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Kim Huybrechts (born 16 November 1985) is a Belgian professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He reached his first PDC major final at the 2012 Players Championship Finals, losing to Phil Taylor 13–6. He also made the final of the 2013 PDC World Cup of Darts, representing Belgium alongside his brother Ronny Huybrechts. Huybrechts has won 5 PDC Pro Tour titles during his professional career.
In September 2010, he was a quarter-finalist at a PDC Pro Tour Players Championship in Nuland. Wade Snaps Up Dutch Win PDC.tv Later that year, he narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2011 BDO World Darts Championship, losing to Arno Merk in the final qualifying round.
In May 2011, he reached the semi-finals of a Players Championship in Vienna. He lost 6–5 to Denis Ovens, having missed three match darts. Part Defies Heat For Vienna Victory PDC.tv This result helped him to qualify for the 2011 European Championship via the European Order of Merit. In the first round, Huybrechts defeated Spain's Antonio Alcinas 6–2. He then beat Wes Newton 10–8 in the second round to book his place in the quarter-finals, where he narrowly lost 10–8 to world champion Adrian Lewis.
He then represented Belgium with Kurt van de Rijck in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by Australia 1–3, having beaten Sweden in the second round. Huybrechts made the final of the first UK Open qualifier, losing out to Wes Newton 3–6 after earlier beating Scott Rand, Simon Whitlock, Vincent van der Voort, Mark Stephenson, Mark Hylton, Michael van Gerwen and Stuart White. Huybrechts earned a place in the European Tour 1 event in Vienna by defeating Tonči Restović and Jerry Hendricks in the European qualifier. He enjoyed 6–3 and 6–0 wins over Andy Smith and Vincent van der Voort respectively, before losing in the third round to James Wade 1–6. Huybrechts threw a Nine-dart finish in a third round match in the seventh UK Open qualifier of the season against Terry Jenkins, but went on to lose 4–6. He also qualified for the second European Tour event courtesy of wins over Carlos Rodríguez and Tonči Restović in the European Qualifier. Huybrechts reached the quarter-finals where he was beaten by Simon Whitlock 4–6.
At the UK Open he defeated Peter Hudson and Vincent van der Voort to face Wes Newton in the last 16. Huybrechts led 7–4 having hit seven doubles from as many attempts, but his finishing power soon deserted him and he went on to miss five darts to win the game in the final leg and lost 8–9. By July, Huybrechts had reached the quarter-final stage or better on ten occasions in PDC events in 2012, meaning he qualified for the World Matchplay for the first time due to being the highest player on the ProTour Order of Merit who was not in the world's top 16. He played Terry Jenkins in the first round and looked to be heading for a comfortable victory as he led 9–5. However, Huybrechts failed to convert multiple chances to take the match as he dropped six legs in a row to lose 9–11.
Huybrechts went one better at the 2012 European Championship than his 2011 performance as he reached his maiden semi-final of a PDC major event. He beat Vincent van der Voort and Ian White in the opening rounds, before extending his record over Raymond van Barneveld to played five, won five, courtesy of a 10–8 victory. In his semi-final he was beaten 9–11 by Simon Whitlock, but his run in the tournament saw him move into world's top 32 for the first time. Huybrechts had a disastrous debut at the World Grand Prix in October, as he lost 0–2 in sets to Kevin Painter without winning a leg, but returned to form at the Dutch Darts Masters, by reaching his fifth semi-final of the year. There, he was beaten 1–6 by Whitlock.
After all 33 ProTour events of 2012 had been played, Huybrechts finished ninth on the Order of Merit to qualify for the Players Championship Finals for the first time. It was there that Huybrechts reached his debut major final with comfortable victories over Vincent van der Voort, Michael Smith, Peter Wright and Justin Pipe, with his average of 104.34 against Wright in the quarter-finals being at the time his highest on television. He faced Phil Taylor in the final and kept pace in the early stages with Taylor's heavy scoring by clinically finishing legs on his own throw to level the match at 5–5. However, the pressure exerted on Huybrechts eventually told as he only won one out of the next nine legs to lose 6–13.
After early exits at the World Grand Prix, European Championship and the Masters, Huybrechts qualified from his group in the Grand Slam with a 5–1 win over Darren Webster. He then beat BDO player Alan Norris 10–5 and was involved in the game of his career to date against Van Gerwen in the quarter-finals. Huybrechts started exceptionally to lead 12–3 with an average over 110, before Van Gerwen cut the gap to 13–7. Huybrechts responded with his first televised nine-dart finish and defeated the reigning world champion 16–10. His semi-final match against Dave Chisnall swung in the favour of both players as Huybrechts was 4–1 behind, before edging 14–12 ahead but ultimately lost four of the last five legs to succumb to a 16–15 defeat.
In the quarter-finals of the World Cup, Kim needed to defeat Paul Nicholson to keep Belgium in the tie. He fell 3–0 down, but Nicholson missed a total of six match darts allowing Kim to win 4–3. In the deciding doubles match Ronny took out an 86 finish on the bull to see them reach the semi-finals. There, Ronny lost 4–3 to Taylor and Kim lost 4–2 to Adrian Lewis to oust Belgium from the tournament. Huybrechts' first final of the year came in July at the 13th Players Championship and he lost 6–5 to James Wade after leading 3–1 and 5–3. A week later he reached the final of the European Darts Open, but was defeated 6–2 by Robert Thornton. A third final of the year without success came at the 18th Players Championship when Alan Norris ousted him 6–1. Huybrechts won his first title of 2015 at the European Darts Grand Prix by coming back from 5–2 down against Peter Wright to triumph 6–5, hitting checkouts of 157 and 140 in the process. A 10–9 win over three-time BDO world champion Martin Adams set up a rematch with Van Gerwenin the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam, but Huybrechts was unable to repeat his heroics from 12 months earlier as he was thrashed 16–4.
Kim and his wife Dana had their first child in 2014, Ashley-Mae Huybrechts.
| Runner-up | 1. | 2012 | Players Championship Finals | 6–13 (l) |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2013 | 1–3 (m) |
| BDO Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | 2R | 2R | 6R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||
PDC
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||
| World MastersBefore 2025 this was a non-ranked event. | Not held | 1R | 1R | DNQ | QF | 1R | 1R | Did not qualify | Prel. | ||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNQ | 5R | 4R | 4R | 5R | 5R | QF | 5R | 5R | 5R | 4R | 4R | 5R | 4R | 4R | ||||||||||
| World Matchplay | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 2R | DNQ | 1R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| European Championship | QF | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| Grand SlamBefore 2015 this was a non-ranked event. | DNQ | QF | SF | QF | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DNQ | F | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | ||||||||||||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Premier League | Did not participate | 10th | DNP | 10th | Did not participate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | NH | QF | F | QF | SF | SF | SF | SF | QF | SF | 2R | QF | SF | SF | DNQ | ||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Not held | DNQ | 2R | Did not qualify | QF | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 21 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 31 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| 2012 | ADO 3R | GDC QF | EDO 2R | GDM 2R | DDM SF | |||||||||
| 2013 | UKM 1R | EDT QF | EDO QF | ADO 1R | GDT QF | GDC 1R | GDM 2R | DDM W | ||||||
| 2014 | GDC 3R | DDM 2R | GDM 3R | ADO 2R | GDT QF | EDO 3R | EDG 3R | EDT 3R | ||||||
| 2015 | GDC 2R | GDT QF | GDM 2R | DDM QF | IDO SF | EDO F | EDT 3R | EDM QF | EDG W | |||||
| 2016 | DDM 2R | GDM 2R | GDT SF | EDM 2R | ADO 3R | EDO SF | IDO F | EDT SF | EDG SF | GDC 3R | ||||
| 2017 | GDC QF | GDM 3R | GDO 2R | EDG 3R | GDT 2R | EDM 2R | ADO 3R | EDO 2R | DDM 2R | GDG 2R | IDO F | EDT SF | ||
| 2018 | EDO 2R | GDG 2R | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG 2R | DDM SF | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM 3R | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO 2R | EDT 1R | |
| 2019 | EDO 2R | GDC DNQ | GDG 3R | GDO DNQ | ADO 1R | Did not qualify | EDM 2R | IDO DNQ | GDT 3R | |||||
| 2020 | BDC 2R | GDC DNQ | EDG 2R | IDO DNQ | ||||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ | GDT 2R | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO 3R | GDC 2R | GDG 1R | Did not qualify | EDG 2R | Did not qualify | BDO 3R | GDT DNQ | ||||||
| 2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO 1R | GDG DNQ | ADO 1R | DDC DNQ | BDO 1R | CDO 3R | EDG DNQ | EDM 1R | Did not qualify | |||
| 2024 | Did not qualify | CDO F | ||||||||||||
| 2025 | Did not qualify | GDG 2R | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 1R | EDO 1R | BSD 2R | FDT 2R | CDO DNQ | HDT 3R | SDT DNQ | GDC DNQ | ||
PDC Players Championships
| 2010 | Did not participate | NUL QF | NUL 2R | DNP | BNA 2R | BNA 2R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | HAL 4R | HAL 1R | Did not participate | VIE SF | VIE 1R | Did not participate | NUL 3R | NUL 3R | Did not participate | NUL 3R | NUL 3R | Did not participate | GLA 3R | GLA 1R | ALI 2R | ALI 2R | CRA 4R | CRA QF | WIG DNP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | ALI 2R | ALI QF | REA QF | REA SF | CRA QF | CRA QF | BIR 4R | BIR 1R | CRA 2R | CRA SF | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | DUB QF | DUB QF | KIL 3R | KIL 4R | CRA 3R | CRA 3R | BAR QF | BAR 3R | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | WIG SF | WIG 3R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | CRA 1R | CRA 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | DUB 3R | DUB 4R | KIL 4R | KIL W | WIG DNP | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | BAR 3R | BAR SF | CRA 4R | CRA 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG QF | WIG 2R | CRA DNP | COV 2R | COV 3R | CRA QF | CRA 4R | DUB 1R | DUB QF | CRA F | CRA SF | COV 4R | COV 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | COV 3R | COV 4R | COV 3R | CRA 1R | CRA 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | WIG F | WIG 3R | BAR SF | BAR QF | DUB 3R | DUB F | COV 1R | COV 3R | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | COV 2R | COV 4R | BAR SF | BAR SF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR SF | DUB 1R | DUB 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR SF | MIL 2R | MIL QF | BAR F | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | MIL 2R | MIL SF | WIG QF | WIG 4R | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 3R | DUB 3R | DUB 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR QF | BAR 1R | DUB 1R | DUB QF | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | WIG 1R | WIG 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | DUB 1R | DUB QF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | |||||||
| 2020 | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | WIG 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | WIG 1R | BAR 2R | BAR SF | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV 1R | COV 2R | COV SF | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | BOL 2R | BOL 2R | BOL 1R | BOL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | NIE 1R | NIE 2R | NIE 3R | NIE 1R | MIL 1R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | COV 2R | COV 2R | COV 4R | COV 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR SF | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 2R | BAR QF | BAR 3R | |||||||
| 2022 | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | WIG 4R | WIG 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | NIE 3R | NIE 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 4R | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | NIE 2R | NIE SF | BAR 3R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | |||||||
| 2023 | BAR 4R | BAR 1R | BAR W | BAR 2R | BAR 1R | BAR 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | WIG 3R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 4R | HIL 3R | BAR 1R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 3R | BAR 4R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | BAR 2R | |||||||
| 2024 | WIG 4R | WIG 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 4R | LEI 2R | HIL 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 2R | MIL 3R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | MIL 4R | MIL 1R | MIL 2R | MIL 2R | WIG 2R | WIG 2R | MIL 2R | MIL 1R | WIG 2R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 3R | WIG 2R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | |||||||
| 2025 | WIG 1R | WIG 4R | ROS 1R | ROS 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | LEI 1R | ROS 2R | ROS 1R | HIL 2R | HIL 3R | LEI 1R | LEI 2R | LEI 1R | LEI 3R | LEI 2R | HIL 1R | HIL 3R | MIL 1R | MIL 1R | HIL 3R | HIL 3R | LEI | LEI | LEI | WIG | WIG | WIG | WIG | |||
| + Kim Huybrechts televised nine-dart finishes ! Date ! Opponent ! Tournament ! Method ! Prize | ||||
| 14 November 2014 | Michael van Gerwen | Grand Slam | 3 x T20; 3 x T20; T20, T19, D12 |
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