Kevin Doets

Kevin Doets (; born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. A PDC Tour Card holder since 2022, Doets won his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 13 in 2026. He reached the last 16 of the PDC World Championship in both 2025 and 2026.

In his early career, Doets found success in the PDC secondary tours, winning two Challenge Tours and three Development Tours. He also won the 2019 Catalonia Open under the British Darts Organisation (BDO) system. He contested his first PDC ranking final at Players Championship 20 in 2023. He defeated Luke Woodhouse 8–5 to win his first PDC ranking title in May 2026, followed by his maiden European Tour final at the Austrian Darts Open six days later.

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 World 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.

2026 Doets opened the 2026 World Championship with wins over Matthew Dennant and David Munyua. In the third round, he won six consecutive legs to defeat Nathan Aspinall 4–3. Reaching the last 16 for the second straight year, he was eliminated in a 4–1 defeat to Luke Humphries.

At the European Darts Trophy in March, Doets achieved the highest three-dart average in the tournament's history, averaging 117.12 in a 6–0 win over Jonas Masalin. The next month, he reached his first European Tour semi-final at the German Darts Grand Prix, which he lost 7–2 to Nathan Aspinall. He then achieved his first PDC ranking title at Players Championship 13 in May, winning the final 8–5 against Luke Woodhouse. At the Austrian Darts Open six days later, he reached his maiden European Tour final, but lost 8–6 to Josh Rock. He made his World Matchplay debut in July, where he was beaten 10–6 by Ross Smith in the first round. Doets was a finalist at Players Championship 27, losing 8–6 to Jermaine Wattimena.

Personal life Doets is originally from Almere in the Netherlands. He lives in Sweden and has a son.

World Championship results

PDC 2024: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 2–3) 2025: Fourth round (lost to Chris Dobey 3–4) 2026: Fourth round (lost to Luke Humphries 1–4)

Performance timeline

PDC European Tour

PDC Players Championships