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Daniel Klose

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Daniel Klose
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Klose
NicknameDan The Man
Born (1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 45)[1]
Ansbach, Germany
Home townBechhofen (Mittelfranken), Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since2019
Darts20g
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2019–
(Tour Card: 2023–2024)
Current world ranking75 Decrease 1 (24 November 2024)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
UK OpenLast 64: 2024
PC FinalsLast 64: 2023
World Series FinalsLast 24: 2023

Daniel Klose (born 30 October 1979) is a professional German darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Career

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2019

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Klose qualified for his first PDC European Tour tournament, the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, as one of four Host Nation qualifiers, but he lost in the first round to Keegan Brown 6–3.

2020

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In November 2020, he qualified for the PDC Europe Super League Darts 2020, where he reached the quarter-finals after finishing top Group B. He won six wins in his seven games, defeating Manfred Bilderl 6–5 in a deciding leg, beating René Eidams 6–1, Dragutin Horvat and Nico Kurz both 6–2, Karsten Koch 6–3, and Thomas Köhnlein 6–4, with his one loss being to Maik Langendorf. He lost to Michael Unterbuchner 8–4 in the quarter-finals.

2021

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In his second Super League participation in the 2021 edition, he was eliminated in the preliminary round, finishing bottom of Group D with only 2 points, having only won two of his 10 games, a 6–2 win over Steffen Siepmann and a 6–4 win against René Eidams.[3][4]

2022

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He was subsequently unable to win a Tour Card at European Q-School, failing to reach the final stage, but his attendance at Q-School did grant him access to play in the 2022 PDC Challenge Tour series.

On 22 January he reached the quarter-finals at Challenge Tour 3, losing there to Matthew Edgar 5–4 in a deciding leg.[5] He reached a second quarter-final of the year at Challenge Tour 12 on 15 July, being whitewashed there 5–0 by Chas Barstow, who averaged 107.36 to Klose’s 88.45[6] On 17 September Klose reached the semi-finals of Challenge Tour 18. He whitewashed Jim Moston 5–0, averaging 100.20 to Moston's 86.78, to reach his first semi-final of the year from his third quarter-final of the year. He lost to eventual winner Jurjen van der Velde 5–2 in the semi-finals.[7]

On 26 & 27 March, Klose received call–ups for 2022 PDC Players Championship series events 7 and 8 filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. This was his PDC Pro Tour debut. He lost in the first round on both occasions, to Steve Lennon 6–1[8] and Brendan Dolan 6–3 respectively.[9]

In November, he again took part in the PDC Europe Super League, where he narrowly lost 8–7 in the semi-finals to eventual winner Florian Hempel.[10]

2023

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At 2023 European Q-School he won a two-year Pro Tour card. He made the first PDC final of his career at the Players Championship 21 event in September, losing to Gerwyn Price. After Max Hopp, Gabriel Clemens, Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietreczko, he was the fifth German to reach the final of a PDC professional tournament.[11]

In September 2023, Klose managed to qualify for the 2023 World Series of Darts Finals via the Tour Card Holder Qualifier. He lost in the first round to Krzysztof Ratajski 6–3.

As 54th seed he qualified for 2023 Players Championship Finals, and on his debut he lost to Ryan Joyce 6–3 in the first round.

On 27 November 2023, he took part in the "Tour Card Holder Qualifier", the last opportunity to qualify for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship. He only just missed out on his World Championship debut when he lost to Darren Webster 7–5 in the final.[12]

Performance timeline

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PDC

Tournament 2023 2024
PDC Ranked televised events
UK Open 2R 4R
Players Championship Finals 1R DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Series of Darts Finals 1R DNQ
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking 101
[nb 1] 		76

PDC European Tour

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2019 EDO
DNP 		GDC
DNP 		GDG
DNP 		GDO
DNP 		ADO
DNP 		EDG
1R 		DDM
DNP 		DDO
DNP 		CDO
DNP 		ADC
DNP 		EDM
DNQ 		IDO
DNP 		GDT
DNP
2020 Did not play
2021 Did not play
2022 IDO
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		DDC
DNP 		EDM
DNQ 		HDT
DNP 		GDO
DNQ 		BDO
DNP 		GDT
DNP
2023 BSD
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		GDG
DNQ 		ADO
DNQ 		DDC
DNQ 		BDO
DNP 		CDO
DNP 		EDG
DNQ 		EDM
1R 		GDO
1R 		HDT
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ
2024 BDO
1R 		GDG
DNQ 		IDO
DNQ 		EDG
DNQ 		ADO
3R 		BSD
DNQ 		DDC
DNQ 		EDO
DNQ 		GDC
DNQ 		FDT
DNQ 		HDT
DNQ 		SDT
DNQ 		CDO
DNQ

PDC Players Championships

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2022 BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		WIG
DNP 		WIG
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		NIE
1R 		NIE
1R 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		WIG
DNP 		WIG
DNP 		NIE
DNP 		NIE
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP 		BAR
DNP
2023 BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
1R 		HIL
1R 		HIL
2R 		WIG
2R 		WIG
2R 		LEI
2R 		LEI
1R 		HIL
1R 		HIL
1R 		LEI
1R 		LEI
1R 		HIL
1R 		HIL
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
F 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
4R 		BAR
3R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
1R 		BAR
2R 		BAR
2R

Key

Performance Table Legend
W Won the tournament F Finalist SF Semifinalist QF Quarterfinalist #R
RR
Prel. 		Lost in # round
Round-robin
Preliminary round 		DQ Disqualified
DNQ Did not qualify DNP Did not participate WD Withdrew NH Tournament not held NYF Not yet founded
  1. ^ Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points

References

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  1. ^ "Daniel Klose - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
  2. ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ^ "PDC Europe Super League | Matches | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–22 April 2021.
  4. ^ "PDC Europe Super League 2021 | Group Play Results | Preliminary Round Robin". DartConnect TV. 17–18 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Haggerty and Wilson secure Challenge Tour titles". PDC. 22 January 2022.
  6. ^ Gorton, Josh (15 July 2022). "Dutch duo Van Trijp & Van Veen share Winmau Challenge Tour titles". PDC.tv.
  7. ^ Gorton, Josh (17 September 2022). "Van der Velde & Kist seal Dutch double on Winmau Challenge Tour". PDC.tv.
  8. ^ "PDC Players Championship 07 • Last 128 | Steve Lennon (95.73) 6–3 Daniel Klose (89.82)". DartConnect TV. 27 March 2022.
  9. ^ "PDC Players Championship 08 • Last 128 | Brendan Dolan (94.79) 6–3 Daniel Klose (80.46)". DartConnect TV. 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Interwetten PDC Europe Super League 2022". DartConnectTV. 7–11 November 2022.
  11. ^ Gorton, Josh (5 September 2023). "Price prevents Klose fairytale with PC21 success". PDC.tv. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Sieben Deutsche im Ally Pally?". Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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