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 40) [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–
WDF 2022–
Current world ranking 11 Increase2.svg 17 (14 November 2023) [2]
WDF major events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 32: 2023
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

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.

In 2022, Leung was runner up at the 2022 Isle of Man Masters, losing to Ryan Hogarth of Scotland 4-5 in the Final.

World Championship results

PDC

WDF

Performance timeline

PDC

Tournament201720182019202020212022
PDC World Championship DNQ PR DNQ
UK Open 1R DNQ 3R 4R 1R
Non-major televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts 1R DNQ 1R 1R 1R DNQ

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References

  1. "Kai-Fan Leung - Mastercaller.com". mastercaller.com.
  2. "WDF Men's Rankings Table". WDF. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

3. https://www.dartslive.com/dsp/#hk 4. https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3048821/fat-beauty-kevin-leung-thought-darts-was-stupid-until-he-hit-triple