# Kevin Doets

Kevin Doets (Dutch pronunciation:; born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached the last 16 at the 2025 PDC World Championship and the 2024 World Series Finals as well as the quarter-finals at the 2019 Dutch Open. He has won three titles on the PDC Development Tour as well as two on the Challenge Tour. He was also the runner-up at a PDC ranking event, Players Championship 20, in 2023.

## Career
### 2019–2021

In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final. He reached the quarter-finals at the 2019 Dutch Open.
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 World Championship through the Pro Tour Order of Merit. In the first round, he whitewashed Stowe Buntz 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 with an average of 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 defeated Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven 3–1 in the first round. This win set up a second-round tie 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 4–3, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the last 16. He was eliminated after a 4–3 loss to Chris Dobey.
Doets qualified for the World Masters after wins over Andy Boulton, Radek Szagański and Dylan Slevin in the preliminary rounds. He was beaten in a deciding leg by Peter Wright in the first round.

## World Championship results
### PDC

* 2024: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3)
* 2025: Fourth round (lost to Chris Dobey 3–4)

## Performance timeline

| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| PDC Ranked televised events |||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | 4R |
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 1R |
| UK Open | 3R | 3R | 2R | 5R | 5R | 4R |
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |
| PDC Non-ranked televised events |||||||
| World Series Finals | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2R | |
| World Youth Championship | RR | SF | 2R | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| Career statistics |||||||
| Season-end ranking (PDC) | 164 | 106 | 95 | 62 | 41 | |
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 2022 | IDO DNP | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | EDO 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | BDO 1R | GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | GDO 2R | DNQ | DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ | GDG 1R | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | DDC 2R | EDO 3R | GDC DNQ | FDT 2R | DNQ | DNQ | CDO 1R |
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 |
| 2020 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 1R | COV 1R |
| 2021 | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | NIE 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 4R | COV 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2022 | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | NIE SF | NIE 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R |
| 2023 | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | HIL 2R | HIL DNP | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 4R | HIL 3R | HIL 1R | BAR 4R | BAR F | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R |
| 2024 | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | LEI 3R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | LEI 3R | LEI QF | HIL 4R | HIL 3R | HIL QF | HIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 3R |
* 1 2 Not a Tour card holder
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 |