Max Hopp

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max Hopp
Personal information
Nickname Maximiser
Born (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996
Idstein, Germany
Home town Idstein
Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since 2011
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2011–2012
PDC 2012–
Current world ranking 98
PDC premier events - best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2013, 2014
European Ch'ship Last 32: 2013
Other tournament wins
Tournament Years
Austria Open Vienna
Italian Grand Masters
PDC World Central European Qualifying Event
WDF Europe Youth Cup		 2012
2011
2012

2012

Max Hopp (born 20 August 1996) is a German darts player.

Career

Hopp reached the final of the 2011 WDF World Cup boys' singles, and won the boys' singles event at the 2012 WDF Europe Youth Cup.[1] He also reached the last 16 of the 2012 Dutch Darts Masters, defeating Terry Jenkins and Steve Beaton before losing to Paul Nicholson.

Hopp qualified for the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the Central European Qualifier in Bielefeld[2] and in doing so became the second-youngest player ever to compete at the championships after Mitchell Clegg. Hopp played Charl Pietersen of South Africa in the preliminary round winning by 4 legs to 1 to set up a first round match against Denis Ovens.[3] Hopp took the first and third sets to lead the match 2–1, but then lost six legs in a row to bow out of the tournament with a 2–3 defeat.[4]

Hopp entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013,[5] but could not get past the last 64 in any of the four days.[6] He qualified for the second European Tour event of the year, the European Darts Trophy and beat Dragutin Horvat 6–1 in the first round, before losing 3–6 to Dean Winstanley.[7] Hopp also qualified for the European Darts Open and the Austrian Darts Open, but lost in the first round in both.[8][9] These results helped him to qualify for the European Championship for the first time through the European Order of Merit.[10] He faced Paul Nicholson in the first round and led 3–1, but would lose 4–6.[11] Hopp beat Mark Walsh 6–4 in the opening round of the German Darts Championship and was then defeated 6–3 by Jamie Caven.[12] Hopp lost in the semi-finals of the German World Championship Qualify to Andree Welge, but reached the tournament anyway due to finishing the year eighth on the European Order of Merit which saw him claim the first of four spots available to non-qualified players.[13][14] Hopp played ninth seed Robert Thornton in the first round and won the first set, before going on to be defeated 3–1.[15]

Hopp began 2014 ranked world number 76, outside of the top 64 who guarantee themselves entry into every event for the year ahead.[16] He entered Q School in an attempt to win a two-year tour card but was not successful and will only have PDPA Associate Member status for 2014 which gives him entry to UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.[17]

World Championship results

PDC

References

  1. ↑ "Bull's Darts - Max Hopp wins WDF Europe Cup Youth". Bulls-darts.com. Retrieved 2012-11-12. 
  2. ↑ "International Trio Win Ally Pally Spots". Professional Darts Corporation. 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2012-11-12. 
  3. ↑ "2013 PDC World Championship Fixtures". Darts Database. Retrieved 14 December 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Ladbrokes WDC Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 15 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Q School Set For Record Field". PDC. Retrieved 11 January 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Max Hopp 2012". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013. 
  7. ↑ "2013 PDC European Darts Trophy Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  8. ↑ "2013 PDC European Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  9. ↑ "2013 PDC Austrian Darts Open Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  10. ↑ "PartyPoker.net European Championship Update". PDC. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  11. ↑ "partypoker.net Euro Champs - Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 6 July 2013. 
  12. ↑ "2013 PDC German Darts Championship Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  13. ↑ "European Order of Merit". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  14. ↑ "2014 PDC World Championship Qualifiers". Darts Database. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Two". PDC. 14 December 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Order of Merit on 2 January 2014". PDC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014. 
  17. ↑ "2014 PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Retrieved 19 January 2014. 

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.