René Eidams (born 8 May 1989) is a German

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player.

Career

Eidams competed in his first

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(PDC) event in January 2014, when he qualified for the

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. He lost 6–5 in the first round to

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. Eidams qualified for the preliminary round of the

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after beating Maik Langendorf 10–8 in the final of the Bulls Superleague qualifier. He averaged just 69.25 against

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's Thanawat Gaweenuntawong, but beat him 2–0 in sets and then fell 2–0 down to world number one

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in the first round. However, Eidams won his first leg of the match with a 122 finish on the bull and then took five of the next six legs to send the match into a deciding set. A tiebreak was required to settle it and Van Gerwen won the two legs he needed to edge out Eidams, who averaged 90.48 during the contest. He played in 2016 Q School, but one last 32 defeat was not enough to win a two-year PDC tour card. Two last 16 finishes in the qualifiers saw Eidams enter the

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at the third round stage and he lost 9–3 to

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. He met Van Gerwen again in the second round of the German Darts Masters, after defeating

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6–1, and lost 6–3. He exited the European Darts Matchplay at the same stage after being beaten 6–4 by

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. Eidams lost 5−3 to Kelvin Hart in the final of the 12th

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event. The last European Tour event he reached this year was the International Darts Open and he was eliminated 6–1 by Steve West in the first round.

World Championship results

PDC

*2016: First round (lost to

2–3)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eidams, Rene 1989 births Living people German darts players Professional Darts Corporation associate players Sportspeople from Hagen