Ron Meulenkamp | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Ronnie Meulenkamp | ||||||
Nickname | "The Bomb" | ||||||
Born | 5 November 1988 Netherlands | ||||||
Home town | Almere, Netherlands | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||
Darts | Boxers 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– | ||||||
Current world ranking | 138 6 (10 March 2024) [1] | ||||||
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 | |||||||
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Ronnie Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
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. [2] He failed to qualify for the UK Open, but in March won the second Challenge Tour event by edging out Alan Tabern 5–4. [3] 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. [4] [5]
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. [6] 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. [7] He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to Boris Krčmar. [8]
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. [9] 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. [10] [11] A pair of last 16 finishes in Players Championship events saw him qualify for the Finals. [12] In the first round, he defeated Stephen Bunting 6–4, before knocking out world champion Gary Anderson in a last leg decider. [13] He would lose to Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round. [14]
Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the 2017 World Championship. [15] In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against Mensur Suljović and lost 3–0. [16]
BDO
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | DNP | 1R | DNQ | 1R |
International Darts League | PR | Not held | ||||||
Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP | 1R | DNP | 2R | 3R | 5R | PDC |
Zuiderduin Masters | DNP | RR | DNP | PDC |
PDC
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
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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 ranking | 93 | - | 73 | 54 | 49 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 65 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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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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