Kevin Münch

Kevin Münch
Kevin Münch
Personal information
Nickname	"The Dragon"
Born	27 July 1988 (age 36); Herne, Germany
Home town	Bochum, Germany
Darts information
Playing darts since	2002
Darts	23g Bull's
Laterality	Left-handed
Walk-on music	"It's My Life" by Bon Jovi
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2004–2011, 2014–2015
PDC	2011–2013, 2015–
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters	Last 40: 2011
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 32: 2012, 2018
Other tournament wins
German Gold Cup	2009, 2015
Germany National Championships	2010
PDC World Germany Qualifying Event	2011, 2017

Kevin Münch (born 27 July 1988) is a German darts player.

Career

Münch reached the last 40 of the 2011 Winmau World Masters before losing to Colin Fowler.

Münch qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the German Qualifier, defeating Bernd Roith 10–8 in the final.^[1] He defeated Malaysia's Lee Choon Peng 4–2 in the preliminary round. In the first round, he played Denis Ovens, and won the first set 3–0 before Ovens was forced to retire from the match due to a back injury.^[2] He played Steve Farmer in the second round and although he led 2–1, with chances to go to 3–1, he would lose the match 4–2.^[3] In June, he earned a place in the German Darts Championship in Berlin by defeating Alexander Tauber and Maik Langendorf in the Home Nation Qualifier.^[4] Münch played Brendan Dolan in the first round and lost 6–4.^[5] He also qualified for the European Darts Open with a win over Michael Rosenauer.^[6] Münch played Dave Chisnall in the first round in Düsseldorf and, after winning the opening leg, lost 6–1.^[7] He qualified for the remaining two European Tour Events of the season, but lost in the first round on both occasions.^[8]^[9]

He briefly returned to the British Darts Organisation, but returned to the PDC in 2015 and went on to qualify for the 2015 European Darts Grand Prix and 2016 European Darts Trophy, where he was knocked out in the first round.^[10]^[11]

On 19 December 2017 at the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, in a major upset Münch defeated former two-time champion Adrian Lewis in the first round 3–1, before losing out to Toni Alcinas of Spain in the Last 32.^[12]