Kevin Doets

Kevin Doets
Doets in 2026
Personal information
Nickname"Hawkeye"
Born (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 28)
Almere, Netherlands
Sport
SportDarts
Playing since2011
Darts21g Target Signature
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
"Can't Stop" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2018–2019
PDC2020–present
(Tour Card: 2022–present)
(PDC) 26 Steady (25 October 2026)
WDF major events – best performances
Dutch OpenQuarter-final: 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
World ChampionshipLast 16: 2025, 2026
World MatchplayLast 32: 2026
World Grand PrixLast 32: 2026
UK OpenLast 32: 2023, 2024, 2026
European ChampionshipLast 16: 2026
PC FinalsLast 32: 2023
MastersLast 32: 2025
World Series FinalsLast 16: 2024, 2025
Other tournament wins
Years
Players Championship 2026
Catalonia Open 2019
PDC Challenge Tour 2020, 2021
PDC Development Tour 2020, 2021, 2022

Kevin Doets (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɛvɪn ˈduts]; born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2022, Doets won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 13 in 2026. He reached the last 16 of the PDC World Championship in both 2025 and 2026.

In his early career, Doets found success in the PDC secondary tours, winning two Challenge Tours and three Development Tours. He also won the 2019 Catalonia Open under the British Darts Organisation (BDO) system. He contested his first PDC ranking final at Players Championship 20 in 2023. He defeated Luke Woodhouse 8–5 to win his first PDC ranking title in May 2026, followed by his maiden European Tour final at the Austrian Darts Open six days later.

Career

2019–2021

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

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. 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.

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.

2022–2023

At 2022 PDC Q-School, Doets won his Tour Card by finishing third on the European Q-School Order of Merit. 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.

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.

Doets at the 2024 Dutch Darts Masters

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.

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. 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. Doets lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the next round.

2025

At the 2025 World Championship, Doets defeated Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3–1 in the first round. 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. Doets won his third round match against Krzysztof Ratajski 4–3, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the last 16. He was eliminated after a 4–3 loss to Chris Dobey.

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

2026

Doets opened the 2026 World Championship with wins over Matthew Dennant and David Munyua. In the third round, he won six consecutive legs to defeat Nathan Aspinall 4–3. Reaching the last 16 for the second straight year, he was eliminated in a 4–1 defeat to Luke Humphries.

At the European Darts Trophy in March, Doets achieved the highest three-dart average in the tournament's history, averaging 117.12 in a 6–0 win over Jonas Masalin. The next month, he reached his first European Tour semi-final at the German Darts Grand Prix, which he lost 7–2 to Nathan Aspinall. He then achieved his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 13 in May, winning the final 8–5 against Luke Woodhouse. At the Austrian Darts Open six days later, he reached his maiden European Tour final, but lost 8–6 to Josh Rock. He made his World Matchplay debut in July, where he was beaten 10–6 by Ross Smith in the first round. Doets was a finalist at Players Championship 27, losing 8–6 to Jermaine Wattimena.

Personal life

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

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

Tournament2020202120222023202420252026
PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship Did not qualify 2R 4R 4R
World Masters Did not qualify 1R Prel.
UK Open 3R 3R 2R 5R 5R 4R 5R
World Matchplay Did not qualify 1R
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 1R
European Championship Did not qualify 2R
Players Championship Finals DNQ 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series Finals Did not qualify 2R 2R 1R
World Youth Championship RR SF 2R Did not participate
Career statistics
Season-end ranking (PDC) 164 106 95 62 41 38

PDC European Tour

Season123456789101112131415
2022 Did not qualify EDO
1R		 Did not qualify BDO
1R		 GDT
DNQ
2023 Did not qualify GDO
2R		 DNQ
2024 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
1R		 Did not qualify DDC
2R		 EDO
3R		 GDC
DNQ		 FDT
2R		 DNQ CDO
1R
2025 BDO
DNQ		 EDT
1R		 IDO
DNQ		 GDG
1R		 ADO
3R		 Did not qualify CDO
2R		 Did not qualify
2026 PDO
DNQ		 EDT
3R		 BDO
DNQ		 GDG
SF		 EDG
2R		 ADO
F		 IDO
3R		 BSD
QF		 SDO
3R		 EDO
3R		 HDT
1R		 CDO
2R		 FDT
3R		 SDT
2R		 DDC
DNP

PDC Players Championships

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
2020 Did not participate COV
2R		 COV
2R		 COV
1R		 COV
1R		 COV
1R
2021 Did not participate NIE
2R		 NIE
2R		 NIE
2R		 NIE
2R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
2R		 COV
1R		 COV
2R		 COV
4R		 COV
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R
2022 BAR
3R		 BAR
3R		 WIG
3R		 WIG
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 NIE
SF		 NIE
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 NIE
1R		 NIE
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R
2023 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
1R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
DNP		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
2R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
4R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
1R		 BAR
4R		 BAR
F		 BAR
1R		 BAR
QF		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
3R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R		 BAR
1R		 BAR
2R
2024 WIG
2R		 WIG
3R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
3R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
2R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
QF		 HIL
4R		 HIL
3R		 HIL
QF		 HIL
1R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
4R		 WIG
1R		 MIL
2R		 MIL
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
3R
2025 WIG
3R		 WIG
1R		 ROS
1R		 ROS
3R		 LEI
QF		 LEI
QF		 HIL
QF		 HIL
QF		 LEI
1R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
1R		 LEI
2R		 ROS
3R		 ROS
3R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
QF		 LEI
3R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
QF		 HIL
3R		 HIL
3R		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 HIL
2R		 HIL
1R		 LEI
SF		 LEI
1R		 LEI
1R		 WIG
1R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
2R		 WIG
QF
2026 HIL
1R		 HIL
4R		 WIG
QF		 WIG
2R		 LEI
3R		 LEI
QF		 LEI
2R		 LEI
SF		 WIG
4R		 WIG
QF		 MIL
SF		 MIL
SF		 HIL
W 		HIL
1R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
4R		 LEI
SF		 LEI
QF		 MIL
1R		 MIL
1R		 WIG
QF		 WIG
2R		 LEI
2R		 LEI
3R		 HIL
QF		 HIL
2R		 LEI
F		 LEI
2R		 ROS
SF		 ROS
4R		 ROS
QF		 ROS
 LEI
 LEI
  1. 1 2 Not a Tour card holder
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

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