Kevin Burness | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Nickname | "Iron Man" | ||||||
Born | [1] 17 November 1965 Newtownards, Northern Ireland | ||||||
Home town | Newtownards, Northern Ireland | ||||||
Darts information | |||||||
Playing darts since | 2006 | ||||||
Darts | 24 Gram Cosmo Signature | ||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||
Walk-on music | "Penny Arcade" by Roy Orbison | ||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||
BDO | 2008–2018 | ||||||
PDC | 2018– | ||||||
Current world ranking | NR (21 April 2024) [2] | ||||||
WDF major events – best performances | |||||||
World Masters | Last 80: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 | ||||||
PDC premier events – best performances | |||||||
World Ch'ship | Last 64: 2019 | ||||||
UK Open | Last 128: 2019, 2023 | ||||||
Other tournament wins | |||||||
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Kevin Burness (born 17 November 1965) is a Northern Irish professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Burness entered UK Q-School in 2018, winning a two-year Tour Card, by finishing in the top 15 on the Order of Merit, after the four days of Q-School were completed.
Burness won the 2018 Tom Kirby Memorial Irish Matchplay to qualify for the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship, beating Mick McGowan 6–3. [3]
He beat Paul Nicholson 3–0 in the first round of the 2019 PDC World Darts Championship. In the second round against Gary Anderson he was defeated 3–1.
Burness made his PDC European Tour debut in the 2019 Danish Darts Open. He lost 6–1 in the second round against Joe Cullen. He lost his Tour card after the 2019 season, when he finished 83rd on the PDC Order of Merit.
In January 2022 Burness regained his Tour card via PDC UK Q-School Order of Merit, returning to the circuit for two more years.
He lost his tour card again after finishing 120th on the PDC Order of Merit after the 2023 season.
BDO
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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BDO World Championship | DNP | DNQ | DNP | DNQ | ||||||||
Winmau World Masters | 1R | DNP | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | DNP | ||
PDC
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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PDC World Championship | BDO | 2R | 1R | DNQ | |||
UK Open | DNQ | 2R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | 2R | 1R |
Career statistics | |||||||
Year-end ranking | 98 | 83 | - | - | 137 | 120 |
PDC European Tour
Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
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2018 | EDO DNP | GDG DNP | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | GDT DNQ | DDO DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDC DNQ | DDC DNQ | IDO DNQ | EDT DNQ |
2019 | EDO DNQ | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | GDO DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDM DNQ | DDO 2R | CDO DNQ | ADC DNQ | EDM DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDT DNQ |
2020 | Did not play | ||||||||||||
2021 | HDT DNP | GDT DNQ | |||||||||||
2022 | IDO DNP | GDC DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | EDO 1R | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | DDC 1R | EDM DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDO DNQ | BDO DNP | GDT DNQ |
2023 | BSD DNQ | EDO DNQ | IDO DNQ | GDG DNQ | ADO DNQ | DDC DNQ | BDO DNQ | CDO DNQ | EDG DNQ | EDM DNQ | GDO DNQ | HDT DNQ | GDC 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 |
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