Jermaine Wattimena

Jermaine Wattimena
Wattimena at the 2024 European Championship
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 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	37 3 (27 October 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	Last 16: 2022
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
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) tournaments.

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 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.

World Championship results

PDC

• 2015: Preliminary round (lost to Robert Marijanović 3–4) (legs)
• 2016: First round (lost to Mensur Suljović 1–3)
• 2017: First round (lost to Daryl Gurney 1–3)
• 2018: Second round (lost to Steve West 1–4)
• 2019: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
• 2020: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 2–3)
• 2021: Third round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–4)
• 2022: First round (lost to Boris Koltsov 0–3)
• 2023: First round (lost to Nathan Rafferty 2–3)
• 2024: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
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
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
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
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
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

References

1. "WK Darts start voor Jermaine Wattimena op zondag". De Gelderlander . Wegener. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
3. "2008 Malta Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
4. "2009 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
5. "2014 German Gold Cup Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
6. "2014 PDC World Central European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
7. "William Hill World Championship Day Six". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
8. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
9. "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
10. "Ken MacNeil 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
11. "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
12. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC . Retrieved 22 December 2015.
13. "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC . Retrieved 20 November 2016.
14. "Nine-Dart van Gerwen's Barnsley Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
15. "Jermaine Wattimena 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
16. "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
17. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
18. "Maiden Title For Gurney With PC7 Win". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
19. "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC . Retrieved 8 January 2020.

External links

• Jermaine Wattimena player profile at Darts Orakel