Maik Kuivenhoven

Maik Kuivenhoven
Kuivenhoven in 2019
Personal information
Born	(1988-09-25) 25 September 1988 (age 36) Naaldwijk, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since	2017
Darts	22g Bull's Germany Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"N-R-G" by G-Spott
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2018— (Tour Card: 2019–)
Current world ranking	( PDC ) 103 (19 June 2025) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 64: 2022
UK Open	Last 64: 2022
European Championship	Last 32: 2020
PC Finals	Last 32: 2023
World Series Finals	Last 16: 2021

Maik Kuivenhoven (born 25 September 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

He has reached one PDC European Tour quarter-final; at the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix.

Career

In 2018, Kuivenhoven qualified for his first PDC European Tour event, when he won one of the eight West/South European qualifying slots for the 2018 German Darts Open. He was defeated inbthe second round. In January 2019, he entered PDC European Q-School attempting to win a two-year Tour Card. He finished seventh on the Order of Merit to win the final card available.

In 2020, Kuivenhoven reached the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix before losing to Ian White. ^[2]

At the end of 2022, Kuivenhoven was outside the top 64 of the Order of Merit but immediately regained his Tour Card at Q-School in January 2023. ^[3]

Kuivenhoven qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals as the 51st seed; he reached the second round by defeating Krzysztof Ratajski before losing to Brendan Dolan in a deciding leg.

Kuivenhoven missed out on qualifying for the 2024 PDC World Championship by £1,000 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, and failed to qualify for the 2025 edition by £500. ^[4] This led to him finishing the 2024 season 75th on the Order of Merit, therefore losing his tour card.

Kuivenhoven regained his Tour Card at Q–School in January 2025. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

World Championship results

PDC

• 2021: First round (lost to Matthew Edgar 0–3)
• 2022: Second round (lost to James Wade 1–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship	DNQ		1R	2R	Did not qualify
World Masters	Did not qualify						Prel.
UK Open	2R	3R	3R	4R	1R	3R	2R
European Championship	DNQ	1R	DNQ
Players Championship Finals	DNQ	1R	1R	DNQ	2R	DNQ
Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals	DNQ		2R	DNQ
Career statistics
Season-end ranking	145	66	48	67	96	75

PDC European Tour

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2018	EDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO 2R	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	GDT DNQ	DDO DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDC DNQ	DDC DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDT DNQ
2019	EDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	GDO DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDM DNQ	DDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	ADC DNQ	EDM 1R	IDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2020	BDC DNQ	GDC DNQ	EDG QF	IDO 1R
2021	HDT DNQ	GDT DNQ
2022	IDO DNQ	GDC DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	EDO 2R	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	DDC DNQ	EDM DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDO DNQ	BDO DNQ	GDT DNQ
2023	BSD DNQ	EDO 1R	IDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	ADO 2R	DDC DNQ	BDO DNQ	CDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	EDM DNQ	GDO DNQ	HDT DNQ	GDC DNQ
2024	BDO DNQ	GDG DNQ	IDO DNQ	EDG DNQ	ADO DNQ	BSD 2R	DDC DNQ	EDO DNQ	GDC 1R	FDT 1R	HDT DNQ	SDT DNQ	CDO 2R

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. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
2. "European Darts Grand Prix 2020 DAY 3: De Sousa wins his first European Tour title sensationally!". PDC Europe. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
3. Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 20 January 2023.
4. Kaczmarczyk, Filip (2 December 2024). "PDC's unluckiest? Kuivenhoven misses Ally Pally for second year in a row" (in Polish). Łączy Nas Dart. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
5. Wood-Thompson, Lewis (12 January 2025). "Long and Kuivenhoven win outright as all 2025 Tour Card holders confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation . Retrieved 12 January 2025.
6. "Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves fail to secure PDC Tour Cards at Q-School as final places are confirmed". Sky Sports . 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
7. Wood, Kieran (12 January 2025). "PDC European Q-School 2025 - Maik Kuivenhoven secures last outright PDC Tour Card on Day Four". Darts News. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

External links

• Media related to Maik Kuivenhoven at Wikimedia Commons
• Maik Kuivenhoven player profile at Darts Orakel
• https://www.instagram.com/maik.kuivenhoven/