Christian Perez (darts player)

Christian Perez
Christian Perez
Personal information
Full name	Christian Perez
Nickname	"The Titan"
Born	17 January 1982 (age 42); Koronadal, Philippines
Home town	Koronadal, Philippines
Darts information
Playing darts since	2000
Darts	24g Robson - Christian Perez Signature Darts
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Give Me Everything" by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
Organisation (see split in darts)
PDC	2009–; (Tour Card: 2023-)
Current world ranking	116 2 (31 October 2024)
PDC premier events – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 64: 2010, 2012
UK Open	Last 96: 2024
Grand Slam	Group 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

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

Career

2009

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.

2012

Perez qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship 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]

2013

Perez 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]

2014

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]

2023

At the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship, Perez was defeated by Simon Whitlock 2–3 in the first round.^[10]

In January he took part in the PDC UK Q-School qualifying tournament.^[11] On the fourth day of the tournament finals, Perez obtained a PDC Tour Card for the next two years by finishing 9th on the UK Order of Merit. The same year, Perez and Ilagan again played the World Cup of Darts. They lost in the second round 8–5 to the Scottish team (Peter Wright & Gary Anderson).

2024

Perez played on the Pro Tour again in 2024. At the 2024 PDC Players Championship series, Perez made the semi-finals for the first time at event four. Perez defeated Danny Lauby Jr. 6–5, Martin Schindler 6–3, Ricardo Pietreczko 6–1, Gerwyn Price 6–4 and Raymond van Barneveld 6–2 before losing to Damon Heta 7–2.

Perez made his UK Open debut at the 2024 event, winning his second round tie 6–2 against Jeffrey Sparidaans, before falling to Vincent van der Voort 6–4 in his third round match.

World Championship results

PDC

2010: First round (lost to Robert Thornton 1–3)
2012: First round (lost to Alan Tabern 1–3)
2015: Preliminary round (lost to Cristo Reyes 0–4 in legs)
2023: First round (lost to Simon Whitlock 2–3)

Performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PDC World Championship	1R	DNQ	1R	DNQ		PR	DNQ							1R	DNQ
UK Open	DNP													WD	3R
Grand Slam of Darts	DNQ												RR	DNQ
PDC Non-ranked televised events
PDC World Cup of Darts	DNP	NH	1R	DNP										2R	RR
Year-end ranking	102	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	127	181

PDC Players Championships

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
2024	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	LEI 1R	LEI SF	HIL DNP	HIL DNP	LEI 1R	LEI 1R	HIL 3R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	HIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	MIL 2R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	MIL 1R	MIL 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG 1R	WIG DNP	WIG DNP	LEI DNP	LEI DNP

Performance Table Legend
W	Won the tournament	F	Finalist	SF	Semifinalist	QF	Quarterfinalist	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	DQ	Disqualified
DNQ	Did not qualify	DNP	Did not participate	WD	Withdrew	NH	Tournament not held	#R RR L#	Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage	NYF	Not yet founded

References

^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ Trio Secure World Championship Spots Archived 13 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine PDC.tv
^ "Cash Converters World Cup RD1". PDC. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
^ "2012 World Soft Darts World Championship Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
^ "Italy To Replace Philippines". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
^ "2013 Soft Tip Dartslive Hong Kong Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "Ilagan Claims DARTSLIVE Title". PDC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "Filipino darter makes it to world tourney". philstar.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
^ "William Hill World Championship Day One". PDC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ "Former PDC finalist Simon Whitlock survives scare against Christian Perez". The Guardian. PA Media. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.
^ "Christian Perez". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

External links

Player profile for Christian Perez from Dartsdatabase

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[PDC_Rankings-1] "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[2] Trio Secure World Championship Spots Archived 13 December 2011 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.

[1712Guardian-10] "Former PDC finalist Simon Whitlock survives scare against Christian Perez". The Guardian. PA Media. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.

[11] "Christian Perez". mastercaller.com. Retrieved 15 January 2023.

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