| Kevin Doets | |
| Nickname: | "Hawkeye" |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1998[1] |
| Birth Place: | Almere, Netherlands |
| Hometown: | Almere, Netherlands |
| Since: | 2003 |
| Darts: | 21g Target Signature |
| Laterality: | Right-handed |
| Music: | "Rock and Roll All Nite" by Kiss |
| Pdc: | 2020– (Tour Card: 2022–) |
| Pdc World: | Last 64: 2024 |
| Uk Open: | Last 32: 2023, 2024 |
| Pc Finals: | Last 32: 2023 |
| World Series Finals: | Last 16: 2024 |
Kevin Doets (born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final.[2]
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.[3] [4] 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.[5]
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.[6]
At Q-School in 2022, Doets won his Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit.[7] 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.[8] [9]
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.[10]
Doets secured his PDC World Darts Championship debut by qualifying for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship through the Pro Tour Order of Merit. In the first round, he faced recent 2023 Grand Slam of Darts quarter finalist Stowe Buntz and whitewashed the American 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.[11] [12]
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.[13] [14] 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 averaging 109.98, the third highest average in the event's history.[15] Doets lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the next round.
Doets lives in Sweden with his partner Jacqueline.[16]
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | ||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 3R | 3R | 2R | 5R | |||||
| DNP | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||
| RR | RR | RR | SF | 2R | DNP | |||||
| DNP | 2R | |||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| Year-end ranking (PDC) | style="text-align:center; | - | style="text-align:center; | - | 147 | 103 | 93 | 66 | 51 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC DNQ | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO 1R | GDT DNQ | ||
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO 2R | HDT DNQ | GDC DNQ | ||
| - | 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 1R | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD DNQ | DDC 2R | EDO 3R | GDC DNQ | FDT 2R | HDT DNQ | SDT DNQ | CDO 1R |