Gabriel Clemens | |||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Nickname | "German Giant" | ||||||||||||||
Born | 16 August 1983[1] Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||
Home town | Saarwellingen, Germany [1] | ||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
Darts | 23 Gram Target Signature | ||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Wonderwall" by Oasis | ||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
BDO | 2008–2018 | ||||||||||||||
PDC | 2018– (Tour Card: 2018-) | ||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 24 1 (21 April 2024) [2] | ||||||||||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Masters | Semi Final: 2017 | ||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
World Matchplay | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||||||
UK Open | Last 16: 2020, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||||||||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
PC Finals | Semi Final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Masters | Last 24: 2022, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
World Series Finals | Last 24: 2019, 2021, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the World Masters, and missed match darts against the BDO number one Mark McGeeney to reach the final.
In January 2018, he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card. He won the fourth day of European Q-School by defeating the Dutchman Vincent Kamphuis 5–3 in the final. In his first year on the circuit, he reached the final of 2018 PDC Players Championship 11, where he took on two-time world champion Gary Anderson. Clemens missed two match-darts to win the title and lost 5–6.
In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the round of Last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3. [3] [4]
Clemens reached the semi-final of the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition before suffering a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith having already defeated world number one Gerwyn Price in the previous round. [5]
BDO
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Winmau World Masters | 2R | Did not qualify | SF | ||||||
PDC
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
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PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | SF | 3R | ||||||
UK Open | 3R | 5R | 6R | 6R | 5R | 4R | 4R | ||||||
World Matchplay | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||
European Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | 2R | RR | RR | DNQ | ||||||||
Players Championship Finals | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | SF | |||||||
Non-major televised events | |||||||||||||
Masters | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||
PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | SF | QF | QF | SF | ||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 63 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 22 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2016 | DDM DNQ | GDM DNQ | GDT DNP | EDM DNP | ADO DNP | EDO DNP | IDO DNP | EDT DNP | EDG 1R | GDC DNP | |||
2017 | GDC DNP | GDM DNP | GDO DNQ | EDG 1R | GDT DNP | EDM DNP | ADO DNP | EDO DNP | DDM DNP | GDG DNQ | IDO DNP | EDT DNP | |
2018 | EDO 2R | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO 1R | EDG 1R | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO 1R | EDT 2R |
2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC 1R | GDG 1R | GDO 1R | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO 2R | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM 2R | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2020 | BDC 2R | GDC 2R | EDG 2R | IDO 2R | |||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT 3R | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 1R | GDC 2R | GDG 2R | ADO 3R | EDO 1R | CDO 1R | EDG 1R | DDC DNQ | EDM 3R | HDT 1R | GDO 1R | BDO QF | GDT QF |
2023 | BSD 1R | EDO 1R | IDO 2R | GDG 2R | ADO DNQ | DDC 2R | BDO 3R | CDO DNQ | EDG 2R | EDM 2R | GDO 1R | HDT 1R | GDC QF |
2024 | BDO 2R | GDG 1R | IDO 3R | EDG QF | ADO 1R | BSD | DDC | EDO | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
Performance timeline legend | |||||
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DNP | Did not play in the event | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
Legend |
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World Series of Darts (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | German Darts Masters | Peter Wright | 6–8 (l) |
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