{{Short description|Hong Kong darts player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox darts player | image = | name = Kai Fan Leung (梁啟勳) | fullname = | nickname = "FB" | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|9|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mastercaller.com/players/kai-fan-leung|title=Kai-Fan Leung - Mastercaller.com|website=mastercaller.com}}</ref> | birth_place = Hong Kong | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Hong Kong | since = 2014 | darts = 22g One80 | laterality = Left-handed | music = "[[Hong Kong Phooey#Music|Hong Kong Phooey]]" by [[Scatman Crothers]] | BDO = | PDC = 2016– <br><small>(Tour Card: 2020–2021)</small> | WDF = 2022– | currentrank = {{WDF Rankings|Kai Fan Leung}} | BDO World = Last 32: [[2023 WDF World Darts Championship|2023]], [[2024 WDF World Darts Championship|2024]] | World Masters = Semi Final [[2022 World Masters (darts)|2022]] | World Darts Trophy = | Dutch Open = Last 128: 2023 | PDC World = Last 72: [[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|2018]] | Matchplay = | Grand Prix = | UK Open = Last 64: [[2021 UK Open|2021]] | European = | Premier League = | tournament = | results = {{aligned table|leftright=y|fullwidth=y|class=nowrap | '''[[Swedish Open (darts)|Swedish Open]]'''| 2022 | '''[[Hong Kong Open (darts)|Hong Kong Open]]'''| 2018, 2019 }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Darts]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{HKG}}}} {{MedalCompetition | [[WDF Asia-Pacific Cup]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[WDF Asia-Pacific Cup|2016 Osaka]] | Team event}} {{MedalBronze | [[WDF Asia-Pacific Cup|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.
==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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Careem |first1=Nazvi |title=‘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 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3048821/fat-beauty-kevin-leung-thought-darts-was-stupid-until-he-hit-triple |website=SCMP |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2017, he qualified for the [[2017 UK Open|UK Open]], losing in the first round. He then represented Hong Kong in the [[2017 PDC World Cup of Darts|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prenderville |first1=Paul |title=Lisa Ashton misses out on PDC Tour card after losing to Kai Fan Leung at Q-School |url=https://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/11910972/lisa-ashton-misses-out-on-pdc-tour-card-after-losing-to-kai-fan-leung-at-q-school |website=Sky Sports |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Samuel |title=Leung wins men's title at WDF Swedish Open |url=https://dartsnews.com/wdf/leung-wins-mens-title-at-wdf-swedish-open |website=Darts News |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kai-Fan Leung |url=https://dartswdf.com/players/kai-fan-leung |website=WDF |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 WDF Lakeside World Championship - Day 5 Evening Session Report |url=https://dartswdf.com/news/2024-wdf-lakeside-world-championship-day-5-evening-session-report |website=WDF |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Leung was a stockbroker before starting to play darts and was also passionate for long-distance running.
==World Championship results== ===PDC=== * 2018: Preliminary round (lost to [[Paul Lim]] 2–0) (sets)
===WDF=== * 2023: Second round (lost to [[Thomas Junghans]] 1–3) * 2024: Second round (lost to [[Paul Lim]] 2–3)
==Performance timeline== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Tournament !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 |- | colspan="31" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Ranked televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[PDC World Darts Championship|PDC World Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2018 PDC World Darts Championship|PR]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[UK Open]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2017 UK Open|1R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2020 UK Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2021 UK Open|4R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2022 UK Open|1R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | colspan="10" align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Non-major televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[PDC World Cup of Darts]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 PDC World Cup of Darts|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 PDC World Cup of Darts|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC World Cup of Darts|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC World Cup of Darts|1R]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | colspan="31" align="left" |'''[[World Darts Federation|WDF]] Ranked televised events''' |- | style="background:#efefef;" | [[WDF World Darts Championship|WDF World Championship]] | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 WDF World Darts Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 WDF World Darts Championship|2R]] |- | style="background:#efefef;" align=left| [[Winmau World Masters]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[2022 World Masters (darts)|SF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ |- | style="background:#efefef;"| [[Dutch Open (darts)|Dutch Open]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Non-ranked | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|PDC | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 Dutch Open (darts)|6R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNP |- | colspan="10" align="left" |'''Career statistics''' |- bgcolor="efefef" | align="left" |'''[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] Year-end ranking''' | style="text-align:center;|177 | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|119 | style="text-align:center;|98 | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- | style="text-align:center;|- |}
'''PDC European Tour''' {| class="wikitable" style="width:15%; margin:0" |- ! Season !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2020 PDC Pro Tour|2020]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Belgian Darts Championship|BDC]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2020 German Darts Championship|GDC]]<br>DNQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2020 European Darts Grand Prix|EDG]]<br>DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 International Darts Open|IDO]]<br>1R |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2021 PDC Pro Tour|2021]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 Hungarian Darts Trophy|HDT]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Darts Trophy|GDT]]<br>DNP |}
'''PDC Players Championships''' {| class="wikitable" style="width:20%; margin:0; font-size:84%" |- ! Season !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 !! 19 !! 20 !! 21 !! 22 !! 23 !! 24 !! 25 !! 26 !! 27 !! 28 !! 29 !! 30 |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2020 PDC Pro Tour|2020]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 1|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 2|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 3|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 4|WIG]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 5|WIG]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 6|WIG]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 7|BAR]]<br>4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 8|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 9|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 10|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 11|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 12|MIL]]<br>4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 13|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 14|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 15|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 16|NIE]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 17|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 18|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 19|COV]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 20|COV]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 21|COV]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 22|COV]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 23|COV]]<br>1R |- | style="text-align:center;"background:#efefef;" | [[2021 PDC Pro Tour|2021]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 1|BOL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 2|BOL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 3|BOL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 4|BOL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 5|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 6|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 7|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 8|MIL]]<br>4R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 9|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 10|NIE]]<br>3R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 11|NIE]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 12|NIE]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 13|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 14|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 15|MIL]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 16|MIL]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 17|COV]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 18|COV]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 19|COV]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 20|COV]]<br>DNP | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 21|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 22|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 23|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 24|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 25|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 26|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 27|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 28|BAR]]<br>2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 29|BAR]]<br>1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 PDC Players Championship series#Players Championship 30|BAR]]<br>1R |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{DartsOrakel|Leung Kai Fan}}
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