Chris Landman (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He won 2023 PDC Challenge Tour 1 and finished as runner-up at 2023 Players Championship 9.
Landman previously competed in World Darts Federation (WDF) events, finishing as the runner-up at the 2023 Lakeside World Championship.
Career
2017
Landman won the 2017 Catalonian Open, reached the quarter-final of the 2017 WDF World Cup Singles, and reached the Last 16 of the 2017 BDO World Masters.
2018
Landman qualified for the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship as one of the Regional Table Qualifiers, losing to Derk Telnekes 3–0 in sets in the preliminary round.
2019
Landman also qualified for the 2019 BDO World Championship, losing in the first round to Kyle McKinstry 3–2.
2020
Landman qualified for the 2020 BDO World Championship and reached the quarter-finals after beating Dave Parletti 3–2 and Ben Hazel 4–3 before losing to eventual champion Wayne Warren 5–3.
2021
Landman qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the West Europe Qualifier. He whitewashed S in the qualifier before defeating Niels Zonneveld 6–5 in a deciding leg, beating Mats Gies in the final 6-3. He played former BDO World Champion Scott Mitchell in the Last 96, beating him 3-0. This set up a clash with seeded player Ian White in the last 64, to whom Landman lost 3-1. Landman then went to Q-School, where he failed to gain a tour card. In 2022, Landman won the Northern Ireland Matchplay beating Shaun Griffiths 5–1.
Landman qualified for the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship as the 7th seed. He whitewashed Davie Kirwan 3–0, defeated Thomas Junghans 3–2, the number 2 seed, defending 2022 champion, Neil Duff 4–3 and the number 3 seed, 2006 BDO World Champion, Jelle Klaasen 5–3 in sets to reach the final where he was defeated by number 1 seed Andy Baetens 6–1.
Landman competed in the 2023 PDC Challenge Tour series and won event one, defeating Lukas Wenig 5–2 in the final.[2] Landman received call–ups for 2023 PDC Players Championship series events filling in as a reserve for an absent tour card holder virtue of his ranking on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit. At Players Championship 7, Landman reached the final, losing to Krzysztof Ratajski 8–1.
In January 2024, Landman earned a Tour Card for the first time at the 2024 Q-School by finishing fourth on the European Q-School Order of Merit.[3]
Career finals
WDF major finals: 1 runner up
| Legend |
|---|
| World Championship (0–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2023 | World Darts Championship |  Andy Baetens
|
1–6 (s) |
- ^ (l) = score in legs, (s) = score in sets.
World Championship results
BDO
- 2018: Preliminary round (lost to Derk Telnekes 0–3) (sets)
- 2019: First round (lost to Kyle McKinstry 2–3)
- 2020: Quarter-finals (lost to Wayne Warren 3–5)
WDF
- 2023: Runner-up (lost to Andy Baetens 1–6)
PDC
- 2022: Second round (lost to Ian White 1–3)
- 2025: First round (lost to Lok Yin Lee 1–3)
Performance timeline
BDO
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDO Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship | DNQ | Prel. | 1R | QF | ||||||||||
| World Masters | 1R | 6R | 4R | DNQ | NH | |||||||||
| World Trophy | DNP | 1R | 1R | NH | ||||||||||
| Finder Masters | DNQ | RR | NH | |||||||||||
WDF
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDF Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship | PDC | F | ||||||||||||
| World Masters | 5R | NH | ||||||||||||
PDC
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDC Ranked televised events | ||||||||||||||
| World Championship | 2R | DNQ | 1R | |||||||||||
| World Masters | DNQ | Prel. | ||||||||||||
| UK Open | DNP | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||
| Players Championship Finals | DNQ | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Season-end ranking | – | 103 | 84 | |||||||||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | BDO 1R |
Did not qualify | |||||||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023[nb 1] | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR QF |
BAR 4R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
WIG F |
WIG 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
DNP | BAR 2R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 4R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R |
BAR 1R |
BAR 3R | ||
| 2024 | WIG 1R |
WIG 1R |
LEI 2R |
LEI 2R |
HIL 3R |
HIL 3R |
LEI 4R |
LEI 1R |
HIL 2R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 1R |
HIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 4R |
MIL 2R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
MIL 2R |
MIL 1R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 3R |
WIG 1R |
WIG 2R |
WIG 1R |
LEI SF |
LEI 1R |
- ^ Not a Tour card holder
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR Prel. |
Lost in # round Round-robin Preliminary round |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (20 January 2023). "Kist and Landman seal Challenge Tour titles in Milton Keynes". PDC. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Gorton, Josh (14 January 2024). "Tour Cards confirmed on final day of 2024 Q School". PDC. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
External links
- Player profile for Chris Landman from Dartsdatabase
- Chris Landman player profile at Darts Orakel