# Gabriel Clemens

Gabriel Clemens (born 16 August 1983) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the semi-finals at the 2017 World Masters, the 2023 PDC World Championship and the 2023 Players Championship Finals.

## 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 6–5.
In December 2020, he became the first German player to reach the last 16 in the PDC World Darts Championship, after beating reigning champion Peter Wright 4–3.
Clemens reached two major semi-finals in 2023. Firstly, he reached the semi-finals of the 2023 PDC World Championship, becoming the first German player to reach that stage of the competition, before suffering a 6–2 defeat to Michael Smith, having defeated world number one Gerwyn Price in the previous round. He then went on to make 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.

## 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)
* 2025: Second round (lost to Robert Owen 1–3)

## Performance timeline

BDO
| Tournament | 2009 | 2017 |
| Winmau World Masters | 2R | SF |
PDC
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| World Championship | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 4R | 3R | SF | 3R | 2R |
| UK Open | 3R | 5R | 6R | 6R | 5R | 4R | 4R | 3R |
| World Matchplay | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |
| European Championship | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |
| Grand Slam | DNQ | 2R | RR | RR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship Finals | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | |
| Non-ranked televised events |||||||||
| Masters | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | Prel. |
| World Cup | DNP | DNP | SF | QF | QF | SF | 2R | |
| World Series Finals | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | |
| Career statistics |||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 63 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 22 | 37 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | EDG 1R | GDC DNP |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | EDG 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | EDO 2R | DNQ | DNQ | ADO 1R | EDG 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | IDO 1R | EDT 2R |
| 2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC 1R | GDG 1R | GDO 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | DDO 2R | DNQ | DNQ | EDM 2R | DNQ | 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 |
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 |
| 2018 | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | WIG 2R | WIG SF | MIL F | MIL 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R |
| 2019 | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR F | BAR 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | BAR 3R | BAR F | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 4R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | DUB 2R | DUB 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R |
| 2020 | BAR 2R | BAR SF | WIG 2R | WIG QF | WIG QF | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | MIL SF | MIL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | COV 3R | COV QF | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 2R |
| 2021 | BOL QF | BOL 2R | BOL 3R | BOL SF | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL SF | MIL 3R | NIE 4R | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 1R | MIL 1R | MIL SF | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 3R | COV 3R | COV 3R | COV 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR F | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 1R |
| 2022 | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | NIE 1R | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR SF | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | NIE 4R | NIE 1R | BAR F | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR F | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | HIL 3R | HIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | LEI 2R | LEI 3R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 3R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R |
| 2024 | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 4R | MIL 2R | MIL QF | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 4R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | MIL 4R | MIL 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R |
| 2025 | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | ROS 1R | ROS QF | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 2R | 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 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) |