Man Lok Leung

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Man Lok Leung
Personal information
Full name梁文洛
Nickname"Hugo"
Born (1999-03-29) 29 March 1999 (age 24) [1]
Hong Kong
Home townHong Kong
Darts information
Playing darts since2017
Darts21g Trinidad
Laterality Right-handed
Walk-on music"Automatic Victory Let's Fight" by Ekin Cheng
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship Last 64: 2024
Other tournament wins
Johor Open 2023
Malaysian Open 2023
Medal record
Men's Darts
Representing Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
WDF World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Cluj Men's team

Man Lok Leung (born 29 March 1999) is an Hong Kongese professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who currently plays in the World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a WDF World Cup silver medalist.

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Career

Leung qualified for the 2017 PDC World Youth Championship through the Asian qualifier, defeated 6–2 by Rhys Hayden in the First Round. [2] He returned to PDC competition on the 2020 PDC Development Tour, [3] later competing at the 2020 PDC World Youth Championship, reaching the last 32 having won his group. [4] The following year, Leung competed at the 2021 PDC World Cup of Darts alongside Kai Fan Leung, missing match darts to defeat Northern Ireland in the First Round. [5]

In January 2023, Leung made his debut on the World Series of Darts having received a wildcard to compete at the inaugural Bahrain Darts Masters. [6] Having finished joint fourth in the 2023 Asian Tour, Leung lost a World Championship qualifier to Reynaldo Rivera in September 2023. [7] His qualification for the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship was confirmed however following the success of Haruki Muramatsu at the Asian Championship, allowing fifth position in the Asian tour of merit to qualify. [8] On 18 December 2023, Leung made his World Championship debut, defeating highly rated Gian van Veen 3–2 in the First Round having trailed 2–0. [9] [10] His tally of eleven 180s was an individual record for a First Round World Championship match. [11] His run came to an end in the Second Round when he was defeated 3–1 by Gabriel Clemens. [12] [13] [14] Despite his relative success, Leung ruled out an immediate attempt to earn a tour card due to the financial pressure to keep working full-time. [15]

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline

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PDC Ranked televised events
World Championship DNQ 2R
PDC Non-ranked televised events
World Cup of Darts DNQ 1R DNQ RR
World Youth Championship 1R DNQ 1R DNQ QF DNQ

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References

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  2. ↑ "Huge Day Ahead For Young Stars". www.pdc.tv. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "DRAW FOR SIXTH EVENT OF PDC DEVELOPMENT TOUR 2020". dartsnews.com. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Brooks & Davis reach Unicorn World Youth Championship final". www.pdc.tv. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Darts results: Northern Ireland survive scare as England battle past Brazil". www.sportinglife.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bahrain Darts Masters spot for Clayton". www.pdc.tv. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Goto, Nebrida & Rivera seal World Championship spots". www.pdc.tv. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "HARUKI MURAMATSU WINS PDC ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFIES FOR GRAND SLAM OF DARTS AND WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP". dartsnews.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Price powers through to round three, as Leung stuns Van Veen". www.pdc.tv. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "World Darts Championships: Hong Kong's Leung causes major upset on debut, downs van Veen with stunning comeback". South China Morning Post. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "香港选手梁文洛飞镖世锦赛激战荷兰神童 逆转晋级并创下纪录" [Hong Kong player Leung Man-lok defeated the Dutch prodigy in the World Darts Championship and advanced to the next level and set a record] (in Chinese). 19 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALIST GABRIEL CLEMENS ENDS RUN OF MAN LOK LEUNG TO REACH THIRD ROUND". dartsnews.com. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "PDC World Championship 2024: Teenager Luke Littler continues his dream debut with win over Andrew Gilding". BBC Sport. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "飞镖世锦赛香港选手梁文洛不敌德国名将克莱门斯 止步二轮 宗笑尘首轮出局" [Hong Kong player Leung Man-Lok lost to German star Clemens at the World Darts Championship and was stopped in the second round. Zong Xiaochen was eliminated in the first round.]. chinatimes.com.hk (in Chinese). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "MAGNIFICENT MAN LOK LEUNG RULES OUT IMMINENT Q-SCHOOL TILT DESPITE ALLY PALLY BRILLIANCE DUE TO 'FINANCIAL PRESSURE'". dartsnews.com. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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