Martin Lukeman
| Martin Lukeman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Lukeman at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts | |||
| Personal information | |||
| 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 | (PDC) 38 (19 June 2025)[2] | ||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||
| World Championship | Last 64: 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| World Matchplay | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| World Grand Prix | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||
| UK Open | Quarter Final: 2024 | ||
| Grand Slam | Runner Up: 2024 | ||
| European Championship | Last 32: 2022 | ||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2022, 2023 | ||
| Other tournament wins | |||
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Martin Lukeman (born 26 March 1985) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He was the runner-up at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts.
Career
Lukeman 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,[3] Gabriel Clemens,[4] Keane Barry, Martin Schindler and Damon Heta.[5] He faced Luke Humphries in the final, and was beaten 8–2.
Lukeman reached a maiden major televised final at the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts, the first qualifier in the competition's history to make the final, losing 16–3 to Luke Littler.[6][7]
Personal life
Lukeman enjoys clay pigeon shooting and is a skilled marksman.[8]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2023: Second round (lost to Martin Schindler 1–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Damon Heta 1–3)
- 2025: Second round (lost to Andrew Gilding 1–3)
Career finals
PDC major finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam of Darts (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2024 | Grand Slam of Darts | Luke Littler | 3–16 (l) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 2017 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship | Did not qualify | 2R | 2R | 2R | ||||||||||
| World Masters | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | 5R | 1R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | ||||||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | QF | DNQ | |||||||||||
| European Championship | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam | DNQ | F | ||||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 125 | 117 | 39 | 35 | 38 | |||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG 1R |
ADO 1R |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
GDC 1R |
FDT 1R |
HDT 2R |
SDT DNQ |
CDO 2R | |
| 2025 | BDO DNQ |
EDT 1R |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
EDG QF |
DDC 2R |
EDO DNQ |
BSD |
FDT |
CDO |
HDT |
SDT |
GDC |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 [nb 1] |
DNP | WIG 1R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 [nb 1] |
DNP | MIL 1R |
DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
COV 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR SF |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
DNP | BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R | ||||||
| 2022 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
WIG 4R |
WIG 2R |
NIE 4R |
NIE 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2023 | BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR QF |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R | ||||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG SF |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 3R |
MIL 2R |
MIL QR |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL QF |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 3R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R | ||||
| 2025 | WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 4R |
ROS 2R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 3R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 4R |
ROS QF |
ROS 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 2R |
HIL |
HIL |
MIL |
MIL |
MIL |
HIL |
HIL |
LEI |
LEI |
LEI |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
WIG |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "Martin Lukeman – Mastercaller".
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Matthews, Callum (17 November 2024). "Littler wins Grand Slam to go fifth in world rankings". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (17 November 2024). "Astonishing Littler storms to Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts glory". www.pdc.tv. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ Sharp Shooting with Smash | Getting to know Martin Lukeman, retrieved 28 December 2022