Jermaine Wattimena (born 9 March 1988) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is ranked world number seventeen. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2015, he reached his first major final in 2024, finishing as runner-up at the European Championship. He won his first two PDC ranking titles in 2025 Players Championship events. Wattimena represented the Netherlands in the 2019 PDC World Cup of Darts, reaching the semi-finals alongside Michael van Gerwen.
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 3âÂÂ0 to Steve Douglas. In 2014, Wattimena won the German Gold Cup courtesy of defeating Jan Dekker 3âÂÂ2 in the final. Later in the year he qualified for the 2015 PDC World Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier, concluding with a 6âÂÂ3 victory over Kenny Neyens. Wattimena entered the event in the preliminary round and narrowly lost 4âÂÂ3 to Robert MarijanoviÃÂ, 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 5âÂÂ1 in the first round, but then lost to Kevin McDine 5âÂÂ4. Wattimena twice lost in the last 16 of Players Championship events during the year and beat Robert Marijanovià6âÂÂ5 at the European Darts Grand Prix, but was then knocked out 6âÂÂ3 by Peter Wright in the second round.
In the first round of the 2016 World Championship, Wattimena lost 3âÂÂ1 to Mensur SuljoviÃÂ. He overcame Andy Smith 6âÂÂ5 and Kevin Dowling 6âÂÂ1 at the UK Open, before losing 9âÂÂ7 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 6âÂÂ3 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 6âÂÂ1 to Mensur Suljoviàin the first round.
He lost 3âÂÂ1 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 6âÂÂ3. 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 6âÂÂ3. 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 6âÂÂ2 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 6âÂÂ0 whitewash win against Keegan Brown. He saw off Mickey Mansell 6âÂÂ3 in the second round. However, in the last 16, he was defeated 10âÂÂ9 by Steve Beaton in a deciding leg, having levelled from 9âÂÂ5 down. He picked up ã8,000 from the Players Championship Finals.
Wattimena reached a career-high of 17th in the PDC Order of Merit in November 2019.
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 6âÂÂ2 in legs. Wattimena also reached the quarter-finals at the 2024 Czech Darts Open, losing to Kim Huybrechts 6âÂÂ4.
At the 2024 European Championship, Wattimena reached a first major televised final, losing 11âÂÂ3 to fellow maiden finalist Ritchie Edhouse. After five runner-up finishes in PDC ranking finals, he claimed his first title at Players Championship 23 (PC23) on the 2025 PDC Pro Tour by defeating Lukas Wenig 8âÂÂ5. He won a second title of the year at PC31.
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