Maik Kuivenhoven | |
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![]() Kuivenhoven in 2019 | |
Personal information | |
Born | 25 September 1988 Naaldwijk, Netherlands |
Home town | 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 | NR (12 January 2025) [1] |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2022 |
UK Open | Last 64: 2022 |
European Ch'ship | 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 currently playing in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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. A second round defeat in Saarbrücken was the biggest achievement of Kuivenhoven's 2018. 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 and seal at least two years on the PDC ProTour.
In 2020, Kuivenhoven reached the quarterfinals of the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix before losing to Ian White.
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.
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-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 |
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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 | |||||||||||
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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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