Ron Meulenkamp

Ronnie “Ron” Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch darts player playing in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).

Ron Meulenkamp
Personal information
Full nameRonnie Meulenkamp
Nickname"The Bomb"
Born (1988-11-05) 5 November 1988
Netherlands
Home townAlmere, Netherlands
Darts information
Playing darts since2002
DartsBoxers 22g
LateralityLeft-handed
Walk-on music"Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO2006–2014
PDC2014–
Current world ranking50 1 (3 January 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 32: 2012, 2014
World MastersLast 32: 2013
Finder MastersLast 24 Group: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
World Grand PrixLast 16: 2018
UK OpenLast 32: 2017
Players Ch'ship FinalsLast 16: 2016
Other tournament wins
French Open 2006
Ouderkerk Open 2011
PDC Challenge Tour England 2014

Ron is known for once featuring on the UK version of Dragons Den pitching his idea of flightless darts. Although the idea was not warmly received by the Dragons, all voting out, he struck up a personal relationship with Deborah Meaden and is involved in her campaign for bringing the countryside into the city - a product which retails at £5 a slice.

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 Belgium Open. He also enjoyed quarter-final spots in the 2010 Winmau World Masters and 2010 Zuiderduin Masters 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.[2] He failed to qualify for the UK Open, but in March won the second Challenge Tour event by edging out Alan Tabern 5–4.[3] 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 James Wade.[4][5]

As the second-highest non-qualified European player on the Pro Tour Order of Merit, Meulenkamp played in his first PDC World Championship in 2015.[6] 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.[7] He lost in the final of the Apatin Open to Boris Krčmar.[8]

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.[9] At the Austrian Darts Open he progressed to the third round of a European Tour event for the first time by beating Jeffrey de Graaf and Simon Whitlock both 6–3, but lost 6–4 to Michael Smith.[10][11] A pair of last 16 finishes in Players Championship events saw him qualify for the Finals.[12] In the first round, he defeated Stephen Bunting 6–4, before knocking out world champion Gary Anderson in a last leg decider.[13] He would lose to Peter Wright 10–3 in the third round.[14]

Meulenkamp earned the final European Order of Merit spot to play in the 2017 World Championship.[15] In the opening round he missed one dart to take the first set against Mensur Suljović and lost 3–0.[16]

World Championships results

BDO

PDC

Performance timeline
Tournament2015201620172018201920202021
PDC World Championship 1R DNQ 1R DNQ 2R 2R 2R
UK Open DNQ 4R 4R 3R 3R
World Grand Prix Did not qualify 2R DNQ
Players Championship Finals DNQ 3R 2R 1R 1R DNQ

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDC.tv. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. "Wins For Robinson And Meulenkamp". PDC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. "Imperious Taylor's Crawley Triumph". PDC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. "Seventh Heaven For Super Scot Anderson". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. "William Hill World Championship Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  8. "2015 Apatin Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. "2016 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  10. "Perfect Start For Van Gerwen In Austria". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  11. "Austrian Darts Open Third Round". PDC. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  12. "Ron Meulenkamp 2016". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  13. "Cash Converters PCF Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  14. "2016 Players Championship Finals Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  15. "2016 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  16. "William Hill World Championship Day Seven". PDC. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  17. "BDO World Championships: Adams begins defence with win". BBC Sport. 7 January 2012.
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