Kai Fan Leung
| Kai Fan Leung (梁啟勳) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "FB" | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1983[1] Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 22g One80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Hong Kong Phooey" by Scatman Crothers | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2016– (Tour Card: 2020–2021) | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2022– | |||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 27  1 (8 December 2024)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2023, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Semi Final 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Last 128: 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kai Fan Leung (born 11 September 1983) is a Hong Kong professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and World Darts Federation (WDF) events.
Career
[edit]He started to play darts in 2014, entered competitions and become one of Hong Kong’s top players. At the end of 2015, he quit his job to take up darts full-time.[3]
In 2017, he qualified for the UK Open, losing in the first round. He then represented Hong Kong in the World Cup of Darts alongside Royden Lam, but they lost out in the first round to the Russian pairing of Boris Koltsov and Aleksandr Oreshkin. Leung won the 2017 North & East Asia Qualifier for the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 2–0 to Paul Lim in the preliminary round.
Leung won a two-year PDC Tour Card on 17 January 2020, beating Lisa Ashton 5–4 in the play-off match at UK Q-School. He became the second Hong Kong player to qualify for the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) ProTour.[4]
In 2022, Leung was runner up at the 2022 Isle of Man Masters, losing to Ryan Hogarth of Scotland 4-5 in the Final. He won the title at the WDF Swedish Open 2022, when he triumphed in the final with 5-1 against Alexander Merkx.[5]
In the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship, Leung made his debut at the Lakeside. He competed in the second round against Swiss player Thomas Junghans. Leung started by winning the first set 3-2, capitalizing on Junghans’ missed doubles. However, Junghans improved his finishing in subsequent sets, ultimately defeating Leung 3-1.
In 2024 Leung continued playing mainly in WDF events and made his semi-final appearances at events like the Bruges Open and Belfry Open in 2024, and took victory at the Irish Classic.[6] Leung competed again in the 2024 WDF World Darts Championship at the Lakeside and started in the Second round as a seeded player against Paul Lim. Despite a strong performance with an average score of 87.44, Leung was defeated by Lim in a five-set match, ending 3-2 in favor of Lim.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Leung was a stockbroker before starting to play darts and was also passionate for long-distance running.
World Championship results
[edit]PDC
[edit]- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Paul Lim 2–0) (sets)
WDF
[edit]- 2023: Second round (lost to Thomas Junghans 1–3)
- 2024: Second round (lost to Paul Lim 2–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PDC World Championship | DNQ | PR | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | 1R | DNQ | 3R | 4R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Non-major televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC World Cup of Darts | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF World Championship | DNP | NH | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winmau World Masters | DNP | NH | SF | NH | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dutch Open | Non-ranked | PDC | NH | DNP | 6R | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC Year-end ranking | 177 | - | - | 119 | 98 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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| 2020 | BDC 1R |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO 1R |
| 2021 | HDT DNP |
GDT DNP |
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 |
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| 2020 | BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 2R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 1R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R |
COV 2R |
COV 1R | |||||||
| 2021 | BOL 1R |
BOL 1R |
BOL 2R |
BOL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 3R |
NIE 1R |
NIE 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
COV DNP |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kai-Fan Leung - Mastercaller.com". mastercaller.com.
- ^ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Careem, Nazvi. "'Fat Beauty' Kevin Leung thought darts was 'stupid' until he hit triple bullseye on his first go – now he wants to take the game out of pubs and bars". SCMP. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Prenderville, Paul. "Lisa Ashton misses out on PDC Tour card after losing to Kai Fan Leung at Q-School". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Gill, Samuel. "Leung wins men's title at WDF Swedish Open". Darts News. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Kai-Fan Leung". WDF. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship - Day 5 Evening Session Report". WDF. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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