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 | 24 Gram | ||||||||||||||||||
Laterality | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
Walk-on music | "Song 2" by Blur | ||||||||||||||||||
Organisation (see split in darts) | |||||||||||||||||||
BDO | 2012–2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
PDC | 2020– | ||||||||||||||||||
WDF | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current world ranking | 80 (20 February 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
Kenny won the WDF European Cup youth 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, he lost 3–1.
Kenny won a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of 2020 Q-School. During his first season he appeared on 2020 UK Open, where he was eliminated in the second round. He was unable to qualify for other major tournaments throughout the year, but he won the UK Tour Card Holders' Qualifier and secured his spot on 2021 PDC World Darts Championship. In his debut he faced Dutchman Derk Telnekes and won in the deciding set 3-2. In the second round he lost to another Dutchman, Jermaine Wattimena 1-3 on sets. After the first year with the Tour card, Kenny earned £23 000 and placed 89th in the PDC Order of Merit.
In 2021 he appeared on 2021 UK Open, where he was seeded into the second round. There he won over Ryan Meikle in the deciding leg 6-5, in the third round he lost in another deciding leg 5-6 to Kai Fan Leung. In November he qualified for the second time in the row via PDPA Qualifier and secured his spot at 2022 PDC World Darts Championship. Being outside of top 64 of the PDC Order of Merit, Kenny had to win at least the first round to keep alive the chance for securing his Tour card. He lost in the first round 0-3 to Rowby-John Rodriguez, placing 74th in the ranking and lost his Tour card.
On 15 January 2023, Nick regained a two-year PDC Tour Card on the final day of Q-School, finishing 4th in the Order of Merit.
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 | ||
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PDC World Championship | BDO | 2R | 1R | DNQ | |||
UK Open | 2R | 3R | DNQ | 2R | 4R | ||
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 | EDM | GDO | HDT | GDC |
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 | #R | 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 | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
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