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Full name | Alexander Hon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "The Rock" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hong Kong | 26 August 1976||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing darts since | 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Darts | 21g | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "We Will Rock You" by Queen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2007–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WDF Platinum – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Masters | Last 144: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 72: 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alex Hon (born 26 August 1976 in Hong Kong) is a former professional darts player from Hong Kong.
Hon almost qualified for the 2011 PDC World Darts Championship, but lost in the final of the Chinese qualifier to Scott MacKenzie. [1] He also lost in the final of the 2012 Hong Kong Open to Ryan Ocampo. [2] A victory over Yuanjun Liu saw Han qualify for the 2015 World Championship, where he lost 4–0 to Nolan Arendse in the preliminary round. [3] Hon lost in the final of the Hong Kong Open for the second time in 2015, this time to Scott MacKenzie. [4]
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