17 Facts About Paul Lim

Paul Lim Leong Hwa was born on 25 January 1954 and is a Singaporean professional darts player.

Paul Lim was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna.

Paul Lim's was the only nine-dart finish in a world championship match until 2009, when Raymond van Barneveld completed one against Jelle Klaasen.

Paul Lim represented four countries in darts; Singapore was not affiliated with the sport's governing body, the World Darts Federation, so Paul Lim played briefly for Papua New Guinea, but settled in California and represented the United States in international competition, before playing for his native country when they became a WDF playing nation.

Paul Lim has represented Singapore at the PDC World Cup of Darts, and in the 2017 PDC World Cup of Darts, he and his teammate Harith Paul Lim, reached the quarter-finals, defeating the top seeds Scotland in the first round.

Paul Lim made his World Championship debut in 1982, losing a first-round match to Dave Whitcombe.

Paul Lim continued to come up against the biggest names in the game in the world championship: Alan Warriner, John Part, and Lowe defeated him again in the years after his nine-darter.

Paul Lim decided to switch to darts' other organisation, the World Darts Council later in 1994 and made his debut at the 1994 World Matchplay.

Paul Lim reached the last 16 of the Las Vegas Open in January 2007.

Paul Lim won many titles in and around his native country including five Singapore Opens, five Malaysian Opens, and five Asian Cups, but his failure to reach the final stages of the British Darts Organisation and Professional Darts Corporation major tournaments has meant he will be best remembered for his 1990 nine-dart achievement.

Paul Lim made his first appearance in the World Championships for 11 years after being awarded a place in the 2013 PDC World Darts Championship, as a result of being the World Soft Tip Champion.

Paul Lim made his debut in the 2014 World Cup of Darts as he represented Singapore with Harith Paul Lim.

Paul Lim won the Soft Tip Dartslive events in Taipei and Korea during the year.

Paul Lim lost to Ross Smith in round 1, After a successful 2019 Asian Tour, finishing 3rd this enabled him to qualify for the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship.

Paul Lim took part in the 2019 WDF World Cup representing Hong Kong instead of Singapore.

Paul Lim was the first player to manage a nine-dart finish in a world championship.

Paul Lim was the only player to achieve it at the BDO world championship.