Jermaine Wattimena

Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation tournaments.

Jermaine Wattimena
Personal information
NicknameThe Machine Gun
Born (1988-03-09) 9 March 1988
Netherlands
Home townWestervoort[1]
Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2006
Darts22 Gram Bull's Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on musicBella Ciao by Hardwell & Maddix
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2008–2014
PDC2014–
Current world ranking23
BDO majors – best performances
World MastersLast 24: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2018, 2019
World MatchplayLast 32: 2018, 2019, 2020
World Grand PrixQuarter Final: 2019
Premier LeagueChallenger: 2020
European Ch'shipLast 16: 2019
UK OpenLast 16: 2018, 2019
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 16: 2017
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup 2014
Malta Open 2008
PDC World Central European Qualifying Event 2014
Other achievements
2018 Breaks into the top 32 on the Order of Merit for the first time

Career

Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final.[2] He made his British Darts Organisation debut in a major event at the World Masters and won four games to reach the last 24 where he lost 3–0 to Steve Douglas.[3] In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final.[4] Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Kenny Neyens.[5] Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4–3 to Robert Marijanović, missing three match darts in the final leg.[6]

He entered PDC Qualifying School in January 2015 and was eliminated in the final round of the third day by Steve Douglas. However, Wattimena had already done enough through the Order of Merit to not even need to play on the fourth day as he finished joint second on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card.[7] He qualified for the UK Open and defeated Jonny Clayton 5–1 in the first round, but then lost 5–4 against Kevin McDine.[8] Wattimena twice lost in the last 16 of Players Championship events during the year and beat Robert Marijanović 6–5 at the European Darts Grand Prix, but was then knocked out 6–3 by Peter Wright in the second round.[9][10]

In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3–1 to Mensur Suljović.[11] He overcame Andy Smith 6–5 and Kevin Dowling 6–1 at the UK Open, before losing 9–7 to Alan Norris in the third round.[12] At the 15th Players Championship wins over Jonny Clayton, David Pallett, Peter Wright, Simon Stevenson and Jelle Klaasen ensured Wattimena played in his first PDC semi-final and he was defeated 6–3 by Michael van Gerwen.[13] He qualified for seven European Tour events during the season and, although he didn't get past the second round in any of them, his consistent play saw him make his debut in the European Championship, where he lost 6–1 to Mensur Suljović in the first round.[14][15]

He lost 3–1 in the opening round of the World Championship for the second year in a row in the 2017 event, this time to Daryl Gurney.[16] He knocked out Mick Todd, Dave Chisnall, Robert Thornton, Kyle Anderson and Benito van de Pas at the seventh Players Championship to reach his second PDC semi-final, where he was defeated 6–3 by Kim Huybrechts.[17] He reached third PDC semi-final in Players Championships 17, where he beat Alan Tabern, Berry van Peer, Peter Hudson, Steve Beaton and Justin Pipe, before losing to Kevin Painter 6-3. He qualified for five European Tour events over 2017, failing to make it past the Last 32 in any of them, meaning he did not qualify for the European Championships. He made a third Players Championship semi-final of the year in the final weekend in Barnsley, where he knocked out Ross Twell, Ian White, Kevin Painter, Peter Jacques and Michael Smith, before a 6-2 defeat to Adrian Lewis. This was enough for him to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, as the 29th seed. Wattimena started off with a 6-0 hammering of Keegan Brown, where he averaged almost 97. He saw off Mickey Mansell 6-3 in the next round to move into his first major TV Last 16 appearance. Here, he was defeated 10-9 in a deciding leg by Steve Beaton after a superb comeback from 9-5 down. He picked up £8000 here, his second biggest pay cheque of his career.

Wattimena's consistent improvement and progression up the rankings was rewarded with a 'challenger' spot for the 2020 Premier League in Rotterdam.[18]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline
Tournament201520162017201820192020
PDC World Championship PR 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R
UK Open 2R 3R 4R 5R 6R 4R
World Matchplay DNQ 1R 1R 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ 2R QF
European Championship DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 2R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 2R 3R 1R 1R
Performance Table Legend
DNP Did not play at the event DNQ Did not qualify for the event NYF Not yet founded L# lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
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References
  1. "WK Darts start voor Jermaine Wattimena op zondag". De Gelderlander. Wegener. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. "2008 Malta Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. "2009 World Masters Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. "2014 German Gold Cup Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  5. "2014 PDC World Central European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. "William Hill World Championship Day Six". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  7. "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. "Coral UK Open - Friday Afternoon". PDC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  9. "Ken MacNeil 2015". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  10. "2015 PDC European Darts Grand Prix Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  11. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  12. "2016 Coral UK Open Day One". PDC. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  13. "Nine-Dart van Gerwen's Barnsley Double". PDC. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  14. "Jermaine Wattimena 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  15. "2016 European Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  16. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  17. "Maiden Title For Gurney With PC7 Win". PDC. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  18. "Challengers confirmed for 2020 Unibet Premier League". PDC. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
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