Kevin Doets
Kevin Doetsis a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
2019–2021
In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final.
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.
2024
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.
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 averaging 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 PDC World Darts Championship, Doets faced Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the first round. He recovered from 1–0 down to win the match 3–1. This win set up a second round match 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, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the Last 16.
