Maik Kuivenhoven

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Maik Kuivenhoven
Maik Kuivenhoven 2019-09-06 PDC European Darts Matchplay (cropped).jpg
Kuivenhoven in 2019
Personal information
Born (1988-09-25) 25 September 1988 (age 37)
Naaldwijk, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts22g 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 ) 105 Steady2.svg (19 October 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.

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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 in the 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

Performance timeline

Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 2R Did not qualify
PDC World Masters Did not qualify Prel.
UK Open 2R 3R 3R 4R 1R 3R 2R
European Championship DNQ 1R Did not qualify
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 2R DNQ
Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 2R Did not qualify
Career statistics
Season-end ranking1456648679675

PDC European Tour

Season1234567891011121314
2018 DNQ GDO
2R
Did not qualify
2019 Did not qualify EDM
1R
DNQ
2020 DNQ EDG
QF
IDO
1R
2022 Did not qualify EDO
2R
Did not qualify
2023 BSD
DNQ
EDO
1R
DNQ ADO
2R
Did not qualify
2024 Did not qualify BSD
2R
DNQ GDC
1R
FDT
1R
DNQ CDO
2R
2025 Did not qualify DDC
1R
Did not qualify CDO
1R
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2019 WIG
2R
WIG
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
DUB
1R
DUB
2R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
2020 BAR
QF
BAR
3R
WIG
2R
WIG
QF
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
NIE
2R
COV
1R
COV
1R
COV
2R
COV
1R
COV
1R
2021 BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
1R
BOL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
4R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
MIL
3R
MIL
1R
MIL
4R
MIL
2R
COV
4R
COV
SF
COV
1R
COV
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
4R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
2022 BAR
1R
BAR
3R
WIG
3R
WIG
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
NIE
1R
NIE
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
WIG
QF
WIG
2R
NIE
1R
NIE
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
3R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
2023 BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
BAR
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
1R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
2R
BAR
QF
BAR
1R
2024 WIG
2R
WIG
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
1R
HIL
3R
HIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
MIL
2R
WIG
1R
WIG
SF
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
WIG
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
2025 WIG
1R
WIG
1R
ROS
1R
ROS
4R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
2R
ROS
1R
ROS
4R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
LEI
2R
LEI
2R
LEI
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
2R
MIL
1R
MIL
1R
HIL
2R
HIL
1R
LEI
3R
LEI
1R
LEI
1R
WIG
2R
WIG
3R
WIG
WIG
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

References

  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 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.