Jermaine Wattimena

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Jermaine Wattimena
Jermaine Wattimena Grand Slam 2024.png
Wattimena at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts
Personal information
Nickname"The Machine Gun"
Born (1988-03-09) 9 March 1988 (age 36)
Netherlands
Home town Den Helder, Netherlands [1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts22 Gram Bull's Signature
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Bella Ciao" by Gunz For Hire
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2008–2014
PDC 2014–
Current world ranking 36 Steady2.svg (24 November 2024) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 24: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025
World Matchplay Last 32: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
World Grand Prix Quarter Final: 2019
UK Open Last 16: 2018, 2019
Grand Slam Quarter Final: 2024
European Ch'ship Runner Up: 2024
Premier League Challenger: 2020
PC Finals Last 16: 2017, 2023, 2024
World Series Finals Last 16: 2019
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup 2014
Malta Open 2008
PDC World Central European Qualifying 2014
Other achievements
2018 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the runner-up at the 2024 European Championship.

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Career

Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final. [3] He made his British Darts Organisation debut in a major event at the World Masters and won four games to reach the last 24 where he lost 3–0 to Steve Douglas. [4] In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final. [5] Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Kenny Neyens. [6] Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4–3 to Robert Marijanović, missing three match darts in the final leg. [7]

He entered PDC Qualifying School in January 2015 and was eliminated in the final round of the third day by Steve Douglas. However, Wattimena had already done enough through the Order of Merit to not even need to play on the fourth day as he finished joint second on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card. [8] He qualified for the UK Open and defeated Jonny Clayton 5–1 in the first round, but then lost 5–4 against Kevin McDine. [9] Wattimena twice lost in the last 16 of Players Championship events during the year and beat Robert Marijanović 6–5 at the European Darts Grand Prix, but was then knocked out 6–3 by Peter Wright in the second round. [10] [11]

In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3–1 to Mensur Suljović. [12] He overcame Andy Smith 6–5 and Kevin Dowling 6–1 at the UK Open, before losing 9–7 to Alan Norris in the third round. [13] At the 15th Players Championship wins over Jonny Clayton, David Pallett, Peter Wright, Simon Stevenson and Jelle Klaasen ensured Wattimena played in his first PDC semi-final and he was defeated 6–3 by Michael van Gerwen. [14] He qualified for seven European Tour events during the season and, although he didn't get past the second round in any of them, his consistent play saw him make his debut in the European Championship, where he lost 6–1 to Mensur Suljović in the first round. [15] [16]

He lost 3–1 in the opening round of the World Championship for the second year in a row in the 2017 event, this time to Daryl Gurney. [17] He knocked out Mick Todd, Dave Chisnall, Robert Thornton, Kyle Anderson and Benito van de Pas at the seventh Players Championship to reach his second PDC semi-final, where he was defeated 6–3 by Kim Huybrechts. [18] He reached third PDC semi-final in Players Championships 17, where he beat Alan Tabern, Berry van Peer, Peter Hudson, Steve Beaton and Justin Pipe, before losing to Kevin Painter 6–3. He qualified for five European Tour events over 2017, failing to make it past the Last 32 in any of them, meaning he did not qualify for the European Championships. He made a third Players Championship semi-final of the year in the final weekend in Barnsley, where he knocked out Ross Twell, Ian White, Kevin Painter, Peter Jacques and Michael Smith, before a 6–2 defeat to Adrian Lewis. This was enough for him to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, as the 29th seed. Wattimena started off with a 6–0 hammering of Keegan Brown, where he averaged almost 97. He saw off Mickey Mansell 6–3 in the next round to move into his first major TV Last 16 appearance. Here, he was defeated 10–9 in a deciding leg by Steve Beaton after a superb comeback from 9–5 down. He picked up £8,000 here, his second biggest pay cheque of his career.

Wattimena's consistent improvement and progression up the rankings was rewarded with a 'challenger' spot for the 2020 Premier League in Rotterdam. [19]

On the PDC European Tour Wattimena reached the quarter-finals at both the 2024 Belgian Darts Open and the 2024 German Darts Grand Prix. He lost at the quarter-final stage to Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen respectively, each 6–2 in legs. Wattimena also reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 Czech Darts Open, losing to Kim Huybrechts 6–4.

At the 2024 European Championship, Wattimena reached a first major television final, losing 11–3 to fellow maiden finalist Ritchie Edhouse. [20]

World Championship results

PDC

Career finals

PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
European Championship (0–1)
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore [N 1]
Runner-up1. 2024 European Championship Flag of England.svg Ritchie Edhouse 3–11 (l)
  1. ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015
BDO World Championship DNPDNQDNPDNQ
Winmau World Masters 5R Did not qualify 2R DNP

PDC

Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
PDC World Championship PR 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 3R
UK Open 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 4R 4R 4R 4R 3R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R 1R 1R 1R DNQ
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R QF 1R DNQ
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 2R DNQ F
Grand Slam of Darts Did not qualify RR DNQ 2R DNQ QF
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R
Non-ranked televised events
Premier League Darts Did not participate C DNP
PDC World Cup of Darts Did not participate SF DNP
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking70494029232636395136

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2015 GDC
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ		 GDM
DNQ		 DDM
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 EDO
DNQ		 EDT
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 EDG
2R
2016 DDM
1R		 GDM
2R		 GDT
2R		 EDM
DNQ		 ADO
2R		 EDO
DNQ		 IDO
2R		 EDT
2R		 EDG
2R		 GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
2R		 GDM
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 EDG
1R		 GDT
DNQ		 EDM
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 EDO
1R		 DDM
DNQ		 GDG
2R		 IDO
DNQ		 EDT
2R
2018 EDO
2R		 GDG
1R		 GDO
2R		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
3R		 DDM
3R		 GDT
3R		 DDO
2R		 EDM
1R		 GDC
1R		 DDC
DNQ		 IDO
2R		 EDT
1R
2019 EDO
3R		 GDC
3R		 GDG
DNQ		 GDO
2R		 ADO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDM
3R		 DDO
QF		 CDO
3R		 ADC
1R		 EDM
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ		 GDT
3R
2020 BDC
2R		 GDC
2R		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
DNQ
2021 HDT
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2022 IDO
1R		 GDC
1R		 GDG
1R		 ADO
1R		 EDO
1R		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 DDC
2R		 EDM
2R		 HDT
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 BDO
DNQ		 GDT
DNQ
2023 BSD
1R		 EDO
1R		IDO
DNQ		 GDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 DDC
1R		 BDO
1R		 CDO
DNQ		 EDG
1R		 EDM
DNQ		 GDO
DNQ		 HDT
2R		 GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
QF		 GDG
QF		 IDO
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 ADO
DNQ		 BSD
2R		 DDC
3R		 EDO
DNQ		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
2R		 HDT
DNQ		 SDT
2R		 CDO
QF
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

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