Christian Perez (darts player)

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

Christian Perez
Personal information
Full nameChristian Perez
Nickname"The Titan"
Born (1982-01-17) 17 January 1982
Koronadal, Philippines
Home townKoronadal, Philippines
Darts information
Playing darts since2000
Darts18g G-Force
LateralityRight-handed
Walk-on music"Elevation" by U2
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC2009–
Current world ranking156 Decrease 1 (21 October 2023)[1]
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'shipLast 64: 2010, 2012
Grand SlamGroup 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

Career

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.

Perez again qualified for the PDC World Championship in 2012 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] He 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]

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]

In January 2023, he took part in the PDC Q-School qualifying tournament.[10] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, he obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years. The same year, Perez en Ilagan again played the World Cup of Darts. They made it to the second round, but lost there to the Scottish team(Peter Wright en Gary Anderson).

World Championship results

PDC

Performance timeline
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
PDC World Championship 1R DNQ 1R DNQ PR DNQ 1R
UK Open DNP WD
Grand Slam of Darts DNQ RR
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts DNP NH 1R DNP 2R
Year-end ranking 102 - - - - - - - - - - - 127

References
  1. "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. Trio Secure World Championship Spots Archived 2011-12-13 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. "Christian Perez". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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