Martin Schindler

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Martin Schindler
Martin Schindler Darts Actueel 2023.jpg
Schindler in 2023
Personal information
Nickname"The Wall"
Born (1996-08-16) 16 August 1996 (age 27)
Strausberg, Germany
Home town Rodgau, Germany
Darts information
Darts23g Dpuls
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Ich Will" by Rammstein
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2014-2015
PDC 2015–
(Tour Card: 2017–)
Current world ranking 23 Decrease2.svg 1 (21 April 2024) [1]
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 48: 2015
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2023, 2024
World Matchplay Last 32: 2022, 2023
World Grand Prix Quarter Final: 2023
UK Open Quarter Final: 2023
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
PC Finals Last 16: 2022
Masters Last 24: 2024
Other tournament wins
PDC Development Tour 2017, 2018 (x2)
PDC Europe Super League 2021

European Tour Events

International Darts Open 2024

Martin Schindler (born 16 August 1996) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is the current International Darts Open champion.

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Career

Schindler won a PDC Tour Card at Qualifying-School (Q-School) in January 2017. He represented Germany along with Max Hopp at the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the quarter-finals, before losing to the Dutch pair of Michael van Gerwen and Raymond van Barneveld. In the same year he debuted on a ranking major, playing 2017 European Championship, where he lost to Rob Cross 0–6.

He qualified for 2018 PDC World Darts Championship and faced Australian Simon Whitlock in the first round, losing 1–3 on sets. After that he made his first appearance also on 2018 UK Open, making it to the 4th round. Along with Max Hopp he represented Germany in 2018 PDC World Cup of Darts and once again they made it to the quarter-finals. For the second time in a row he qualified for 2018 European Championship, where he lost to James Wade 3–6 in the first round. Later on in the year he was a runner-up in 2018 PDC World Youth Championship, in the final he lost 3–6 to Dimitri van den Bergh. Schindler qualified for 2018 Grand Slam of Darts, playing in a group with Stephen Bunting, Mensur Suljovic and Scott Mitchell. He lost the first two matches against Bunting and Mitchell, in the last match he defeated Suljovic in the deciding leg. In spite of that, he placed 4th in the group and did not qualify for the second round. He made his debut on 2018 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to Nathan Aspinall 1–6 in the first round. He finished the season in top 50 of PDC Order of Merit.

Via Pro Tour Order of Merit Schindler qualified for 2019 PDC World Darts Championship and faced New Zealand qualifier Cody Harris to whom he lost 2–3 on sets in the first round. In 2019 UK Open he made it to the fifth round, during the year he struggled to qualify for European Tour events, making only two appearances this year and failed to qualify for European Championship. With Hopp they again represented Germany on 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, they lost to Belgium in the second round. Still eligible to play 2019 PDC World Youth Championship Schindler made it to querter-finals of the event, losing to Ryan Meikle. As the runner-up of 2018 PDC World Youth Championship he qualified for 2019 Grand Slam of Darts, playing in the group with Michael Smith, Glen Durrant and Nathan Aspinall. Unable to win any of the three matches, he was eliminated after the round robin. He faced Michael Smith again in 2019 Players Championship Finals and lost in the first round.

Despite not qualifying for 2020 PDC World Darts Championship, Schindler was able to secure his Tour card and continued on the professional tour. The season was hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Martin repeated the fifth round in 2020 UK Open, but was unable to qualify for any other major event this season. He dropped down the rankings and his spot in Germany team for World Cup of Darts was taken by Gabriel Clemens. Schindler made his final appearance on 2020 PDC World Youth Championship, repeating the quarter-finals, where he lost to the later youth world champion, Bradley Brooks.

After four years on the tour, Schindler lost his Tour Card after the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship, where he did not qualify. He won his Tour Card immediately back at the 2021 European Q School via the Order of Merit. [2] He made it to the third round of 2021 UK Open, his other big event was 2021 Grand Slam of Darts, to where he qualified via PDC Qualifying Event in November. He played in the group with Gerwyn Price, Nathan Rafferty and Krzysztof Ratajski, lost first two matches against Ratajski and Rafferty. He won over Price in the last match, but placed 4th in the group and was eliminated. Schindler secured his first win on 2021 Players Championship Finals, where he defeated Ian White, losing to Price in the second round. Schindler then won the 2021 PDC Europe Super League to qualify for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. [3]

After two-year break Schindler played 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost to fellow German Florian Hempel 0–3 in the first round. In 2022 UK Open he made it to the fifth round, later on he made his debut on two other majors, qualifying for 2022 World Matchplay and 2022 World Grand Prix. Schindler returned to the Germany squad for 2022 PDC World Cup of Darts and with Clemens by his side they made it to the quarter-finals, where they lost to Wales. For the first time since 2018 he qualified for 2022 European Championship.

On the European Tour he won the 2024 International Darts Open, defeating Gerwyn Price 8–5 in the final. This was the first senior PDC title of his career. Schindler achieved victory over Joe Cullen 6–3, before defeating Richard Veenstra 6–1, Danny Noppert 6–5, in a deciding leg, and Chris Dobey 7–3 on his way to final. [4]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
PDC World Championship DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 1R 3R 3R
UK Open DNQ 4R 5R 5R 3R 5R QF 5R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 1R QF
European Championship DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 1R 1R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR RR DNQ RR RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 1R DNQ 2R 3R 1R
PDC Non-major televised events
Masters DNQ 1R
PDC World Cup of Darts DNQ QF QF 2R DNQ QF SF
World Series of Darts Finals NHDNQ 1R
PDC World Youth Championship 2R DNP 3R QF F QF QF DNP
BDO Ranked televised events
BDO World Championship DNPDNQNot a BDO playerNH
Winmau World Masters 1R 4R Not a BDO playerNH
Career statistics
Year-end ranking181170-65475167672723

PDC European Tour

Season12345678910111213
2014 GDC
DNP
DDM
DNP
GDM
DNQ
ADO
DNP
GDT
DNP
EDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
EDT
DNP
2015 GDC
DNP
GDT
DNP
GDM
DNQ
DDM
DNP
IDO
DNQ
EDO
DNQ
EDT
1R
EDM
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
2016 DDM
1R
GDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDO
1R
IDO
DNQ
EDT
2R
EDG
2R
GDC
DNQ
2017 GDC
1R
GDM
DNQ
GDO
1R
EDG
DNQ
GDT
2R
EDM
1R
ADO
QF
EDO
1R
DDM
3R
GDG
1R
IDO
1R
EDT
2R
2018 EDO
DNQ
GDG
1R
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
2R
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
1R
EDM
2R
GDC
3R
DDC
DNQ
IDO
3R
EDT
3R
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
GDG
1R
GDO
DNQ
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
IDO
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
2020 BDC
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
IDO
2R
2021 HDT
DNQ
GDT
1R
2022 IDO
DNQ
GDC
2R
GDG
QF
ADO
DNQ
EDO
3R
CDO
2R
EDG
QF
DDC
2R
EDM
2R
HDT
DNQ
GDO
3R
BDO
QF
GDT
1R
2023 BSD
QF
EDO
2R
IDO
SF
GDG
2R
ADO
2R
DDC
3R
BDO
3R
CDO
2R
EDG
QF
EDM
3R
GDO
3R
HDT
3R
GDC
2R
2024 BDO
1R
GDG
SF
IDO
W
EDG
2R
ADO
BSD
DDC
EDO
GDC
FDT
HDT
SDT
CDO

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