Daniel Klose (born 30 October 1979) is a professional German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Daniel Klose | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Daniel Klose |
Nickname | Dan The Man |
Born | [1] 30 October 1979 Ansbach, Germany |
Home town | Bechhofen (Mittelfranken), Germany |
Darts information | |
Playing darts since | 2019 |
Darts | 20g |
Laterality | Right-handed |
Walk-on music | "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito |
Organisation (see split in darts) | |
PDC | 2019– (Tour Card: 2023–2024) |
Current world ranking | 75 1 (24 November 2024)[2] |
PDC premier events – best performances | |
UK Open | Last 64: 2024 |
PC Finals | Last 64: 2023 |
World Series Finals | Last 24: 2023 |
Career
edit2019
editKlose qualified for his first PDC European Tour tournament, the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, as one of four Host Nation qualifiers, but he lost in the first round to Keegan Brown 6–3.
2020
editIn November 2020, he qualified for the PDC Europe Super League Darts 2020, where he reached the quarter-finals after finishing top Group B. He won six wins in his seven games, defeating Manfred Bilderl 6–5 in a deciding leg, beating René Eidams 6–1, Dragutin Horvat and Nico Kurz both 6–2, Karsten Koch 6–3, and Thomas Köhnlein 6–4, with his one loss being to Maik Langendorf. He lost to Michael Unterbuchner 8–4 in the quarter-finals.
2021
editIn his second Super League participation in the 2021 edition, he was eliminated in the preliminary round, finishing bottom of Group D with only 2 points, having only won two of his 10 games, a 6–2 win over Steffen Siepmann and a 6–4 win against René Eidams.[3][4]
2022
editHe was subsequently unable to win a Tour Card at European Q-School, failing to reach the final stage, but his attendance at Q-School did grant him access to play in the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series.
On 22 January he reached the quarter-finals at Challenge Tour 3, losing there to Matthew Edgar 5–4 in a deciding leg.[5] He reached a second quarter-final of the year at Challenge Tour 12 on 15 July, being whitewashed there 5–0 by Chas Barstow, who averaged 107.36 to Klose’s 88.45[6] On 17 September Klose reached the semi-finals of Challenge Tour 18. He whitewashed Jim Moston 5–0, averaging 100.20 to Moston's 86.78, to reach his first semi-final of the year from his third quarter-final of the year. He lost to eventual winner Jurjen van der Velde 5–2 in the semi-finals.[7]
On 26 & 27 March, Klose received call–ups for 2022 PDC Players Championship series events 7 and 8 filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. This was his PDC Pro Tour debut. He lost in the first round on both occasions, to Steve Lennon 6–1[8] and Brendan Dolan 6–3 respectively.[9]
In November, he again took part in the PDC Europe Super League, where he narrowly lost 8–7 in the semi-finals to eventual winner Florian Hempel.[10]
2023
editAt 2023 European Q-School he won a two-year Pro Tour card. He made the first PDC final of his career at the Players Championship 21 event in September, losing to Gerwyn Price. After Max Hopp, Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko, he was the fifth German to reach the final of a PDC professional tournament.[11]
In September 2023, Klose managed to qualify for the 2023 World Series of Darts Finals via the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He lost in the first round to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–3.
As 54th seed he qualified for 2023 Players Championship Finals, and on his debut he lost to Ryan Joyce 6–3 in the first round.
On 27 November 2023, he took part in the "Tour Card Holder Qualifier", the last opportunity to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. He only just missed out on his World Championship debut when he lost to Darren Webster 7–5 in the final.[12]
Performance timeline
editPDC
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Open | 2R | 4R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship Finals | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Non-ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series of Darts Finals | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC Year-end ranking | 101 [nb 1] |
76 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2019 | EDO DNP |
GDC DNP |
GDG DNP |
GDO DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDG 1R |
DDM DNP |
DDO DNP |
CDO DNP |
ADC DNP |
EDM DNQ |
IDO DNP |
GDT DNP |
2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2021 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
DDC DNP |
EDM DNQ |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNQ |
BDO DNP |
GDT DNP |
2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNP |
CDO DNP |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 1R |
GDO 1R |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
2024 | BDO 1R |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO 3R |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
PDC Players Championships
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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2022 | BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
WIG DNP |
WIG DNP |
NIE DNP |
NIE DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
BAR DNP |
2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 2R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR F |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
Key
Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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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 |
- ^ Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points
References
edit- ^ "Daniel Klose - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "PDC Europe Super League | Matches | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–22 April 2021.
- ^ "PDC Europe Super League 2021 | Group Play Results | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–18 April 2021.
- ^ "Haggerty and Wilson secure Challenge Tour titles". PDC. 22 January 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
- ^ "PDC Players Championship 07 • Last 128 | Steve Lennon (95.73) 6–3 Daniel Klose (89.82)". DartConnect TV. 27 March 2022.
- ^ "PDC Players Championship 08 • Last 128 | Brendan Dolan (94.79) 6–3 Daniel Klose (80.46)". DartConnect TV. 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Interwetten PDC Europe Super League 2022". DartConnectTV. 7–11 November 2022.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (5 September 2023). "Price prevents Klose fairytale with PC21 success". PDC.tv. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Sieben Deutsche im Ally Pally?". Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
External links
edit- Player profile for Daniel Klose from Dartsdatabase