Nick Kenny (darts player)
| Nick Kenny | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 March 1993 Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Cwmbran, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing darts since | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Darts | Darts Unique Nick Kenny Signature 24 Grams | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Walk-on music | "Song 2" by Blur | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BDO | 2012–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC | 2020– (Tour Card: 2020-2021, 2023-) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current world ranking | 76  (24 November 2024)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WDF major events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 32: 2017, 2018, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Quarter Final: 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Trophy | Semi Finals: 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||||||||||||||||
| World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Open | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PC Finals | Last 64: 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other tournament wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nick Kenny (born 13 March 1993) is a Welsh professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He earned a bronze medal in the WDF Europe Cup.
Career
[edit]Kenny won the WDF Europe Youth Cup Singles in 2010. In 2016, he qualified for the BDO World Trophy but was defeated by Mark McGeeney 7–6 in the last 16 of the competition, having beaten fifth seed Wesley Harms in the first round. Kenny faced first seed Glen Durrant in the first round of the 2017 BDO World Darts Championship, losing 3–1 in sets.
Kenny won a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of 2020's Q-School. He made his UK Open debut at the 2020 event, where he was eliminated in the second round. He was unable to qualify for any major events other than the World Championship, through the PDPA UK Qualifier, defeating James Wilson 7–6 to make his debut at the Alexandra Palace. In the first round he faced Dutchman Derk Telnekes and 3–2 in a deciding set. In the second round, he lost to Jermaine Wattimena, 3–1 in sets. After his first year with a PDC Tour Card, Kenny had earned £23,000 in ranking money and ended the year 89th on the PDC Order of Merit.
In 2021, he played at the 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded into the second round. There he defeated Ryan Meikle 6–5 in a deciding leg. In the third round he lost to Kai Fan Leung 6–5 in another last leg decider. Kenny secured his spot at the 2022 PDC World Darts Championship through the PDPA Tour Card Holder Qualifier, defeating Gordon Mathers 7–3 in his final match.
Being outside of the top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit before the World Championship, Kenny had to win a his first round game in order to keep alive the chances of keeping his Tour Card. However he was whitewashed 3–0 by Rowby-John Rodriguez, ending the year 74th on the Order of Merit, therefore losing his Tour Card.
On 15 January 2023, Kenny regained a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of Q-School, finishing 4th in the UK Q-School Order of Merit.
World Championship results
[edit]BDO/WDF
[edit]- 2017: First round (lost to Glen Durrant 1–3)
- 2018: First round (lost to Willem Mandigers 0–3)
- 2020: First round (lost to Dennie Olde Kalter 2–3)
PDC
[edit]- 2021: Second round (lost to Jermaine Wattimena 1–3)
- 2022: First round (lost to Rowby-John Rodriguez 0–3)
Performance timeline
[edit]BDO
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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| BDO World Championship | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | ||||
| BDO World Trophy | Not held | DNQ | 2R | SF | DNQ | 2R | PDC | ||
| Winmau World Masters | L272 | L144 | L16 | L144 | L272 | L32 | L272 | DNP | PDC |
PDC
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||
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| PDC World Championship | BDO | 2R | 1R | DNQ | ||||
| UK Open | 2R | 3R | DNQ | 2R | 4R | |||
| Players Championship Finals | Did not qualify | 1R | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 89 | 74 | - | 130 | ||||
PDC European Tour
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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| 2020 | BDC DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ | |||||||||
| 2021 | HDT DNQ |
GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
| 2022 | IDO DNQ |
GDC DNP |
GDG DNP |
ADO DNP |
EDO DNP |
CDO DNP |
EDG DNP |
DDC DNP |
EDM DNP |
HDT DNP |
GDO DNP |
BDO DNP |
GDT DNP |
| 2023 | BSD DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
ADO 2R |
DDC DNQ |
BDO DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
EDM DNQ |
GDO DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
GDC DNQ |
| 2024 | BDO DNQ |
GDG DNQ |
IDO DNQ |
EDG DNQ |
ADO DNQ |
BSD DNQ |
DDC DNQ |
EDO DNQ |
GDC QF |
FDT DNQ |
HDT DNQ |
SDT DNQ |
CDO DNQ |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||||||||
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| W | Won the tournament | F | Finalist | SF | Semifinalist | QF | Quarterfinalist | #R RR L# |
Lost in # round Round-robin Last # stage |
DQ | Disqualified |
| DNQ | Did not qualify | DNP | Did not participate | WD | Withdrew | NH | Tournament not held | NYF | Not yet founded | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "PDC Order of Merit". PDPA. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.