Dominik Grüllich
| Dominik Grüllich | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 27 March 2002[1] Pfaffenhofen, Germany[2] |
| Home town | Wolnzach, Germany[2] |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 2018 |
| Darts | 23.5g Mission Signature[3] |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Fayern - Los Bradulos |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| PDC | 2018– |
| WDF | 2019–2024 |
| Current world ranking | (PDC) 98 (23 November 2025)[4] |
| WDF major events – best performances | |
| World Masters | Last 128: 2022 |
| PDC premier events – best performances | |
| UK Open | Last 96: 2025 |
Dominik Grüllich (born 27 March 2002) is a German professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Career
Grüllich gained his first experience in his regional association in Bavaria. He also regularly took part in tournaments organized by the DDV and was able to achieve some success there.
In 2019 Grüllich competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, he won his first title at the Sylt Classic Youth.[5][6] Grüllich was also a member of the German national team at the WDF World Cup Youth, where he reached the quarter-finals of the singles competition and lost to Keelan Kay. He won the bronze medal in the mixed pairs competition, together with Suzan Atas. At the World Masters, he was eliminated in the youth tournament in the second round. At the 2022 World Masters, Grüllich reached the second round after getting through the group stage. In the second round match he lost to Johan Engström.[7]
After problems with dartitis, Grüllich reached his first final on the PDC Development Tour in 2021. He was defeated by Nico Kurz. In the 2023 PDC Development Tour series, he reached a semi-final and a final twice. At the 2023 PDC World Youth Championship, he finished top of his group before he was eliminated by eventual finalist Gian van Veen. In October, he reached the quarter-finals of the 2023 PDC Europe Super League, where he was eliminated - again plagued by dartitis - against Lukas Wenig 6–0.
At the beginning of 2024, Grüllich missed out on a PDC Tour Card at the PDC Qualifying School when he missed several match darts. At the end of 2023, he was ranked in 16th place on the Development Tour rankings, which qualified him for the 2024 UK Open, but he was eliminated in the first round. At the beginning of June 2024, he was able to reach his first PDC Challenge Tour quarter-final in August he went a step further in the same tournament series by reaching the semi-finals. In October, Grüllich made his debut at the Players Championships as a reserve player, winning a match against Jelle Klaasen. At the 2024 PDC World Youth Championship he reached the last 16 where he lost to Dylan Slevin. At the PDC Europe Super League he made the semi-finals. Like the previous year, he reached the knockout stage and a win over Kevin Troppmann took him through to the next round. In the semi-finals, he lost to eventual winner Kai Gotthardt.
On 12 January 2025, he secured a PDC Tour Card for the 2025 PDC Pro Tour and 2026 PDC Pro Tour via the European Qualifying School ranking. On the 2025 PDC Development Tour he reached a final at event 7,[8][9] and won his first two titles at events 10 and 21.[10][11][12] At PDC Players Championship 14, Grüllich reached his first Pro Tour final. His run to the final included victories over Daryl Gurney, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Michael Smith before losing to Jonny Clayton in the final.[13][14]
World Championship results
PDC
- 2026: First round (lost to Jermaine Wattimena 2–3)
Performance timeline
WDF
| Tournament | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked televised events | |||||
| World Masters | 2R | ||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | |||||
| World Championship | DNQ | ||||
| World Masters | DNQ | Prel. | |||
| UK Open | DNQ | 1R | 3R | ||
| PDC Non-ranked televised events | |||||
| World Youth Championship | 2R | 3R | 2R | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
ROS 1R |
ROS 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
ROS 3R |
ROS F |
HIL 3R |
HIL 4R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 3R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 4R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
LEI 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
Titles
References
- ^ "Dominik Gruellich". Flashscore. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Dominik Grüllich". Professional Darts Players Association. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Dominik Grüllich". Mastercaller. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Dominik Grüllich". World Darts Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "Dominik Grüllich". Mission Darts. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ "WDF World Masters 2022". tv.dartconnect.com. 8–11 December 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ "Beau and Branley Triumph". Darts World. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (28 March 2025). "Brilliant Beau and Branley secure Development Tour success in Leicester". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ Simpson, Will (30 March 2025). "Gruellich gains maiden Development Tour title in Leicester". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "Dev Tour Final Lap: Dom & Cam Seal Wigan Wins". Darts World Magazine. 11 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (11 October 2025). "Crabtree & Gruellich share Dev Tour spoils; Greaves secures PDC Tour Card". Professional Darts Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ^ "Dominik Gruellich". Darts Database. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
- ^ Abraham, Timothy (15 April 2025). "Players Championship: Jonny Clayton beats Dominik Gruellich to win first PDC ranking title of 2025". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2025.