut on the PDC Pro Tour when he took place as a substitute player for the Players Championships. In November, he again took part in Super League, where he narrowly lost 7:8 in the semi-finals to eventual winner Florian Hempel.

In 2023 Q-School of darts he won a two-year Pro Tour card. He made the first PDC final of his career at the 21st Players Championship event of 2023 in September, losing to Gerwyn Price. After Max Hopp, Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko, he was the fifth German to reach the final of a PDC professional tournament. [3] In September 2023, Klose managed to qualify for the 2023 World Series of Darts Finals via the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He lost in the first round 3-6 to Krzysztof Ratajski. As 54th seed he qualified for 2023 Players Championship Finals, at his debut he lost with Ryan Joyce 3-6 in the First round. On November 27, 2023, he took part in the "Tour Card Holder Qualifier", the last opportunity to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. He only just missed out on his World Championship debut when he lost 5:7 to Darren Webster in the final. [4]

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament20232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open 2R 4R
Players Championship Finals 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals 1R
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking101
[nb 1]

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2019 EDO
DNP
GDC
DNP
GDG
DNP
GDO
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDG
1R
DDM
DNP
DDO
DNP
CDO
DNP
ADC
DNP
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
CDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDC
DNP
EDM
DNQ
HDT
DNP
GDO
DNQ
BDO
DNP
GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDG
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
BDO
DNP
CDO
DNP
EDG
DNQ
EDM
1R
GDO
1R
HDT
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
1R
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
ADO
3R
BSD
DNQ
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
2022 BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
WIG
DNP
WIG
DNP
NIE
DNP
NIE
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
BAR
DNP
2023 BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
F
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
Performance timeline legend
DNPDid not play in the eventDNQDid not qualify for the eventWDWithdrew from the event#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
  1. Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points

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References

  1. "Daniel Klose - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
  2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. Gorton, Josh. "Price prevents Klose fairytale with PC21 success". PDC . Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. "Sieben Deutsche im Ally Pally?". Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2024.