Kai Fan Leung

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Kai Fan Leung (梁啟勳)
Personal information
Nickname"FB"
Born (1983-09-11) 11 September 1983 (age 41) [1]
Hong Kong
Home townHong Kong
Darts information
Playing darts since2014
Darts22g 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 26 Decrease2.svg 20 (24 November 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
Swedish Open 2022
Hong Kong Open 2018, 2019
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
WDF Asia-Pacific Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Osaka Team event
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Osaka Men's pairs

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.

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Career

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

Leung was a stockbroker before starting to play darts and was also passionate for long-distance running.

World Championship results

PDC

WDF

Performance timeline

Tournament20172018201920202021202220232024
PDC Ranked televised events
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 DNPNHDNQ 2R 2R
Winmau World Masters DNPNH SF NHDNQ
Dutch Open Non-rankedPDCNHDNP 6R DNP
Career statistics
PDC Year-end ranking177--11998---


PDC European Tour

Season1234
2020 BDC
1R		 GDC
DNQ		 EDG
DNQ		 IDO
1R
2021 HDT
DNP		 GDT
DNP


PDC Players Championships

Season123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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

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References

  1. ↑ "Kai-Fan Leung - Mastercaller.com". mastercaller.com.
  2. ↑ "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gill, Samuel. "Leung wins men's title at WDF Swedish Open". Darts News. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kai-Fan Leung". WDF. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship - Day 5 Evening Session Report". WDF. Retrieved 6 December 2024.


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