Ronnie Meulenkamp (born 5 November 1988) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
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. He failed to qualify for the UK Open, but in March won the second Challenge Tour event by edging out Alan Tabern 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 James Wade.
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. 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 Boris Krčmar.
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 Jeffrey de Graaf and Simon Whitlock 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 Finals. In the first round, he defeated Stephen Bunting 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 Mensur Suljović 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 Mensur Suljović 0–3) 2019: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 1–3) 2020: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 2–3) 2021: Second round (lost to Vincent van der Voort 2–3) 2022: Second round (lost to Michael Smith 0–3)
Performance timeline BDO Tournament 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 Did not qualify1RDNQ1R Prel.Not held World Masters1R1R2R3R5RPDC DNPRRDid not participate
PDC Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2026 PDC World Championship 1RDNQ 1RDNQ 2R 2R 2R 2RDNQ UK OpenDNQ 4R 4R 3R 3R 5R 5R 2R 2R World Grand PrixDid not qualify 2RDid not qualify DNQ 3R 2R 1R 1RDNQ 1RDid not qualifyCareer statisticsYear-end rankingNR73544946505265235
European Tour Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2014GDC1RDid not qualifyEDG1REDTDNQ 2016Did not qualifyEDM2RADO3RDid not qualifyGDC2R 2017Did not qualifyEDG1RDid not qualifyIDOSFEDTDNQ 2018EDOQFGDGDNQGDODNQADO2RDid not qualifyGDCQFDDCDNQIDO1REDTDNQ 2019EDODNQGDC2RDid not qualifyCDO3RDid not qualify 2020BDC1RGDC1REDGDNQIDO2R 2022IDO1RDid not qualifyEDG1RDid not qualify
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 2018BARQFBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RMIL3RMIL2RBAR3RBAR1RWIG3RWIG1RMIL1RMIL2RWIG3RWIG1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR1RBARSFDUB3RDUB4RBAR1RBAR1R 2019WIG1RWIG3RWIG4RWIG1RBAR1RBAR2RWIGQFWIG2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBARSFBAR1RWIGSFWIG3RBARSFBAR1RHILQFHIL1RBAR3RBAR4RBAR3RBAR4RDUB2RDUB1RBARSFBAR1R 2020BAR2RBAR1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG1RWIG2RBAR1RBAR1RMIL1RMIL1RMIL2RMIL1RMIL2RNIE2RNIE3RNIE2RNIE1RNIE1RCOV4RCOV2RCOV1RCOV2RCOV3R 2021BOL1RBOL1RBOL3RBOL2RMIL1RMIL2RMIL2RMIL1RNIE3RNIE2RNIE3RNIE4RMIL1RMIL2RMIL3RMIL3RCOV2RCOV4RCOV4RCOV1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1R 2022BAR1RBAR1RWIG3RWIG2RBAR1RBAR1RNIE4RNIE1RBAR1RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR3RWIG2RWIG1RNIE2RNIE1RBAR2RBAR2RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR1RBAR2RBAR1RBAR3R
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