Martin Lukeman
Martin Lukeman (born 26 March 1985) is a professional English darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman.[3]
| Martin Lukeman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Martin Lukeman | ||
| Nickname | "Smash" | ||
| Born | 26 March 1985[1] Hammersmith, England | ||
| Home town | Watford, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| Darts information | |||
| Playing darts since | 2011 | ||
| Darts | 24g Mission | ||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||
| Walk-on music | "Lip Up Fatty" by Bad Manners | ||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||
| PDC | 2015– (Tour Card: 2021-) | ||
| Current world ranking | 35  (21 October 2023)[2] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2023 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2017 | ||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Career
He managed to reach the last 16 of the 2017 UK Open. After last-leg wins against Matt Padgett and Rob Hewson, he defeated Chris Dobey 10–5 in the fourth round, before losing 10–3 to Ian White in the fifth round.
Lukeman secured a two-year PDC Tour Card at UK Qualifying School in February 2021, sealing his professional status with a day to spare.
Lukeman reached his maiden PDC European Tour final at the 2022 German Darts Grand Prix by defeating Adam Gawlas,[4] Gabriel Clemens,[5] Keane Barry, Martin Schindler and Damon Heta.[6] He faced Luke Humphries in the final, and he was beaten 8–2.
World Championship results
PDC
- 2023: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| PDC World Championship | DNQ | 2R | |||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 5R | Did not qualify | 1R | 4R | 4R | |||
| World Matchplay | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | Did not qualify | QF | DNQ | ||||||
| European Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | DNQ | ||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNQ | 1R | ||||||
| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||
| BDO World Championship | DNQ | PDC | NH | PDC | |||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | 125 | - | - | - | 117 | 39 | ||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | GDC DNP |
GDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
EDG DNP |
GDT DNP |
EDM DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNP |
DDM DNQ |
GDG DNP |
IDO DNP |
EDT DNP | |
| 2018 | EDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
GDO DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDM DNP |
GDT DNP |
DDO DNP |
EDM DNP |
GDC DNP |
DDC DNP |
IDO DNP |
EDT DNP |
| 2019 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 1R |
GDC 3R |
GDG F |
ADO DNQ |
EDO 1R |
CDO 2R |
EDG 3R |
DDC DNQ |
EDM 3R |
HDT 2R |
GDO 2R |
BDO DNQ |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC 2R |
BDO DNQ |
CDO 2R |
EDG DNQ |
EDM 2R |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC 3R |
References
- "Martin Lukeman - Mastercaller".
- "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- Sharp Shooting with Smash | Getting to know Martin Lukeman, retrieved 28 December 2022
- "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day One". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- "2022 Interwetten German Darts Grand Prix Finals Day". PDC. Retrieved 18 April 2022.