Ron Meulenkamp

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Ron Meulenkamp
Personal information
Full nameRonnie Meulenkamp
Nickname"The Bomb"
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988 (age 36)
Netherlands
Home town Almere, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2002
DartsBoxers 22g
Laterality Left-handed
Walk-on music"Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2006–2014
PDC 2014–
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2012, 2014
World Masters Last 32: 2013
Finder Masters Last 24 Group: 2009
Dutch Open Last 1024: 2024
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
World Grand Prix Last 16: 2018
UK Open Last 32: 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
PC Finals Last 16: 2016
Other tournament wins
French Open 2006
Ouderkerk Open 2011
PDC Challenge Tour England 2014, 2023

Ronnie Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

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Career

Meulenkamp was runner-up in both the 2011 Isle of Man Open and England Open. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2011 Mariflex Open, a quarter-finalist in the 2011 German Open and Belgium Open. He also enjoyed quarter-final spots in the 2010 Winmau World Masters and 2010 Zuiderduin Masters and reached the Last 16 in the 2011 BDO British Open and BDO International Open.

Meulenkamp attempted to acquire a PDC tour card at Q School in January 2014, but failed to finish in the top four on any given day or in the top 24 on the Order of Merit. However, for competing in the event he secured PDPA Associate Member Status which gave him entry to the UK Open and European Tour Qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. [1] He failed to qualify for the UK Open, but in March won the second Challenge Tour event by edging out Alan Tabern 5–4. [2] Meulenkamp reached the last 16 of a PDC Pro Tour event for the first time at the fourth Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to Ian White and went one better later in the year at the final event when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals 6–3 by James Wade. [3] [4]

As the second-highest non-qualified European player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Meulenkamp played in his first PDC World Championship in 2015. [5] He faced Mark Webster with finishing proving to be the weakness in both players' games as they missed 64 darts at doubles between them. Meulenkamp had a checkout percentage of 19% and was beaten 3–1 in sets. [6] He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to Boris Krčmar. [7]

After winning two games during the first three days of 2016 Q School, Meulenkamp won five games on the final day to reach the final round where he lost 5–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse. However, he had done just enough to win a two-year tour card by claiming the final place through the Q School Order of Merit. [8] At the Austrian Darts Open he progressed to the third round of a European Tour event for the first time by beating Jeffrey de Graaf and Simon Whitlock both 6–3, but lost 6–4 to Michael Smith. [9] [10] A pair of last 16 finishes in Players Championship events saw him qualify for the Finals. [11] In the first round, he defeated Stephen Bunting 6–4, before knocking out world champion Gary Anderson in a last leg decider. [12] He would lose to Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round. [13]

Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the 2017 World Championship. [14] In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against Mensur Suljović and lost 3–0. [15]

World Championships results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline

BDO

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014
BDO World Championship DNPDNQDNPDNQDNP 1R DNQ 1R
International Darts League PR Not held
Winmau World Masters 1R DNP 1R DNP 2R 3R 5R PDC
Zuiderduin Masters DNP RR DNPPDC

PDC

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
PDC World Championship BDO 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R 2R 2R 2R DNQ
UK Open DNQ 4R 4R 3R 3R 5R 5R DNQ 2R
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 3R 2R 1R 1R DNQ 1R DNQ
Career statistics
Year-end ranking93-73544946505265


PDC European Tour

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

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