Xiaochen Zong underlined his excellent 2026 form once again by winning two PDC China ProTour events last weekend. The 28-year-old Chinese player, who will represent his country for the sixth time at the World Cup of Darts in Frankfurt this week, added his third and fourth titles of the season to his résumé.
After his impressive showing in the first four ProTour events of the year, where he had already claimed two titles, Zong kept that momentum going during the next round in Guangzhou. On Saturday, at the fifth tournament, he barely dropped legs on his way to the title. In his first four matches he lost only three legs, before dispatching Xicheng Han 5-2 in the semi-finals. The final brought a meeting with Lihao Wen, a player with whom Zong has previously represented China at the World Cup of Darts. Zong again left little to chance, claiming a convincing 5-2 victory to reinforce his status as the dominant force on the Chinese circuit.
More success followed a day later at the eighth tournament. Zong opened his campaign with an impressive 101.90 average in a 4-0 win over Ruiling Liu. He eventually reached the final again, where Jizhou Li was his opponent. Zong prevailed 5-1 to secure his fourth ProTour title of the season. Thanks to these results, the five-time PDC World Championship participant consolidates his lead at the top of the China ProTour rankings. With four titles from the first eight events of the season, Zong currently appears a step ahead of the competition.
He was not unbeatable over the weekend, though. On Saturday, at the sixth tournament, Zong surprisingly came up short against Jizhou Li in the quarter-finals. Li then powered on to the title, beating Wenqing Liu 5-1 in the semi-finals and Tianxiao Cao 5-1 in the final, giving Li his first tournament win of the season. The other title of the weekend went to Wenqing Liu, who won the seventh tournament. In a thrilling final, he edged past Tianxiao Cao in the deciding ninth leg. Earlier in the day, Liu produced one of the tournament’s most memorable moments: in the semi-final against Zong, he survived multiple match darts and overturned a 4-3 deficit to win.
Despite those two defeats, Zong can look back on another highly successful weekend. With four titles from eight events, he heads to Frankfurt as the standout figure in Chinese darts, where he will once again represent China at the World Cup of Darts. His recent performances make it clear he is currently the standard-bearer of Chinese darts and can start the prestigious team tournament with plenty of confidence.
