Cameron Carolissen (born 16 January 1996) is a South African darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He has made two PDC World Darts Championship appearances and has represented South Africa at the PDC World Cup of Darts.
Career Carolissen began playing darts at the age of 12; he was inspired by his father and aunt who both played darts regularly.
2021: PDC debut Carolissen qualified for the 2021 PDC World Darts Championship after winning the PDC African Qualifier, beating two-time World Championship participant Charles Losper 7–4 in the final. He received a bye into the second round of the tournament after his opponent Martijn Kleermaker withdrew due to contracting COVID-19. Kleermaker's replacement, Josh Payne, was also ruled out after he had to self-isolate due to coming into contact with someone with COVID-19. In the second round, he was beaten 3–1 by Danny Noppert.
2024–present: African Continental Tour, return to PDC Thanks to his success on the African Continental Tour, Carolissen made his PDC World Cup of Darts debut at the 2024 PDC World Cup of Darts for the South African team, partnering fellow debutant Johan Geldenhuys.
Carolissen qualified for the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship by winning the African Darts Group Qualifier. He overcame Kenya's Peter Wachiuri in the final 8–7 in legs, surviving a match dart for a 154 checkout from Wachiuri. At the World Championship, Carolissen was drawn to play Wessel Nijman, one of the favourites to win the tournament. Nijman took a 2–0 lead but Carolissen won the next two sets to level the match at 2–2. They entered a sudden death leg, where Nijman won the match 3–2. Despite the defeat, Carolissen hoped his performance would help grow interest about darts in Africa.
World Championship results
PDC 2021: Second round (lost to Danny Noppert 1–3) 2025: First round (lost to Wessel Nijman 2–3)
Performance timeline Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025PDC Ranked televised events 2RDNQ 1RPDC Non-ranked televised events DNPRR2R
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