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| Arno Merk | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | 30 September 1992[1] Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany[2] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2008 |
| Darts | 22.5g Bull's Germany[3] |
| Laterality | Right-handed[3] |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2024– |
| WDF | 2010– |
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 166  (23 November 2025)[4] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 32: 2011 |
| World Masters | Last 256: 2010 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| World Championship | Last 32: 2026 |
Arno Merk is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Career
[edit]Merk was one of the most successful young players from Germany. He became the German Youth Champion in 2010 at the age of 17. That year, his consistently strong performances at DDV tournaments also propelled him to the number one spot in the German youth rankings.[1] In the 2010 World Masters he lost to Martin Heneghan in the first round match. At the end of season, he surprisingly qualified for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship. In the first round, he lost to Garry Thompson.
Following this experience, he primarily played in the Players Championship events in Germany and Austria. He made no international appearances in 2012, and for the next four years he participated in World Darts Federation events held in Germany, but with limited success. Since 2017, he has not competed internationally and had also disappeared from the DDV rankings.
He made his return to competition in the German Super League in 2023, where he was eliminated in the second round by Pascal Rupprecht. At the beginning of 2024, Merk played in the PDC Qualifying School, but he was unable to secure a Tour Card and subsequently competed on the PDC Challenge Tour. In April 2024, he qualified for the 2024 European Darts Grand Prix, making his PDC European Tour debut. Merk lost in the first round to Luke Littler.[1] He then participated in the 2024 World Masters, but he lost in group-stage. At the German Super League in 2024, Merk was again eliminated in the second round.
In March 2025, Merk reached his first PDC Challenge Tour event quarter-finals. As a replacement, he reached the third round of the Players Championships. He also played in the PDC Europe Next-Gen season, winning the last two events and qualifying for the German Super League once again. There, Merk defeated Daniel Klose in the final and qualified for the 2026 PDC World Darts Championship.[5] Merk won his opening game against Kim Huybrechts 3–1 to set up a meeting with two-time world champion Peter Wright in the second round.[6][7]
World Championship results
[edit]BDO
[edit]- 2011: First round (lost to Garry Thompson 1–3) (sets)
PDC
[edit]- 2026:
Performance timeline
[edit]BDO
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | 1R | ||||
| World Masters | 1R | DNP | ||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Major/platinum events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | RR | |||||||||||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Arno Merk". bulls-darts.com. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Arno Merk". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Arno Merk". Mastercaller. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Dart WM 2026: Arno Merk – Als Super League Champion zum WM-Debüt". dartn.de (in German). 3 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ "Deutscher Debütant feiert Darts-Sensation". sport.de (in German). 11 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ Briese, Henri (17 December 2025). "Merk confident he can 'definitely beat' two-time world champion Wright". Flashscore. Retrieved 23 December 2025.