Jermaine Wattimena | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "The Machine Gun" | ||||||
Born | 9 March 1988 Netherlands | ||||||
Home town | Den Helder, Netherlands [1] | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||
Darts | 22 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 1 (17 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 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
World Series Finals | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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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) tournaments.
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 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.
At the 2024 European Championship, Wattimena reached a first major television final, losing 11–3 to fellow maiden finalist Ritchie Edhouse. [20]
Legend |
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European Championship (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | European Championship | Ritchie Edhouse | 3–11 (l) |
BDO
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | |||
Winmau World Masters | 5R | Did not qualify | 2R | DNP | |||
PDC
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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PDC World Championship | PR | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | ||||
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 | |||||
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 | DNP | DNQ | |||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 70 | 49 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 39 | 51 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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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 | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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