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 | 36 (7 May 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 | ||
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.
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 he was beaten 8–2.
Lukeman enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman. [6]
PDC
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Ranked televised events | |||||||||
PDC World Championship | DNQ | 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 | ||||||
Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNQ | 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 | GDC | FDT | HDT | SDT | CDO |
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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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 | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | MIL | MIL | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | LEI | LEI |
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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