Conan Whitehead | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Conan Whitehead | ||||||
Nickname | "The Barbarian" | ||||||
Born | 18 February 1986 Dartford, Kent, England | ||||||
Home town | Gillingham, Kent, England | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2007 | ||||||
Darts | 23g One80 | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Lets Get Ready to Rumble!" by Jock Jams | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2007–2011, 2016–2019 | ||||||
PDC | 2011–2015, 2019– | ||||||
Current world ranking | NR (10 March 2024) [1] | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Quarter Final: 2019 | ||||||
World Masters | Last 72: 2009 | ||||||
World Trophy | Quarter Final: 2017 | ||||||
Finder Masters | Quarter Final: 2018 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
UK Open | Last 64: 2013 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Conan Whitehead (born 18 February 1986) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. He is a former quarter-finalist of the BDO World Darts Championship.
Whitehead has competed in numerous competitions throughout his career, starting in 2008. In 2009, he won the 2009 Kent Open, beating Steve Douglas in the final. Since then, he has only been in one other final. This was in the 2016 England Open where he lost 3–6 to Glen Durrant. He reached the quarter-final of the 2017 BDO World Trophy, his best TV major performance to date. This was equalled at his third appearance at the BDO World Darts Championship (in 2019) where he knocked out top-seed Mark McGeeney before losing to Scott Waites in the quarter-finals.
In January 2019, Whitehead entered PDC UK Q-School and did enough to earn a two-year tour card by finishing in the top 11 of the Order of Merit.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2024 | |||
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BDO World Championship | Did not qualify | 1R | 2R | NH | ||||||||||
BDO World Trophy | Not held | Did not qualify | QF | 1R | NH | |||||||||
Winmau World Masters | L72 | Did not play | L272 | L272 | L144 | NH | ||||||||
Zuiderduin Masters | Did not play | RR | RR | QF | NH | |||||||||
UK Open | Did not play | 2R | DNQ | 3R | 1R | Did not play | 1R |
Performance Table Legend | |||||||
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DNP | Did not play at the event | DNQ | Did not qualify for the event | NYF | Not yet founded | L# | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals | SF | lost in the semi-finals | RU | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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