| Boris Krčmar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | "The Biggest" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1979 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 16g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2008– (Tour Card: 2020-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 51  10 (3 January 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 16: 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam | Group Stage: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Ch'ship | Last 32: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2020, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boris Krčmar (born 13 September 1979) is a Croatian professional steel-tip and soft-tip darts player who currently plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He dominated soft-tip darts for over a decade. He is a four-time IDF World Champion, tenth-time EDF European Champion, eight-time EDU European Champion and FECS European Champion. He was the first Croatian player to qualify for the PDC World Darts Championship.
Career
Krčmar won the IDF World Championship in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. He started his career in 2005. From 2007 to present, he is the captain of the Croatian national team. Krčmar qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Eastern European qualifier.[2] In the preliminary round, he lost 4–2 to Denmark's Per Laursen.
He qualified for the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts where he partnered Tonci Restovic in the Croatian team. After defeating Finland in the first round, they faced Wales in the second round. In his singles match, Krčmar forced Richie Burnett into a last leg decider before losing 4–3.[3][4] In April, Krčmar earned a place in the Austrian Darts Open in Vienna by defeating Kurt van de Rijck and Antonio Alcinas in the European qualifier.[5] He played Wes Newton in the first round and lost 6–4.[6]
Krčmar had a very good year in soft tip events in 2014 by winning the Chinese and Las Vegas Dartslive events.[7] He came very close to reaching his second World Championship when he lost in the final of the East European Qualifier for the 2015 edition 10–7 against Robert Marijanović.[8]
On 19 January 2020, Krčmar won a two-year PDC Tour Card by finishing sixth on the European Q School Order of Merit. He will play on the ProTour in 2020 and 2021. He withdrew from 2020 UK Open due to a prior commitment. The only major tournament he qualified was 2020 Players Championship Finals, where he lost in the first round against Michael Smith 5-6.
Krcmar entered Eastern European Qualifier for 2021 PDC World Darts Championship and secured his return to this tournament after 10 years. He lost in the first round to Ron Meulenkamp 1-3 on sets. He again withdrew from 2021 UK Open prior to the draw and was replaced. During 2021 Krcmar made his debut on European Tour, qualifying for the both events that took place and therefore also qualifying for 2021 European Championship, where he lost in the first round to Michael van Gerwen 2-6. Croatia were set to return to 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts, having not participated in the competition since 2013, but on 7 September, Croatia withdrew following an illness to Boris Krčmar. Later on in the year Krcmar won qualification for 2021 Grand Slam of Darts and was drawn to group C with James Wade, Rob Cross and Jim Williams. Unable to win any match in the group stage, he was eliminated after the round robin.
For the second time in a row Boris qualified for 2022 PDC World Darts Championship, this time via PDPA Qualifier. He lost in the first round of the main event to Adam Hunt 0-3 on sets but was able to hold his place in top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit and secured his Tour card for another year.
Krcmar made his debut on 2022 UK Open and received bye to the third round of the event. After wins over Zoran Lerchbacher 6-2, Luke Woodhouse 10-5 and Dave Chisnall 10-4, Boris advanced among last 16, where he lost 8-10 to James Wade. During 2022 Krcmar qualified for four European Tour events and achieved his best result so far on 2022 Dutch Darts Championship, where he played quarterfinals. Krcmar was unable to qualify for any other major event that year but secured his spot on 2023 PDC World Darts Championship via PDC Pro Tour, where he finished on 24th place.
World Championship results
IDF (soft-tip)
- 2009: Winner (beat Peter Martin)
- 2011: Winner (beat Krzysztof Kciuk)
- 2013: Winner (beat Paul Lim)
- 2015: Winner (beat Zdravko Antunović)
PDC
- 2011: Preliminary round (lost to Per Laursen 2–4) (legs)
- 2021: First round (lost to Ron Meulenkamp 1–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Adam Hunt 0–3)
- 2023: Second round (lost to Nathan Aspinall 1–3)
- 2024: Third round (lost to Gary Anderson 1–4)
Performance timeline
PDC
| Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013–2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||
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| PDC World Championship | PR | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | DNP | WD | 6R | 3R | |||||||||||||||
| European Championship | DNP | DNP | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam of Darts | DNP | DNP | DNQ | RR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNP | DNP | 1R | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||||||
| Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | NH | 2R | DNP | DNP | WD | DNP | 2R | |||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | - | - | - | 95 | 61 | 54 | ||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNP |
IDO DNP | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT 1R |
GDT 2R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
GDG 2R |
ADO DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
CDO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDC QF |
EDM DNQ |
HDT 3R |
GDO DNQ |
BDO 2R |
GDT DNQ |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC 2R |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Prel. | DNQ | DNP | NH | EX | WD |
References
- ↑ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ↑ Madhoo & Krčmar Qualify Archived 15 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Professional Darts Corporation
- ↑ "Preview, Draw & Results from the World Cup of Darts". Sports News Ireland. 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Cash Converters World Cup RD2". Professional Darts Corporation. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ↑ "European Qualifiers Win Austria Spots". PDC. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ↑ "Austrian Open Day One". PDC. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ↑ "Boris Krčmar 2014". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "2014 PDC World East European Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.