Christian Perez (darts player)

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Christian Perez
Personal information
Full nameChristian Perez
Nickname"The Titan"
Born (1982-01-17) 17 January 1982 (age 42)
Koronadal, Philippines
Home townKoronadal, Philippines
Darts information
Playing darts since2000
Darts24g Robson - Christian Perez Signature Darts
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Give Me Everything" by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC 2009–
(Tour Card: 2023-)
Current world ranking 95 Steady2.svg (14 April 2024) [1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2010, 2012
UK Open Last 96: 2024
Grand Slam Group Stage: 2022
Other tournament wins
PDC Asian Championship 2022
Malaysian Open 2018
Philippines Open 2011
PDC Philippines Qualifier 2009, 2011
PDC South Asian Qualifier 2014
Dartslive Hong-Kong 2013

Christian "Ian" Perez (born 17 January 1982) is a Filipino professional darts player.

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Career

2009

In October 2009, Perez reached the final of the Shanghai International Darts Open, losing 10–4 to John Part. He later qualified for the 2010 PDC World Darts Championship where he defeated Denmark's Per Laursen 4–3 in the preliminary round. In the first round against Robert Thornton, Perez won the first set, but eventually lost 3–1.

2012

Perez qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship after defeating Bobong Gabiana in the final of the Philippines qualifier. [2] He won through the preliminary round where he beat Dietmar Burger 4 legs to 0, setting up a first round match with Alan Tabern, which he then lost 3 sets to 1 on the same day.

Perez represented the Philippines with Lourence Ilagan in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 5–3 by the United States in the first round. [3] In December he lost in the final of the Soft Tip World Championship to Takehiro Suzuki of Japan. [4]

2013

Perez was due to play with Ilagan once more in the 2013 World Cup of Darts but they were forced to withdraw due to travel problems. [5] In October, he won the third Soft Tip Dartslive event in Hong King by seeing off Ilagan in the final. [6] Perez progressed to the final of the Grand Final for the second year in a row where Ilagan exacted revenge by defeating him 4–1. [7]

2014

In September 2014, Perez won the South Asian Qualifier for the 2015 World Championship with a 5–2 victory over Bryan Eribal. [8] He played Spain's Cristo Reyes in the preliminary round and was whitewashed 4–0. [9]

2023

At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Perez was defeated by Simon Whitlock 2–3 in the first round. [10]

In January he took part in the PDC UK Q-School qualifying tournament. [11] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, Perez obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years by finishing 9th on the UK Order of Merit. The same year, Perez and Ilagan again played the World Cup of Darts. They lost in the second round 8–5 to the Scottish team (Peter Wright & Gary Anderson).

2024

Perez played on the Pro Tour again in 2024. At the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, Perez made the semi-finals for the first time at event four. Perez defeated Danny Lauby Jr. 6–5, Martin Schindler 6–3, Ricardo Pietreczko 6–1, Gerwyn Price 6–4 and Raymond van Barneveld 6–2 before losing to Damon Heta 2–7.

Perez made his UK Open debut at the 2024 event, winning his first round tie 6–2 against Jeffrey Sparidaans, before falling to Vincent van der Voort 6–4 in his second round match.

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

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PDC World Championship 1R DNQ 1R DNQ PR DNQ 1R DNQ
UK Open DNPWD 2R
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNPNH 1R DNP 2R
Year-end ranking102-----------127181

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References

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  2. ↑ Trio Secure World Championship Spots Archived 13 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
  3. ↑ "Cash Converters World Cup RD1". PDC. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "2012 World Soft Darts World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Italy To Replace Philippines". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "2013 Soft Tip Dartslive Hong Kong Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ilagan Claims DARTSLIVE Title". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Filipino darter makes it to world tourney". philstar.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "William Hill World Championship Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Former PDC finalist Simon Whitlock survives scare against Christian Perez". The Guardian. PA Media. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.
  11. ↑ "Christian Perez". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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