Alexander Merkx (born 20 March 1994) is a Dutch darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) tournaments. He has won three WDF titles and was the winner of two PDC Challenge Tour titles in 2024. He made his PDC World Darts Championship debut at the 2025 event.
Career He made his PDC European Tour debut at the 2019 Dutch Darts Masters, but lost 6–1 to Glen Durrant. Merkx also made his first final on the BDO/WDF circuit that year, losing to Martin Barratt 6–3 at the Lithuania Open.
Merkx became a WDF Tour regular in 2022, winning ranking titles in Lithuania and Switzerland. He qualified for the 2023 WDF World Championship, winning his first game against Arjan Konterman before losing to Dennis Nilsson in the Last 16.
Merkx won a third WDF title in January 2024 when he triumphed at the Romanian Open. He claimed his first two PDC Challenge Tour titles during the 2024 season, winning events 16 and 21. By finishing fourth on the 2024 Challenge Tour Order of Merit, Merkx secured a place at the 2025 PDC World Championship, his debut at the tournament. He defeated Stephen Burton 3–0 to progress to the second round, where he lost 3–1 to 15th seed Chris Dobey.
In January 2026, Merkx attended PDC Q-School. In his seventh Q-School attempt, he earned a two-year PDC Tour Card for the first time through his placement on the European Q-School Order of Merit.
Personal life Merkx is from the village of Hapert in North Brabant, Netherlands. Outside of darts, he works as a caravan salesman.
World Championship results WDF 2023: Third round (lost to Dennis Nilsson 1–3) PDC 2025: Second round (lost to Chris Dobey 1–3)
Performance timeline Alexander Merkx's performance timeline is as follows:
WDF Tournament 2012 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024WDF televised events Not heldDNQ 3RDNQ World MastersDNQ 1RDNQNH 5RNH 5R Dutch Open7R 2R 3R 5R Prel. 7R 3R 4R
PDC Tournament 2025PDC Ranked televised events 2RUK Open2R
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 2024Did not participateWIG2RWIG1RWIG1RWIGDNPLEI1RLEI1R 2025Did not participateROS1RROS2RHIL2RHIL3RDid not participateHIL1RHIL2RMIL3RMIL2RHIL1RHILQFLEIDNPWIG3RWIG1RWIGDNP 2026HIL2RHIL1RWIG2RWIG3RLEIDNPLEI4RLEI1RWIG2RWIG2RMIL4RMIL4RHIL3RHIL3RLEI1RLEI1RLEI1RLEI3RMIL1RMIL1RWIG1RWIGQFLEI1RLEI1RHIL3RHIL2RLEI2RLEI1RROS1RROS2RROSROSLEILEI
PDC Challenge Tour 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 2024 2025
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