Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Gabriel Clemens
Clemens in 2023
Personal information
Nickname"German Giant"
Born (1983-08-16) 16 August 1983 (age 41)[1]
Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany)
Home townSaarwellingen, Germany[1]
Darts information
Playing darts since2002
Darts23 Gram Target Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Wonderwall" by Oasis
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2008–2018
PDC2018–
(Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking27 Increase 1 (17 November 2024)[2]
WDF major events – best performances
World MastersSemi Final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipSemi Final: 2023
World MatchplayLast 16: 2020
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2020
UK OpenLast 16: 2020, 2021
Grand SlamLast 16: 2019
European Ch'shipLast 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
PC FinalsSemi Final: 2023
MastersLast 24: 2022, 2023
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2019, 2021, 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing  Germany
EDU European Ch'ship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Caorle Men's cricket

Career

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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 5–6.

In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the round of Last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3.[3][4]

 
Clemens during the 1. Mannheim Darts Gala in 2022

Clemens reached two major semi-finals in the 2023 season. First, he was in the semi-final of the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition before suffering a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith having already defeated world number one Gerwyn Price in the previous round.[5]Later, he went on to get to the semi-finals of the 2023 Players Championship Finals, where he lost to Michael van Gerwen.

Personal life

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In August 2024, Clemens married his partner Lisa in a ceremony on the island of Mallorca.[6]

World Championship results

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Performance timeline

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BDO

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Winmau World Masters 2R Did not qualify SF

PDC

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
PDC World Championship DNQ 2R 1R 4R 3R SF 3R
UK Open 3R 5R 6R 6R 5R 4R 4R
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
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ 2R RR RR DNQ
Players Championship Finals 3R 3R 2R 2R 1R SF
Non-major televised events
Masters DNQ 1R 1R 1R
PDC World Cup of Darts DNP SF QF QF SF 2R
World Series of Darts Finals DNQ 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 1R 1R
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 63 39 31 25 19 22

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2016 DDM
DNQ
GDM
DNQ
GDT
DNP
EDM
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDO
DNP
IDO
DNP
EDT
DNP
EDG
1R
GDC
DNP
2017 GDC
DNP
GDM
DNP
GDO
DNQ
EDG
1R
GDT
DNP
EDM
DNP
ADO
DNP
EDO
DNP
DDM
DNP
GDG
DNQ
IDO
DNP
EDT
DNP
2018 EDO
2R
GDG
DNQ
GDO
DNQ
ADO
1R
EDG
1R
DDM
DNQ
GDT
DNQ
DDO
DNQ
EDM
DNQ
GDC
DNQ
DDC
DNQ
IDO
1R
EDT
2R
2019 EDO
DNQ
GDC
1R
GDG
1R
GDO
1R
ADO
DNQ
EDG
DNQ
DDM
DNQ
DDO
2R
CDO
DNQ
ADC
DNQ
EDM
2R
IDO
DNQ
GDT
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
Performance Table Legend
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

Career finals

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PDC world series finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
World Series of Darts (0–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2019 German Darts Masters   Peter Wright 6–8 (l)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Van Gerwen and Smith to collide in blockbuster World Championship final". www.pdc.tv. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. ^ Gill, Samuel (19 August 2024). "Wedding bells for Gabriel Clemens as German darting ace gets married". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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