Daniel Klose

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Daniel Klose
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Klose
NicknameDan The Man
Born (1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 45) [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: 2023–2024)
Current world ranking 75 Decrease2.svg 1 (24 November 2024) [2]
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 64: 2024
PC Finals Last 64: 2023
World Series Finals Last 24: 2023

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

Contents

Career

2019

Klose qualified for his first PDC European Tour tournament, the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, as one of four Host Nation qualifiers, but he lost in the first round to Keegan Brown 6–3.

2020

In November 2020, he qualified for the PDC Europe Super League Darts 2020, where he reached the quarter-finals after finishing top Group B. He won six wins in his seven games, defeating Manfred Bilderl 6–5 in a deciding leg, beating René Eidams 6–1, Dragutin Horvat and Nico Kurz both 6–2, Karsten Koch 6–3, and Thomas Köhnlein 6–4, with his one loss being to Maik Langendorf. He lost to Michael Unterbuchner 8–4 in the quarter-finals.

2021

In his second Super League participation in the 2021 edition, he was eliminated in the preliminary round, finishing bottom of Group D with only 2 points, having only won two of his 10 games, a 6–2 win over Steffen Siepmann and a 6–4 win against René Eidams. [3] [4]

2022

He was subsequently unable to win a Tour Card at European Q-School, failing to reach the final stage, but his attendance at Q-School did grant him access to play in the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series.

On 22 January he reached the quarter-finals at Challenge Tour 3, losing there to Matthew Edgar 5–4 in a deciding leg. [5] He reached a second quarter-final of the year at Challenge Tour 12 on 15 July, being whitewashed there 5–0 by Chas Barstow, who averaged 107.36 to Klose’s 88.45 [6] On 17 September Klose reached the semi-finals of Challenge Tour 18. He whitewashed Jim Moston 5–0, averaging 100.20 to Moston's 86.78, to reach his first semi-final of the year from his third quarter-final of the year. He lost to eventual winner Jurjen van der Velde 5–2 in the semi-finals. [7]

On 26 & 27 March, Klose received call–ups for 2022 PDC Players Championship series events 7 and 8 filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. This was his PDC Pro Tour debut. He lost in the first round on both occasions, to Steve Lennon 6–1 [8] and Brendan Dolan 6–3 respectively. [9]

In November, he again took part in the PDC Europe Super League, where he narrowly lost 8–7 in the semi-finals to eventual winner Florian Hempel. [10]

2023

At 2023 European Q-School he won a two-year Pro Tour card. He made the first PDC final of his career at the Players Championship 21 event 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. [11]

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 to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–3.

As 54th seed he qualified for 2023 Players Championship Finals, and on his debut he lost to Ryan Joyce 6–3 in the first round.

On 27 November 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 to Darren Webster 7–5 in the final. [12]

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament20232024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open 2R 4R
Players Championship Finals 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals 1R DNQ
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking101
[nb 1] 		76

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
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
DNQ		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
DNQ		 CDO
DNQ

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

Key

Performance Table Legend
WWon the tournamentFFinalistSFSemifinalistQFQuarterfinalist#R
RR
Prel.		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round		DQDisqualified
DNQDid not qualifyDNPDid not participateWDWithdrewNHTournament not heldNYFNot yet founded
  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. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "PDC Europe Super League | Matches | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–22 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "PDC Europe Super League 2021 | Group Play Results | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–18 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Haggerty and Wilson secure Challenge Tour titles". PDC. 22 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
  7. ↑ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
  8. ↑ "PDC Players Championship 07 • Last 128 | Steve Lennon (95.73) 6–3 Daniel Klose (89.82)". DartConnect TV. 27 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "PDC Players Championship 08 • Last 128 | Brendan Dolan (94.79) 6–3 Daniel Klose (80.46)". DartConnect TV. 28 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Interwetten PDC Europe Super League 2022". DartConnectTV. 7–11 November 2022.
  11. ↑ Gorton, Josh (5 September 2023). "Price prevents Klose fairytale with PC21 success". PDC.tv. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Sieben Deutsche im Ally Pally?". Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2024.


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