Chris Landman

**Chris Landman** (born 17 January 1981) is a Dutch professional darts player who currently plays in World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a multiple silver medalist of the WDF Europe Cup and a participant of the PDC World Darts Championship and WDF World Darts Championship.

## Career

Landman debut on the international stage during The Hague Open in 2016 and was going directly to the final against Danny Noppert. In the same year he debut at the 2016 World Masters, but was unsuccessful there. In 2017, he reached a quarter-finals of the German Open and goes to semi-finals at the Bruges Open. In September 2017, he won Catalonia Open. At the 2017 World Masters he advanced to sixth round, where he lost to Gabriel Clemens by 0–3 in sets. He represented the Netherlands at the 2017 WDF World Cup. In the singles competition, he narrowly missed the medals, losing the quarter-finals match against Jeff Smith.

In 2018, he took part in the 2018 BDO World Darts Championship for the first time, but was unable to win a set against Derk Telnekes. At the Isle of Man Open in 2018 he advanced to the final, where he lost to Glen Durrant. He also took part in the 2018 BDO World Trophy, where he lost in first round to Mark McGeeney. Landman reached the final in doubles and team competition during 2018 WDF Europe Cup. Ultimately, he won three silver medals at this event. During the 2018 World Masters, he started as a fifth-round seed and surprisingly lost in his first match against David Copley. At the 2018 Finder Darts Masters, Landman lost in the group-stage against Martin Adams and Wayne Warren.

He was qualified for the 2019 BDO World Darts Championship, but lost in the last leg of the first round match to Kyle McKinstry. In 2019, he advanced to the semi-finals of the Slovak Masters. In the 2019 BDO World Trophy, he lost to Mark McGrath in the first round. At the Belfry Open he made it to the semi-finals and he took part again in the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship. This time he was able to eliminate #4 seed Dave Parletti in the first round match. In second round he beat Ben Hazel and reached the quarter-finals for the first time. There he had to admit defeat against Wayne Warren.

Since 2020, Landman also participate in the PDC Challenge Tour tournaments and continue attend at the World Darts Federation stages on Europe. Landman won a Slovak Open in 2020 and Italian Open in 2021. He also qualified for the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship as a Western Europe Qualifier. In the first round he beat Scott Mitchell, but lost in the second round to Ian White. In 2022, he returned to the World Darts Federation for the full-time. There he made it to the final of the British Open in 2022, which he lost to Reece Colley. He made it to the semi-finals at the Bruges Open. Landman celebrated a tournament victory at the Northern Ireland Matchplay.

In the 2022 World Masters, Chris advanced to the fifth round, where he lost to Wesley Plaisier only by 4–5 in legs. In 2023, he won his first PDC Challenge Tour event, defeating Lukas Wenig by 5–2 in the final. As a replacement player, he took part in the Players Championship for the first time and reached a quarter-final. In the ninth event he made it to the final, which he lost to Krzysztof Ratajski. In total, these appearances were enough for a start at the 2023 Players Championship Finals without a professional PDC Tour Card. In the first round he lost to compatriot Gian van Veen.

In December 2023, he played at the 2023 WDF World Darts Championship as a seed player and started successfully with a win against David Kirwan. After a win against Thomas Junghans in third round he competed in the quarter-finals against Neil Duff.

## World Championship results

### WDF

* 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)
* 2023:

### PDC

* 2022: Second round (lost to Ian White 1–3)