Gabriel Clemens
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Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany)
| Gabriel Clemens | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Clemens in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "German Giant" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1983[1] Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany) | ||||||||||||||
| Home town | Saarwellingen, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Darts | 23g Target Signature Gen 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Wonderwall" by Oasis | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2008–2018 | ||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2018–present (Tour Card: 2018–present) | ||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 45  1 (6 April 2026)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Semi-final: 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Semi-final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| World Matchplay | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Last 16: 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2020, 2021 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Last 16: 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| European Championship | Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Semi-final: 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Masters | Last 24: 2022, 2023, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2019, 2021, 2023 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 World Masters, the 2023 PDC World Championship and the 2023 Players Championship Finals.
In 2017, Clemens made the semi-finals of the World Masters, and missed match darts against the BDO number one Mark McGeeney to reach the final.
In January 2018, he gained a two-year PDC Tour Card. He won the fourth day of European Q-School by defeating the Dutchman Vincent Kamphuis 5–3 in the final. In his first year on the circuit, he reached the final of 2018 PDC Players Championship 11, where he took on two-time world champion Gary Anderson. Clemens missed two match-darts to win the title and lost 6–5.
In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3.[3][4]
Clemens reached two major singles semi-finals in 2023. Firstly, he reached the semi-finals of the 2023 PDC World Championship, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition, before suffering a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith, having defeated world number one Gerwyn Price in the previous round.[5][6] He then went on to make the semi-finals of the 2023 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to Michael van Gerwen.
At the 2023 PDC World Cup of Darts, Clemens represented Germany alongside Martin Schindler. They reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by Scotland.[7]
Personal life
World Championship results
PDC
- 2019: Second round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–3)
- 2021: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 3–4)
- 2022: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 0–4)
- 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Michael Smith 2–6)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–4)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Robert Owen 1–3)
- 2026: Third round (lost to Luke Humphries 2–4)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2009 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | SF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |||||
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| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | SF | 3R | 2R | 3R | |||||
| World Masters | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | Prel. | Prel. | ||||||||
| UK Open | 3R | 5R | 6R | 6R | 5R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 5R | |||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNQ | 2R | RR | RR | DNQ | |||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | DNP | SF | QF | QF | SF | 2R | DNQ | |||||||
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 63 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 37 | 47 | ||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Did not qualify | EDG 1R |
GDC DNP | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Did not qualify | EDG 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2018 | EDO 2R |
DNQ | ADO 1R |
EDG 1R |
Did not qualify | IDO 1R |
EDT 2R | |||||||
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
GDG 1R |
GDO 1R |
Did not qualify | DDO 2R |
DNQ | EDM 2R |
DNQ | |||||
| 2020 | BDC 2R |
GDC 2R |
EDG 2R |
IDO 2R | ||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT 3R | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 1R |
GDC 2R |
GDG 2R |
ADO 3R |
EDO 1R |
CDO 1R |
EDG 1R |
DDC DNQ |
EDM 3R |
HDT 1R |
GDO 1R |
BDO QF |
GDT QF | |
| 2023 | BSD 1R |
EDO 1R |
IDO 2R |
GDG 2R |
ADO DNQ |
DDC 2R |
BDO 3R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG 2R |
EDM 2R |
GDO 1R |
HDT 1R |
GDC QF | |
| 2024 | BDO 2R |
GDG 1R |
IDO 3R |
EDG QF |
ADO 1R |
BSD 1R |
DDC 1R |
EDO 1R |
GDC DNQ |
FDT 3R |
HDT 3R |
SDT DNQ |
CDO 2R | |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | EDG 1R |
Did not qualify | GDC 2R | ||||||||||
PDC Players Championships
| 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 | ||
