Gabriel Clemens

Gabriel Clemens
Gabriel Clemens
	Clemens in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	"German Giant"
Born	16 August 1983 (age 41); Saarlouis, West Germany (now Germany)
Home town	Saarwellingen, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since	2002
Darts	23 Gram Target Signature
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Wonderwall" by Oasis
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2008–2018
PDC	2018– ; (Tour Card: 2018-)
Current world ranking	28 (31 October 2024)
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Semi Final: 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Semi Final: 2023
World Matchplay	Last 16: 2020
World Grand Prix	Last 16: 2020
UK Open	Last 16: 2020, 2021
Grand Slam	Last 16: 2019
European Ch'ship	Last 32: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
PC Finals	Semi Final: 2023
Masters	Last 24: 2022, 2023
World Series Finals	Last 24: 2019, 2021, 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Germany
EDU European Ch'ship

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

Career

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 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

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

World Championship results

PDC

2019: Second round (lost to John Henderson 2–3)
2020: First round (lost to Benito van de Pas 2–3)
2021: Fourth round (lost to Krzysztof Ratajski 3–4)
2022: Third round (lost to Jonny Clayton 0–4)
2023: Semi-finals (lost to Michael Smith 2–6)
2024: Third round (lost to Dave Chisnall 1–4)

Performance timeline

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	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

Career finals

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

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

^ ^a ^b "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.
^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "Reigning World Champion Wright knocked out by Clemens at World Championship". dartsnews.com. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "Clemens-Wahnsinn im Ally Pally" (in German). Sport1. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "Van Gerwen and Smith to collide in blockbuster World Championship final". www.pdc.tv. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ Gill, Samuel (19 August 2024). "Wedding bells for Gabriel Clemens as German darting ace gets married". Dartsnews.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

External links

[pdc.tv-1] "Gabriel Clemens". PDC.

[PDC_Rankings-2] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 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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