Chris Loudon

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Chris Loudon
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Loudon
Nickname"Fingers"
Born (1985-05-19) 19 May 1985 (age 38)
Glasgow, Scotland
Home townGlasgow, Scotland
Darts information
Playing darts since1993
Darts25 Gram Chris Loudon Custom Short Stemmed
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Nobody's Heroes" by Stiff Little Fingers
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO 2004–2008, 2011–2013
PDC 2008–2010
WDF major events – best performances
World Masters Last 64: 2009
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open Last 96: 2009
US Open/WSoD Last 64: 2010
Updated on 1 February 2019.

Christopher Loudon (born 19 May 1985) is a Scottish former professional darts player.

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Career

Loudon began playing darts at four years of age, and throughout his childhood and early teens, competed in local and international youth tournaments with the British Darts Organisation (BDO). Loudon last played competitively for the BDO in February 2009, when he participated in the BDO 2009 Scottish Open. [1] He reached his board semi-final in this event, which was later won by Tony O'Shea. [2]

After the tournament, Loudon decided to move to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC). To date, his greatest achievement in the PDC is reaching the second round of the Blue Square, 2009 UK Open Darts tournament, held in Bolton, England. [3] [4]

In July 2010, Loudon was ranked 115th on the PDC Order of Merit. [5] In separate ranked tournaments, he was ranked joint-79th in the 2010 PDC Player's Championship Order of Merit, and joint-64th in the Blue Square UK Open Order of Merit in 2009. [6] In 2010, and in the same tournament, Loudon was ranked 95th, and therefore qualified to compete in the Riley's Darts Zones - UK Open Darts Championship for a second time. [7] On 3 June 2010, he played against Paul Whitworth in the first round and was subsequently defeated 6–5. [8]

In October 2010, Loudon decided to move back to the BDO.

Nickname

Loudon was interviewed on Scottish radio station in 2010 [9] 96.3 Rock Radio, and confirmed that he did not have an official walk-on music or darts nickname, but has been referred to as "Fingers" because he "works with computers and plays darts". The DJ then suggested the nickname "Stiff Little Fingers" (a reference to the Northern Irish punk rock band), and perhaps "something by them" for his walk-on music.

Personal life

Loudon is a cousin of Scottish professional footballers Darren Young and Derek Young.

Notable earnings, achievements and results to date

[10]

DateTournamentCategoryRoundPrizeNotes: Results (PDC World Rank (at The time))
28/06/2010PDPA Players Championship Las Vegas 1PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-5 Nico Depaynos

Gary Anderson (7) 6-0 Chris Loudon

27/06/2010PDC US OpenPDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-4 Mark Dudbridge (19)

Ken MacNeil (78) 6-3 Chris Loudon

12/06/2010PDPA Players Championship Barnsley 1PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-5 Joe Cullen (76)

Kevin Painter (18) 6-3 Chris Loudon

03/06/2010 Riley's Darts Zones - UK Open Darts Championship PDC PremierLast 128 (Round 1)£0Chris Loudon 5-6 Paul Whitworth (Am Qualifier)
21/03/2010UK Open Qualifier 4PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-3 Steve Beaton (22)

Colin Monk (64) 6-5 Chris Loudon

07/03/2010PDPA Players Championship Germany 2PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-3 Carsten Becker

Robert Thornton (15) 6-2 Chris Loudon

06/03/2010PDPA Players Championship Germany 1PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-1 Wim Mink

Wayne Jones 6-2 Chris Loudon

20/02/2010PDPA Players Championship Swindon 1PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-1 Jon Archer (P Round)

Chris Loudon 6-3 Chris Allen

Jelle Klaasen (25) 6-3 Chris Loudon

06/02/2010PDPA Players Championship Gibraltar 2PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-2 Nick Fulwell (76)

Mario Masurka (150) 6-4 Chris Loudon

08/11/2009PDPA Players Championship Irvine 2PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-4 Steve Musson

Mark Walsh (11) 6-3 Chris Loudon

06/09/2009PDPA Players Championship Austria 2PDC Pro TourLast 32£300Chris Loudon 6-5 Roland Freistatter

Chris Loudon 6-4 Gary Anderson (59)

Louis Blundell 6-4 Chris Loudon

21/06/2009PDPA Players Championship Germany 2PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-1 Barry Zander

Andy Smith (27) 6-5 Chris Loudon

20/06/2009PDPA Players Championship Germany 1PDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-4 Marco Kantele

Jelle Klaasen (26) 6-3 Chris Loudon

13/06/2009PDPA Players Championship BarnsleyPDC Pro TourLast 32£300Chris Loudon 6-5 Steve Maish (25)

Chris Loudon 6-3 Ian MacFarlane

Colin Lloyd (9) 6-3 Chris Loudon

07/06/2009 2009 UK Open Darts PDC PremierLast 96 (Round 2)£0Adrian Genery 5-6 Chris Loudon

Chris Loudon 5-6 Chris Cooper

09/05/2009PDPA Players Championship WalesPDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-5 Robbie Parker

Colin Osborne (16) 6-2 Chris Loudon

29/03/2009UK Open Midlands Regional FinalPDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-2 Roland Scholten (20)

Lionel Sams (70) 6-3 Chris Loudon

22/03/2009UK Open Southern Regional FinalPDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-3 John Kuczynski (78)

Denis Ovens (19) 6-3 Chris Loudon

21/03/2009PDPA Players Championship SouthPDC Pro TourLast 64£200Chris Loudon 6-3 Steve Grubb (87)

Darren Johnson 6-4 Chris Loudon

07/03/2009PDPA Players Championship ScotlandPDC Pro TourLast 128£0 James Wade (2) 6-1 Chris Loudon (PDC debut)
21/02/2009 Scottish Open BDOLast 128£0Defeated in board semi-final.
09/03/2008Isle of Man OpenBDOLast 64£20
28/05/2006Scottish National ChampionshipsNationalQuarter Final£Unknown
24/10/2004World MastersWDFLast 64£Unknown

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References

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  2. ↑ "BDO Scottish Open 2009 Last 64" (PDF). BDO. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
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