Maik Kuivenhoven
| Maik Kuivenhoven | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kuivenhoven in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 25 September 1988 Naaldwijk, Netherlands |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2017 |
| Darts | 22g Bull's Germany Signature |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | "N-R-G" by G-Spott |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2018— (Tour Card: 2019–) |
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 104  (27 July 2025)[1] |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 64: 2022 |
| UK Open | Last 64: 2022 |
| European Championship | Last 32: 2020 |
| PC Finals | Last 32: 2023 |
| World Series Finals | Last 16: 2021 |
Maik Kuivenhoven (born 25 September 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
He has reached one PDC European Tour quarter-final; at the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix.
Career
[edit]In 2018, Kuivenhoven qualified for his first PDC European Tour event, when he won one of the eight West/South European qualifying slots for the 2018 German Darts Open. He was defeated inbthe second round. In January 2019, he entered PDC European Q-School attempting to win a two-year Tour Card. He finished seventh on the Order of Merit to win the final card available.
In 2020, Kuivenhoven reached the quarter-finals of the 2020 European Darts Grand Prix before losing to Ian White.[2]
At the end of 2022, Kuivenhoven was outside the top 64 of the Order of Merit but immediately regained his Tour Card at Q-School in January 2023.[3]
Kuivenhoven qualified for the 2023 Players Championship Finals as the 51st seed; he reached the second round by defeating Krzysztof Ratajski before losing to Brendan Dolan in a deciding leg.
Kuivenhoven missed out on qualifying for the 2024 PDC World Championship by £1,000 on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, and failed to qualify for the 2025 edition by £500.[4] This led to him finishing the 2024 season 75th on the Order of Merit, therefore losing his tour card.
Kuivenhoven regained his Tour Card at Q–School in January 2025.[5][6][7]
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2021: First round (lost to Matthew Edgar 0–3)
- 2022: Second round (lost to James Wade 1–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 2R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 2R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | 145 | 66 | 48 | 67 | 96 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO 2R |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDT DNQ |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDM DNQ |
DDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
ADC DNQ |
EDM 1R |
IDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG QF |
IDO 1R | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 2R |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO 1R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 2R |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
BSD 2R |
DDC DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
FDT 1R |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO 2R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "European Darts Grand Prix 2020 DAY 3: De Sousa wins his first European Tour title sensationally!". PDC Europe. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Phillips, Josh (15 January 2023). "Brown & Huybrechts headline Tour Card winners as 2023 Q Schools conclude". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ Kaczmarczyk, Filip (2 December 2024). "PDC's unluckiest? Kuivenhoven misses Ally Pally for second year in a row" (in Polish). Łączy Nas Dart. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Wood-Thompson, Lewis (12 January 2025). "Long and Kuivenhoven win outright as all 2025 Tour Card holders confirmed". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ "Fallon Sherrock and Beau Greaves fail to secure PDC Tour Cards at Q-School as final places are confirmed". Sky Sports. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
- ^ Wood, Kieran (12 January 2025). "PDC European Q-School 2025 - Maik Kuivenhoven secures last outright PDC Tour Card on Day Four". Darts News. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Maik Kuivenhoven at Wikimedia Commons- Maik Kuivenhoven player profile at Darts Orakel
- https://www.instagram.com/maik.kuivenhoven/
