Christian Dumalaug Perez (born 17 January 1982) is a Filipino professional

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player who competes in

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(PDC) and

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events. He was the 2022 PDC Asian Champion. He won his first ranking WDF title at the 2025 Scottish Open. He was a

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holder from 2023 to 2024, reaching his first semi-final in a ranking PDC event at Players Championship 4 in 2024. He has represented the

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on three occasions at the

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, reaching the second round in

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partnering

Lourence Ilagan Lourence Gregorio Ilagan (born 11 February 1978) is a Filipino professional soft-tip and steel-tip darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and international soft-tip events. His biggest achievement to date was making the ...

Career

2009

In October 2009, Perez reached the final of the Shanghai International Darts Open, losing 10–4 to

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. He later qualified for the

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where he defeated

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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

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after defeating Bobong Gabiana in the final of the Philippines qualifier. He won through the preliminary round where he beat Dietmar Burger 4 legs to 0, setting up a first round match with

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, which he then lost 3 sets to 1 on the same day. Perez represented the Philippines with

in the

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and together they were beaten 5–3 by the United States in the first round. In December he lost in the final of the Soft Tip World Championship to Takehiro Suzuki of Japan.

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. In October, he won the third Soft Tip Dartslive event in Hong King by seeing off Ilagan in the final. 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.

2014

In September 2014, Perez won the South Asian Qualifier for the 2015 World Championship with a 5–2 victory over Bryan Eribal. He played Spain's

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in the preliminary round and was whitewashed 4–0.

2023

At the

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, Perez was defeated by

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2–3 in the first round. In January he took part in the PDC UK Q-School qualifying tournament. On the fourth day of the tournament finals, Perez obtained a

for the next two years by finishing 9th on the UK Order of Merit. The same year, Perez and Ilagan again played the

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. 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

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. At the

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, Perez made the semi-finals for the first time at event four. Perez defeated Danny Lauby Jr. 6–5,

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6–3,

Ricardo Pietreczko Ricardo Pietreczko (born 20 October 1994) is a German professional darts player. Nicknamed "Pikachu" after the character from ''Pokémon'', he competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked world number tw ...

6–1,

Gerwyn Price Gerwyn Price (born 7 March 1985) is a Welsh professional darts player and former professional rugby union and rugby league player. He competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked PDC Order of Merit, world ...

6–4 and

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6–2 before losing to

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7–2. Perez made his

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debut at the 2024 event, winning his second round tie 6–2 against

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, before falling to

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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

1–3) * 2015: Preliminary round (lost to

0–4 in legs) * 2023: First round (lost to

2–3)

Performance timeline

PDC Players Championships

References

External links

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Christian Perez player profile at Mastercaller
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