Royden Lam (Chinese: 林鼎智; born 8 September 1975) is a darts player from Hong Kong.
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| Full name | Lam Ting Chi Royden | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "The Wolf" | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1975 Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darts | 21 g Cosmo Darts | |||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran | |||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2007–2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2013– | |||||||||||||||||
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| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 128: 2013, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| World Series Finals | Last 24: 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editRoyden Lam is best known as a soft tip darts player but also plays steel tip darts. In 2009 he won the Hong Kong Open by beating Liu Cheng from China in the final.[1] In 2010, he lost in the final of the Japan Open to Kyle Anderson and in the quarter-finals of the Asia Pacific Cup to Morihiro Hashimoto.[2] In 2011, he almost managed to qualify for the PDC World Championship, but was defeated by Scott MacKenzie 4–3 in the final of the Chinese qualifier.[3]
In 2013, Lam registered for PDC Qualifying School and earned a Tour Card on the final day.[4] However, he only played in three events during the year which included a 5–3 first round loss against Wayne Jones in the UK Open.[5] Lam qualified for the 2014 World Championship by whitewashing Deng Yin 5–0 in the final of the Chinese qualifier.[6] He beat world number 65 Gino Vos 4–1 in the preliminary round, before losing by three sets to one against Wes Newton in the first round.[7] Lam made his debut in the World Cup of Darts in June as he represented Hong Kong with Scott MacKenzie. They defeated Norway 5–2 in the first round to face Australia in the second round.[8] Lam lost his singles match against Simon Whitlock, before MacKenzie saw off Paul Nicholson to mean a doubles match was required to settle the tie, which Hong Kong were whitewashed in 4–0.[9]
In the 2015 World Cup, Lam and MacKenzie caused a couple of shocks. First they defeated Wales' Mark Webster and Jamie Lewis 5–3. Lam then beat Ireland's William O'Connor 4–1, but MacKenzie lost 4–3 to Connie Finnan meaning a doubles match was needed to settle the tie which Hong Kong won 4–3 to reach the quarter-finals.[10] However, the Scottish number two seeds of Gary Anderson and Peter Wright proved a step too far as they won both their singles matches 4–2 to eliminate Hong Kong.[11]
In the 2016 World Cup, the Hong Kong pair lost to Ireland 5–4 in the first round.[12] Lam won the Malaysian Open by beating Mark Jumin in the final and the same opponent defeated him in the semi-finals of the South Asian Qualifier for the 2017 World Championship.[13][14] Lam claimed a two-year PDC Tour Card for 2017 and 2018 when he beat José de Sousa 5–2 in the last round on the second day of Q School and said he would continue to play a mix of events in Asia and Britain.[15] Lam and new teammate Kai Fan Leung were eliminated in the first round of the 2017 World Cup 5–3 by Russia.[16]
World Championship results
editPDC
edit- 2014: First round (lost to Wes Newton 1–3)
- 2019: First round (lost to Danny Noppert 0–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Keane Barry 2–3)
References
edit- ^ "2009 Hong Kong Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "2010 WDF Asia-Pacific Cup Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "2011 PDC World China Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "PDC Qualifying School Day Four". PDC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Royden Lam 2013". Darts Database. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Lam Wins World Championship Spot". PDC. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Ladbrokes World Championship Day Seven". PDC. 20 December 2013.
- ^ "bwin World Cup of Darts First Round". PDC. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "bwin World Cup of Darts Second Round". PDC. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "bwin World Cup of Darts Quarter-Finals". PDC. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Betway World Cup of Darts Day Two". PDC. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 Malaysian Open Player Prize Money". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "2016 PDC World South Asian Qualifying Event Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "2017 PDC Qualifying School Day Two". PDC. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ "2017 PDC World Cup of Darts Results". Darts Database. Retrieved 10 June 2017.