Kevin Doets (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈkɛvɪnˈduts]; born 5 May 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won three titles on the PDC Development Tour as well as two on the Challenge Tour. He was also the runner-up at a Players Championship event in 2023. Doets reached the last 16 at the 2024 World Series Finals and the 2025 PDC World Championship.
Career
2019–2021
In 2019, Doets won the Catalonia Open, defeating Carlos Arola 6–3 in the final.[3]
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.[4][5] He added additional Challenge Tour and Development Tour wins in 2021.
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.[14][15] 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 averaging 109.98, the third highest average in the event's history.[16] Doets lost 6–5 to Rob Cross in the next round.
2025
At the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship, Doets faced Dutch compatriot Noa-Lynn van Leuven in the first round. He recovered from 1–0 down to win the match 3–1.[17] This win set up a second round match 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.[18][19] Doets won his third round match against Krzysztof Ratajski 4–3, surviving four match darts from Ratajski to progress to the Last 16.[20][21] He was eliminated after a 4–3 loss to Chris Dobey.
Personal life
Doets lives in Sweden with his partner Jacqueline.[22]
