Ronnie Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch

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player playing in events of the

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(PDC).

Career

Meulenkamp was runner-up in both the 2011 Isle of Man Open and England Open. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2011 Mariflex Open, a quarter-finalist in the 2011 German Open and

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. He also enjoyed quarter-final spots in the 2010

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and 2010

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and reached the Last 16 in the 2011 BDO British Open and BDO International Open. Meulenkamp attempted to acquire a PDC tour card at Q School in January 2014, but failed to finish in the top four on any given day or in the top 24 on the Order of Merit. However, for competing in the event he secured PDPA Associate Member Status which gave him entry to the UK Open and European Tour Qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour. He failed to qualify for the

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, but in March won the second

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event by edging out

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5–4. Meulenkamp reached the last 16 of a PDC Pro Tour event for the first time at the fourth Players Championship where he lost 6–5 to Ian White and went one better later in the year at the final event when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals 6–3 by

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. As the second-highest non-qualified European player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Meulenkamp played in his first PDC World Championship in

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. He faced Mark Webster with finishing proving to be the weakness in both players' games as they missed 64 darts at doubles between them. Meulenkamp had a checkout percentage of 19% and was beaten 3–1 in sets. He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to

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. After winning two games during the first three days of 2016 Q School, Meulenkamp won five games on the final day to reach the final round where he lost 5–2 to Yordi Meeuwisse. However, he had done just enough to win a two-year tour card by claiming the final place through the Q School Order of Merit. At the Austrian Darts Open he progressed to the third round of a European Tour event for the first time by beating

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and

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both 6–3, but lost 6–4 to Michael Smith. A pair of last 16 finishes in Players Championship events saw him qualify for the

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. In the first round, he defeated

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6–4, before knocking out world champion Gary Anderson in a last leg decider. He would lose to Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round. Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the 2017 World Championship. In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against

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and lost 3–0.

World Championships results

BDO

*2012: First round (lost to Gary Stone 0–3) *2014: First round (lost to Gary Robson 2–3)

PDC

*2015: First round (lost to Mark Webster 1–3) *2017: First round (lost to

0–3) *2019: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 1–3) *2020: Second round (lost to

Chris Dobey Christopher Dobey (born 31 May 1990) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number seven; he reached a peak ranking of world number six in 2025. A ...

2–3) *2021: Second round (lost to

Vincent van der Voort Vincent van der Voort (born 18 December 1975) is a Dutch former professional darts player who played in British Darts Organisation (BDO) then Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is nicknamed the "Dutch Destroyer", although he used ...

2–3) *2022: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)

Performance timeline

BDO PDC PDC European Tour

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meulankamp, Ron Living people British Darts Organisation players People from Leusden Dutch darts players 1988 births Professional Darts Corporation former tour card holders Sportspeople from Utrecht (province)