Kevin Doets

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Kevin Doets (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛvɪn ˈduts]; born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. Before winning a PDC Tour Card in 2022, Doets won the 2019 Catalonia Open in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and two PDC Challenge Tour titles. He reached his first PDC ranking final on the 2023 PDC Pro Tour, finishing as runner-up at Players Championship 20. He has reached the last 16 at the PDC World Championship in both 2025 and 2026.

Nickname"Hawkeye"
Born (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 27)[1]
Almere, Netherlands
Playingdartssince2011
Darts21g Target Signature
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Kevin Doets
Personal information
Nickname"Hawkeye"
Born (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 27)[1]
Almere, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2011
Darts21g Target Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2018–2019
PDC2020–present
(Tour Card: 2022–present)
Current world ranking(PDC) 36 Increase 1 (8 March 2026)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
Dutch OpenQuarter-final: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 16: 2025, 2026
UK OpenLast 32: 2023, 2024
PC FinalsLast 32: 2023
MastersLast 32: 2025
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2024, 2025
Other tournament wins
BDO events
Catalonia Open 2019

WDF Youth events

WDF Europe Youth Cup (Team)2013, 2014
WDF Europe Youth Cup (Overall)2013, 2014

PDC Challenge Tour

2020, 2021

PDC Development Tour

2020, 2021, 2022
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In his youth career, Doets won three PDC Development Tours and gold medals in the World Darts Federation (WDF)'s WDF Europe Youth Cup.

Career

2019–2021

In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final.[3] He reached the quarter-finals at the 2019 Dutch Open.[4]

Doets found much success on the PDC Challenge Tour and PDC Development Tour in 2020 and 2021. He won his first Development Tour title in Event Five of 2020 and followed that with his first Challenge Tour title two weeks later.[5][6] He added additional Challenge Tour and Development Tour wins in 2021.

Doets made the semi-finals of the 2021 PDC World Youth Championship, beating reigning champion Bradley Brooks along the way before losing to eventual champion Ted Evetts.[7]

Despite not having a PDC Tour Card, Doets qualified for the 2021 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen.[8]

2022–2023

At 2022 PDC Q-School, Doets won his Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit.[9] He also played in the 2022 PDC Development Tour series, picking up another Development Tour title, beating Josh Rock 5–3 in the final of Event Four.[10][11]

In 2023, Doets reached his first senior PDC final when he made it to the final of Players Championship 20, but lost 8–6 to Luke Humphries.[12]

2024

Doets secured his PDC World Darts Championship debut by qualifying for the 2024 World Championship through the Pro Tour Order of Merit. In the first round, he whitewashed Stowe Buntz 3–0 in sets. The same night, he played defending champion Michael Smith in the second round. Doets went 2–1 ahead but was ultimately eliminated by Smith in a 3–2 defeat.[13][14]

Doets was invited to play at the 2024 Dutch Darts Masters. He played two-time World Champion Peter Wright in the first round and won 6–1, before going out in the quarter-finals.[15][16] As a result, he was invited to the 2024 World Series of Darts Finals in September. He whitewashed Keane Barry 6–0 in the opening round with an average of 109.98—the third highest average in the event's history.[17] Doets lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the next round.

2025

At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Doets defeated Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3–1 in the first round.[18] This win set up a second-round tie with Michael Smith, a rematch of their meeting the previous year. With the pair level at 2–2, Doets and Smith entered a deciding set tiebreaker where the match had to be won by two clear legs. Doets eventually won the final set 6–4 in legs in a major upset, eliminating the second seed and former World Champion.[19][20] Doets won his third round match against Krzysztof Ratajski 4–3, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the last 16.[21][22] He was eliminated after a 4–3 loss to Chris Dobey.[23]

Doets qualified for the World Masters after wins over Andy Boulton, Radek Szagański and Dylan Slevin in the preliminary rounds.[24] He was beaten in a deciding leg by Peter Wright in the first round.[25]

Personal life

Doets is originally from Almere in the Netherlands. He lives in Sweden and has a son.[26][27]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

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PDC World Championship Did not qualify 2R 4R 4R
PDC World Masters Did not qualify 1R Prel.
UK Open 3R 3R 2R 5R 5R 4R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals Did not qualify 2R 2R
PDC World Youth Championship RR SF 2R Did not participate
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC) 164 106 95 62 41 38
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PDC European Tour

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PDC Players Championships

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  1. Not a Tour card holder
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DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
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