Daniel Klose

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

Daniel Klose
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Klose
Nickname	Dan The Man
Born	(1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 45)[1] Ansbach, Germany
Home town	Bechhofen (Mittelfranken), Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since	2019
Darts	20g
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"You're the Best" by Joe Esposito
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2019– (Tour Card: 2023-)
Current world ranking	74 (31 October 2024)[2]
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 64: 2024
PC Finals	Last 64: 2023

Career

Klose qualified for his first PDC European Tour tournament in 2019, when he qualified for the 2019 European Darts Grand Prix, but he lost in the first round to Keegan Brown. In November 2020, he qualified as one of three players for Super League Darts 2020, where he reached the quarter-finals. In his second Super League participation the following year, he was eliminated in the preliminary round. He was subsequently unable to win a Tour Card at the PDC Q-School and went on to play the PDC Challenge Tour 2022, where he reached the quarter-finals in January and July and the semi-finals in September. In March 2022 Klose made his debut on the PDC Pro Tour when he took place as a substitute player for the Players Championships. In November, he again took part in Super League, where he narrowly lost 7:8 in the semi-finals to eventual winner Florian Hempel.

In 2023 Q-School of darts he won a two-year Pro Tour card. He made the first PDC final of his career at the 21st Players Championship event of 2023 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.^[3] 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 3-6 to Krzysztof Ratajski. As 54th seed he qualified for 2023 Players Championship Finals, at his debut he lost with Ryan Joyce 3-6 in the First round. On November 27, 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 5:7 to Darren Webster in the final.^[4]

Performance timeline

PDC

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

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	EDO	GDC	FDT	HDT	SDT	CDO

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

Performance timeline legend
DNP	Did not play in the event	DNQ	Did not qualify for the event	WD	Withdrew from the event	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (RR = Round robin)
QF	lost in the quarter-finals	SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament

1. Received Tour card through Q School and started the season without ranking points

References

1. "Daniel Klose - Mastercaller.com". Mastercaller.
2. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
3. Gorton, Josh. "Price prevents Klose fairytale with PC21 success". PDC. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
4. "Sieben Deutsche im Ally Pally?". Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 2 February 2024.

External links

• Player profile for Daniel Klose from Dartsdatabase