Martin Lukeman | |||
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Personal information | |||
Nickname | "Smash" | ||
Born | 26 March 1985[1] Hammersmith, England | ||
Home town | Watford, Hertfordshire, England | ||
Darts information | |||
Playing darts since | 2011 | ||
Darts | 24g Mission | ||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||
Walk-on music | "Lip Up Fatty" by Bad Manners | ||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
PDC | 2015– (Tour Card: 2021–) | ||
Current world ranking | 38 1 (24 November 2024) [2] | ||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2023, 2024 | ||
World Matchplay | Last 32: 2022 | ||
World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||
UK Open | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||
Grand Slam | Runner Up: 2024 | ||
European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2022 | ||
PC Finals | Last 64: 2022, 2023 | ||
Other tournament wins | |||
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Martin Lukeman (born 26 March 1985) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the runner-up at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.
Lukeman managed to reach the last 16 of the 2017 UK Open. After last-leg wins against Matt Padgett and Rob Hewson, he defeated Chris Dobey 10–5 in the fourth round, before losing 10–3 to Ian White in the fifth round.
Lukeman secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.
Lukeman reached his maiden PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by defeating Adam Gawlas, [3] Gabriel Clemens, [4] Keane Barry, Martin Schindler and Damon Heta. [5] He faced Luke Humphries in the final, and was beaten 8–2.
Lukeman reached a maiden major televised final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, the first qualifier in the competition's history to make the final, losing 16–3 to Luke Littler. [6] [7]
Lukeman enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman. [8]
Legend |
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Grand Slam of Darts (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score [N 1] |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | Grand Slam of Darts | Luke Littler | 3–16 (l) |
PDC
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
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Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
PDC World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||
UK Open | DNQ | 5R | Did not qualify | 1R | 4R | 4R | QF | |||||||
World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | QF | DNQ | |||||||||||
European Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | F | ||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||
BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
BDO World Championship | DNQ | PDC | NH | PDC | ||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | - | 125 | - | - | - | 117 | 39 | 35 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2017 | GDC DNP | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG DNP | GDT DNP | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO DNP | DDM DNQ | GDG DNP | IDO DNP | EDT DNP | |
2018 | EDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNP | ADO DNP | EDG DNP | DDM DNP | GDT DNP | DDO DNP | EDM DNP | GDC DNP | DDC DNP | IDO DNP | EDT DNP |
2019 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO 1R | GDC 3R | GDG F | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | CDO 2R | EDG 3R | DDC DNQ | EDM 3R | HDT 2R | GDO 2R | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC 2R | BDO DNQ | CDO 2R | EDG DNQ | EDM 2R | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC 3R |
2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDG 1R | ADO 1R | BSD DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDO DNQ | GDC 1R | FDT 1R | HDT 2R | SDT DNQ | CDO 2R |
PDC Players Championships
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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2017 [nb 1] | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | WIG DNP | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | DUB DNP | DUB DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | ||||||||
2018 [nb 1] | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | MIL 1R | MIL DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | WIG DNP | WIG DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | DUB DNP | DUB DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | ||||||||
2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 1R | BOL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 1R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R |
2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | WIG 4R | WIG 2R | NIE 4R | NIE 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR QF | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R |
2024 | WIG 1R | WIG SF | LEI 2R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL QR | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | MIL 4R | MIL QF | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# | Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage | DQ | Disqualified |
DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded |
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