1. Max Hopp was born on 20 August 1996 and is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events.
18 Facts About Max Hopp
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Max Hopp won 2 ranking PDC titles in 2018, becoming the first German to win a Pro Tour event and the first to win on the PDC European Tour.
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Max 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.
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Max Hopp reached the last 16 of the 2012 Dutch Darts Masters, defeating Terry Jenkins and Steve Beaton before losing to Paul Nicholson.
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Max 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.
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Max Hopp entered Q School in an attempt to win a PDC Tour Card to play the full circuit in 2013, but could not get past the last 64 in any of the four days.
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Max 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.
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Max Hopp began 2014 ranked world number 76, outside of the top 64 who guarantee themselves entry into every event for the year ahead.
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Max Hopp entered Q School in an attempt to win a two-year tour card but was not successful and only had PDPA Associate Member status for 2014 which gave him entry to UK Open and European Tour qualifiers as well as the Challenge Tour.
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Max Hopp hit 10 180s during the match, the most of all the first round players in the event.
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However, his play during 2014 and at the World Championship saw him rise 14 places in the rankings during the year to start 2015 62nd, the first time Max Hopp has been inside the top 64 who gain their PDC tour cards.
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Max Hopp played in his first World Cup of Darts this year.
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Max Hopp partnered Jyhan Artut and they saw off India and Austria to make the quarter-finals, where they lost both their singles matches against England to exit the tournament.
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Max Hopp then lost by a reversal of this scoreline to Gerwyn Price.
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Max Hopp teamed up with Martin Schindler at the World Cup and they played the Netherlands in the quarter-finals after overcoming Northern Ireland and Brazil.
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Max Hopp was one of four Host Nation Qualifiers for the 2018 German Darts Open.
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Max Hopp won his second senior PDC title at Players Championship 19.
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Max Hopp lost his third-round match against Michael van Gerwen, who went on to win the tournament.