# Jermaine Wattimena

Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015; he reached his first major final in 2024, finishing as runner-up at the European Championship.
Wattimena represented the Netherlands in the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the semi-finals alongside Michael van Gerwen.

## Career

Wattimena won the first event he entered as he claimed the 2008 Malta Open by beating Vincent Busuttil in the final. He made his British Darts Organisation debut in a major event at the World Masters and won four games to reach the last 24 where he lost 3–0 to Steve Douglas. In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3–2 in the final. Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6–3 victory over Kenny Neyens. Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4–3 to Robert Marijanović, missing three match darts in the final leg.
He entered PDC Qualifying School in January 2015 and was eliminated in the final round of the third day by Steve Douglas. However, Wattimena had already done enough through the Order of Merit to not even need to play on the fourth day as he finished joint second on the Order of Merit to earn a two-year PDC tour card. He qualified for the UK Open and defeated Jonny Clayton 5–1 in the first round, but then lost to Kevin McDine 5–4. Wattimena twice lost in the last 16 of Players Championship events during the year and beat Robert Marijanović 6–5 at the European Darts Grand Prix, but was then knocked out 6–3 by Peter Wright in the second round.
In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3–1 to Mensur Suljović. He overcame Andy Smith 6–5 and Kevin Dowling 6–1 at the UK Open, before losing 9–7 to Alan Norris in the third round. At the 15th Players Championship wins over Jonny Clayton, David Pallett, Peter Wright, Simon Stevenson and Jelle Klaasen ensured Wattimena played in his first PDC semi-final and he was defeated 6–3 by Michael van Gerwen. He qualified for seven European Tour events during the season and, although he didn't get past the second round in any of them, his consistent play saw him make his debut in the European Championship, where he lost 6–1 to Mensur Suljović in the first round.
He lost 3–1 in the opening round of the World Championship for the second year in a row in the 2017 event, this time to Daryl Gurney. He knocked out Mick Todd, Dave Chisnall, Robert Thornton, Kyle Anderson and Benito van de Pas at the seventh Players Championship to reach his second PDC semi-final, where he was defeated by Kim Huybrechts 6–3. He reached third PDC semi-final at Players Championship 17, where he beat Alan Tabern, Berry van Peer, Peter Hudson, Steve Beaton and Justin Pipe, before losing to Kevin Painter 6–3. He qualified for five European Tour events over 2017, failing to make it past the Last 32 in any of them, meaning he did not qualify for the 2017 European Championship. He made a third Players Championship semi-final of the year in the final weekend in Barnsley, at Players Championship 21, where he knocked out Ross Twell, Ian White, Kevin Painter, Peter Jacques and Michael Smith, before a 6–2 defeat to Adrian Lewis. This was enough for him to qualify for the Players Championship Finals, as the 29th seed. Wattimena started off with a 6–0 whitewash win against Keegan Brown. He saw off Mickey Mansell 6–3 in the second round. However, in the last 16, he was defeated 10–9 by Steve Beaton in a deciding leg by Steve Beaton having levelled from 9–5 down. He picked up £8,000 from the Players Championship Finals.
Wattimena's consistent improvement and progression up the rankings was rewarded with a 'challenger' spot for the 2020 Premier League in Rotterdam.
On the PDC European Tour Wattimena reached the quarter-finals at both the 2024 Belgian Darts Open and the 2024 German Darts Grand Prix. He lost at the quarter-final stage to Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen respectively, each 6–2 in legs. Wattimena also reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 Czech Darts Open, losing to Kim Huybrechts 6–4.
At the 2024 European Championship, Wattimena reached a first major televised final, losing 11–3 to fellow maiden finalist Ritchie Edhouse.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2015: Preliminary round (lost to Robert Marijanović 3–4) (legs)
* 2016: First round (lost to Mensur Suljović 1–3)
* 2017: First round (lost to Daryl Gurney 1–3)
* 2018: Second round (lost to Steve West 1–4)
* 2019: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 3–4)
* 2020: Second round (lost to Luke Humphries 2–3)
* 2021: Third round (lost to Dimitri Van den Bergh 0–4)
* 2022: First round (lost to Boris Koltsov 0–3)
* 2023: First round (lost to Nathan Rafferty 2–3)
* 2024: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)
* 2025: Third round (lost to Peter Wright 2–4)

## Career finals
### PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* European Championship (0–1)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | European Championship | Ritchie Edhouse | 3–11 (l) |
* ↑ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.

## Performance timeline

BDO
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNQ |
| Winmau World Masters | 5R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | DNP |
PDC
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC World Championship | PR | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R |
| World Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R |
| UK Open | 2R | 3R | 4R | 5R | 6R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 5R |
| World Matchplay | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | QF | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 2R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | F | |
| Grand Slam of Darts | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | RR | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | QF | |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | |
| Non-ranked televised events ||||||||||||
| Premier League Darts | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | C | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PDC World Cup of Darts | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | SF | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| World Series of Darts Finals | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 70 | 49 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 26 | 36 | 39 | 51 | 36 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2015 | GDC DNQ | GDT DNQ | GDM DNQ | DDM DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDO DNQ | EDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | EDG 2R |
| 2016 | DDM 1R | GDM 2R | GDT 2R | EDM DNQ | ADO 2R | EDO DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT 2R | EDG 2R | GDC DNQ |
| 2017 | GDC 2R | GDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | EDG 1R | GDT DNQ | EDM DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | DDM DNQ | GDG 2R | IDO DNQ | EDT 2R |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG 1R | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG 3R | DDM 3R | GDT 3R | DDO 2R | EDM 1R | GDC 1R | DDC DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT 1R |
| 2019 | EDO 3R | GDC 3R | GDG DNQ | GDO 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM 3R | DDO QF | CDO 3R | ADC 1R | EDM DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDT 3R |
| 2020 | BDC 2R | GDC 2R | EDG DNQ | IDO DNQ |
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2022 | IDO 1R | GDC 1R | GDG 1R | ADO 1R | EDO 1R | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 2R | EDM 2R | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD 1R | EDO 1R | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC 1R | BDO 1R | CDO DNQ | EDG 1R | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT 2R | GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO QF | GDG QF | IDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | BSD 2R | DDC 3R | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | FDT 2R | HDT DNQ | SDT 2R | CDO QF |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| 2015 | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | BAR DNP | COV 4R | COV 1R | COV 4R | CRA 1R | CRA 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 2R | DUB 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R |
| 2016 | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | COV 1R | COV 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | DUB 1R | DUB 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2017 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | MIL DNP | MIL DNP | BAR SF | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | DUB 2R | DUB 2R | BAR SF | BAR 3R |
| 2018 | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG SF | WIG SF | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB QF | DUB 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R |
| 2019 | WIG F | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | WIG QF | WIG 2R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | HIL 4R | HIL F | BAR QF | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | DUB 4R | DUB QF | BAR 1R | BAR QF |
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 4R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | NIE 1R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 4R | NIE 3R | COV F | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV QF | COV 3R |
| 2021 | BOL 1R | BOL 3R | BOL 2R | BOL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | NIE 4R | NIE 4R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR QF |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | LEI 3R | LEI 3R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 3R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 4R | HIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | WIG QF | WIG 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R |
| 2025 | WIG QF | WIG | ROS | ROS | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | LEI | ROS | ROS | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | HIL | HIL | MIL | MIL | MIL | HIL | HIL | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG |
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 | #R RR Prel. | Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round | NYF | Not yet founded |