Gabriel Clemens

Gabriel Clemens
Clemens in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	"German Giant"
Born	(1983-08-16) 16 August 1983 (age 42) [1] Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany)
Home town	Saarwellingen, Germany [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since	2002
Darts	23g Target Signature Gen 2
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	( PDC ) 39 (30 July 2025) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Semi-final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	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 Championship	Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
PC Finals	Semi-final: 2023
Masters	Last 24: 2022, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2019, 2021, 2023
Medal record Men's Darts Representing   Germany EDU European Ch'ship 2017 Caorle Men's cricket

Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 World Masters, the 2023 PDC World Championship and the 2023 Players Championship Finals.

Career

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 6–5.

In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3. ^{[3] [4]}

Clemens during the 1. Mannheim Darts Gala in 2022

Clemens reached two major semi-finals in 2023. Firstly, he reached the semi-finals of the 2023 PDC World Championship, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition, before suffering a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith, having defeated world number one Gerwyn Price in the previous round. ^{[5] [6]} He then went on to make the semi-finals of the 2023 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to Michael van Gerwen.

Personal life

In August 2024, Clemens married his partner Lisa in a ceremony on the island of Mallorca. ^[7]

World Championship results

PDC

• 2019: Second round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
• 2020: First round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–3)
• 2021: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 3–4)
• 2022: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 0–4)
• 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Michael Smith 2–6)
• 2024: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–4)
• 2025: Second round (lost to Robert Owen 1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2009	2017
Winmau World Masters	2R	SF

PDC

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
World Championship	DNQ	2R	1R	4R	3R	SF	3R	2R
UK Open	3R	5R	6R	6R	5R	4R	4R	3R
World Matchplay	DNQ		2R	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ		2R	1R	1R	1R	DNQ
European Championship	DNQ		1R	1R	1R	1R	1R
Grand Slam	DNQ	2R	RR	RR	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	SF	1R
Non-ranked televised events
Masters	DNQ				1R	1R	1R	Prel.
World Cup	DNP		SF	QF	QF	SF	2R	DNQ
World Series Finals	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ	1R	1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	63	39	31	25	19	22	37

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2016	Did not qualify								EDG 1R	GDC DNP
2017	Did not qualify			EDG 1R	Did not qualify
2018	EDO 2R	DNQ		ADO 1R	EDG 1R	Did not qualify						IDO 1R	EDT 2R
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC 1R	GDG 1R	GDO 1R	Did not qualify			DDO 2R	DNQ		EDM 2R	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 1R	DDC 1R	EDO 1R	GDC DNQ	FDT 3R	HDT 3R	SDT DNQ	CDO 2R
2025	Did not qualify					EDG 1R	Did not qualify			FDT	CDO	HDT	SDT	GDC

PDC Players Championships

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
2018	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	WIG 2R	WIG SF	MIL F	MIL 3R	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	DUB 1R	DUB 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 4R
2019	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR F	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	BAR 3R	BAR F	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 4R	BAR QF	BAR 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	DUB 2R	DUB 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R
2020	BAR 2R	BAR SF	WIG 2R	WIG QF	WIG QF	WIG 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	MIL SF	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	NIE 2R	COV 3R	COV QF	COV 1R	COV 1R	COV 2R
2021	BOL QF	BOL 2R	BOL 3R	BOL SF	MIL 3R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 3R	NIE 4R	NIE 2R	NIE 2R	NIE 1R	MIL 1R	MIL SF	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 3R	COV 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR F	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 1R
2022	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	WIG 1R	WIG 2R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	NIE 1R	NIE 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR SF	WIG 3R	WIG 1R	NIE 4R	NIE 1R	BAR F	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R
2023	BAR 1R	BAR 4R	BAR F	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	HIL 3R	HIL 2R	WIG 2R	WIG 3R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	BAR 2R	BAR QF	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 2R	BAR 1R	BAR 3R	BAR 2R	BAR 3R	BAR 3R
2024	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 4R	MIL 2R	MIL QF	MIL 1R	MIL 3R	MIL 4R	WIG 3R	WIG 3R	MIL 4R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	WIG 2R	WIG 1R	WIG 3R	LEI 3R	LEI 2R
2025	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	ROS 1R	ROS QF	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 2R	HIL 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	ROS 2R	ROS 1R	HIL 2R	HIL SF	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	LEI 3R	LEI 1R	LEI 2R	HIL 4R	HIL	MIL	MIL	HIL	HIL	LEI	LEI	LEI	WIG	WIG	WIG	WIG

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held			NYF	Not yet founded

Career finals

PDC world series finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
World Series of Darts (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2019	German Darts Masters	Peter Wright	6–8 (l)

References

1. "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
3. Gill, Samuel (27 December 2020). "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
4. "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. Gorton, Josh (2 January 2023). "Van Gerwen and Smith to collide in blockbuster World Championship final". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
6. Gill, Samuel (2 January 2023). "Smith reaches third PDC World Darts Championship final after comprehensive win over Clemens with 19 180's". Darts News. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
7. Gill, Samuel (19 August 2024). "Wedding bells for Gabriel Clemens as German darting ace gets married". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

• Gabriel Clemens on Darts1.de (German)
• Gabriel Clemens player profile at Darts Orakel